Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Comedy horror genre is a tough one to maneuver. It’s got to have strong comedy to work. This missed the mark. The death scenes were creative but it’s weird to hear an audience laugh at a disemboweled store clerk when it’s so realistic. The tone was off or something. It just wasn’t really scary or very funny or moderately as interesting as I had hoped it would be. Especially with the Stephen King story to work from.
An almost perfect movie. It was a slow burning performance from Cillian Murphy. I felt like I had a behind the curtain peek into 80’s Irish social politics and the church’s power over people. Also how complacency can be a dangerous choice when witnessing wrongdoing. I walked away from the theater but the movie stayed with me for days. A perfect ending as well. Knowing that the story continues well after the credits but…