So my girlfriend somehow managed to snag passes for a screening of this and we went to check it out tonight. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. It was...I don't know. It was ok.
What it will do is spark debate regardless of whether you thought the movie was good or not. The director and Milla Jovavich come out from the get go and say "what you believe is up to you". Well, there are plenty of times during the movie (particularly a couple of scenes involving 'recorded' footage- you'll know what I mean if you go see this) that I was shaking my head saying "that's a ridiculous load of steamy horseshit" but there were other times where I was scratching my head saying "well...that IS a strange coincidence". The end result was me being on the fence regarding whether they were victims of an alien abduction or not...and I'm leaning towards "not". My girlfriend, however, was leaning towards "could've been". Funny how that works.
If you go to this planning on being genuinely scared, I don't think you will be (unless you're a total pussjob). There are some really creepy parts, sure, but nothing that should make you jump 8 feet out of your seat- the only scene that potentially could have done that you'll be ready for since its in the trailer.
What it will do is spark debate regardless of whether you thought the movie was good or not. The director and Milla Jovavich come out from the get go and say "what you believe is up to you". Well, there are plenty of times during the movie (particularly a couple of scenes involving 'recorded' footage- you'll know what I mean if you go see this) that I was shaking my head saying "that's a ridiculous load of steamy horseshit" but there were other times where I was scratching my head saying "well...that IS a strange coincidence". The end result was me being on the fence regarding whether they were victims of an alien abduction or not...and I'm leaning towards "not". My girlfriend, however, was leaning towards "could've been". Funny how that works.
If you go to this planning on being genuinely scared, I don't think you will be (unless you're a total pussjob). There are some really creepy parts, sure, but nothing that should make you jump 8 feet out of your seat- the only scene that potentially could have done that you'll be ready for since its in the trailer.
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