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Drag Me To Hell
Dec. 21st, 2009 05:31 pmYou know? When I'm watching a horror movie, I like to be drawn into a proper, suspenseful atmosphere as soon as possible, not to spend half an hour from an hour-and-a-half movie watching an office drama. I want to be scared, gdi! D| [Either that or laugh at the narm or special effects failure (imagine links to TVTropes right there)]
And no, the first few minutes with the kid being swallowed by the floor don't count. That's the narm I was talking about, yes, but it's an ineffectual frame for the rest of the movie because the connection between those events and what comes next is rather convoluted; they happened too long ago (late 60s), the location is unclear, and there's a lack of relation between a Hispanic family who lost a child to demons in 1969 and a White young woman working in a bank in the first decade of the 21st Century. Fiction has its ways and this is stretching them a little bit too much.
Besides, what actually connects the events is the fact that the kid stole a necklace from a gypsy cart and the woman who casts the curse on our protagonist is also a gypsy. The whole thing would've made more sense if the same necklace had been used instead of a random button; as it is, it just means the Romani people go around casting disproportionate punishments whenever they feel like it. I mean, the old lady didn't end up in the streets, she went to live with her daughter, and the kid --crap, the kid-- yes, he stole something but just chase him down and spank him, dude, --or have the demons spank him if you have to traumatize him forever--, but sending him --them-- to hell was way, way too much. :|
And ( that was not the only problem I had with this movie. )
And I came out with all of that during the movie. I usually do my analyses after I'm done watching/reading (I love analyses, they are a big part of how I enjoy things), but... Let's just say that when you're a filmmaker, your goal is to retain your audience's attention from the beginning to the end of the film, therefore to give them time for their minds to wander around so much is definitely in the list of "don't"s.
TL;DRConclusions:
1) Drag Me To Hell is like Jigoku Shojo only lamer.
2) The Asian horror movies I've seen recently have spoilt me. :|
And no, the first few minutes with the kid being swallowed by the floor don't count. That's the narm I was talking about, yes, but it's an ineffectual frame for the rest of the movie because the connection between those events and what comes next is rather convoluted; they happened too long ago (late 60s), the location is unclear, and there's a lack of relation between a Hispanic family who lost a child to demons in 1969 and a White young woman working in a bank in the first decade of the 21st Century. Fiction has its ways and this is stretching them a little bit too much.
Besides, what actually connects the events is the fact that the kid stole a necklace from a gypsy cart and the woman who casts the curse on our protagonist is also a gypsy. The whole thing would've made more sense if the same necklace had been used instead of a random button; as it is, it just means the Romani people go around casting disproportionate punishments whenever they feel like it. I mean, the old lady didn't end up in the streets, she went to live with her daughter, and the kid --crap, the kid-- yes, he stole something but just chase him down and spank him, dude, --or have the demons spank him if you have to traumatize him forever--, but sending him --them-- to hell was way, way too much. :|
And ( that was not the only problem I had with this movie. )
And I came out with all of that during the movie. I usually do my analyses after I'm done watching/reading (I love analyses, they are a big part of how I enjoy things), but... Let's just say that when you're a filmmaker, your goal is to retain your audience's attention from the beginning to the end of the film, therefore to give them time for their minds to wander around so much is definitely in the list of "don't"s.
1) Drag Me To Hell is like Jigoku Shojo only lamer.
2) The Asian horror movies I've seen recently have spoilt me. :|
