Ugh, just watched the movie "The Lodge" while editing.
I like slow burn, but the thing about slow burn is that you need a good payoff for the wait. This took way too damn long to get to the point, the performances and writing are shallow and way too restrained, and the...
I like slow burn, but the thing about slow burn is that you need a good payoff for the wait. This took way too damn long to get to the point, the performances and writing are shallow and way too restrained, and the...
...lack of music for most of it (while probably intended to evoke isolation and silent horror) just ends up making the slow burn take that much longer.
The payoff is frustrating and lame and a bit nonsensical, since I don't know what the endgame of the plan was. I thought...
The payoff is frustrating and lame and a bit nonsensical, since I don't know what the endgame of the plan was. I thought...
...maybe there would have been a bit to reveal the perpetrators were not the masterminds but pawns, but noooope. I love winter horror and was hoping to enjoy this, but instead I felt empty and annoyed by the ending.
Also breaks the cardinal sin of a bad movie - never show a better movie in the middle of it (in this case, watching The Thing... and like the little girl is 6-8 years old, WTF is she doing watching this?)
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