| Posted by: Common Sense Man at December 8, 2001, 1:27 pm | | Topic: Reviews: The Others Forum: JoBlo | | Okay guys I have to post this so it does not get all rave reviews. 4/10 I do not do this out of spite but I did not find this movie as enjoyable as you guys. It was a decent horror flick better than most I have seen but I became bored very quickly. To say that Kidman should get an Oscar node I think is going too far. The best Oscar performances in my opinion are the ones when you do not even realize the person is acting and you simply loose yourself in their story. This was defiantly a Kidman vehicle and it wore me down after a while as nothing much was happening except her constant whining and crying and bitching. Maybe I have just seen too many movies, if that is possible. But I knew most of the plot before it happened. And if you did not know the help where ghosts you where in the small minority. I had the surprise ending figured out about half way into the flick and from then on it was simply waiting for the surprise to be revealed. I must admit I was getting interested towards the end during the séance scene but it was cut way to short, I had waited for that reveal for what seemed like hours and then they quickly glance over it. And again my beef with the studios comes to the fore as the trailer exposed one of the few good scenes in the movie making it anti-climactic when it occurred in the film. I actually had more fun watching the people cringe while she walked around the house than I did watching the movie. Maybe I am jaded but I did not find much of it spooky. And I do like suspense and I do not think you need slashing and graphic blood to make it scary but they need more than sheets on furniture! I most likely will never see this flick again and will remain in the minority. It is worth the rental and I would suggest turning off all the lights watching it at midnight and leaving a couple of windows in your place open on a windy night. This may help increase the atmosphere enough to make this a good scare. Out...... |
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