Movie Review: Other Side of the Door

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, whenever it is you've found this entry.  Today, 9/4, I am watching The Other Side of the Door (2016).  It stars Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto and Sofia Rosinsky.  "After her young son is killed in a tragic accident, a woman learns of a ritual which will bring him back to say goodbye, but when she disobeys a sacred warning, she upsets the balance between life and death."  It currently has a 5.3/10 over on IMDB.  I know very little of the flick so I have no expectations.

• A simple no would have been fine little one
• Is it wrong that I'm already bored and what Lori....I mean whatever Sarah's character dead?
• That kid is kind of creepy in that close up like that
• Cowards way out Lori! (Yes I'll call her Lori throughout this, get used to it!)

• Not only did she just dig up her son she also is burning him up/cremating him
• Wait....they are going to EAT her son and she is going with that
• Yep just keep walking past all those dead birds, probably not a sign
• That match lets of a LOT of light
• Lori...what have you done?
• She is talking to a stuff tiger...that was buried with her brother...and she isn't troubled by this
• BORED!
• So is this Carls dad?
• What kind of weird thing was she just doing?  Random chanting
• Yeah that is normal, not the evil spirit you let loose throwing around the toy chest
• She is bipolar in this flick like The Walking Dead
• So Lori is okay with this demon spawn in her house?
• Gotta get energy to manifest itself somehow, why not birds and plants
• Oliver is just protecting his sister
• Lucy has a really weird voice
• Oliver bit her?  That was uncalled for!
• Apparently hell doesn't have piano lessons because Oliver still sucks
• I don't think Khan did anything to deserve that!
• Lori can never keep track of her kids.  Where's Carl?  Where's Luce?
• Lori isn't stopping her from getting ahold of Oliver
• This movie makes no sense!  
• BORED!
• This is what happens when you feed strays, they keep coming back for more!
• Well this took a turn to the extreme quickly!
• Good grief, did the husband actually do the same thing Lori did?

Let me start by saying that the idea of this flick is amazing.  The idea of that you can bring the dead back to talk to but not see is a great concept and then by bringing them back it causes an imbalance also good.  However, the execution was HORRIBLE!

Why was Myrtu after Lori at all till the end?  She wasn't in her way of getting to Oliver ever!  I just don't understand it.  Also why didn't Piki tell Lori everything?  Like when she could open the door. What would would happen if she did open the door.  Things like that, you know REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS!

The execution of the entire flick was bad and I'm sorry but Lori just isn't a strong enough actress to carry a film on her own.

Overall I give it a 3/10.  Great idea but beyond that not good.  I'd say to avoid this unless you have NOTHING else to watch...then I'd go watch something you've seen before!

Movie Review: The Boy

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, whenever it is you're reading this.  Today I'm checking out The Boy (2016). As of 9/4/16 it has a 6/10 over in IMDB. It stars Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans and James Russell.  "An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive."  That sounds...interesting...but I don't see anything about zombies so I might be confused seeing Maggie without them...

• Perverted cabbie, nice start to a movie
• Lauren sounds weird without her Southern or British accent
• I'm pretty sure that first meeting would get me to leave right away...what with the fact that the woman is super creepy

• It really is a doll...yeah I'd just turn around and leave...unless the pay was really good
• Yeah...I'm pretty sure I'd leave even if the money was good
• The traps?
• And of course she has some dark past as well...sometimes movies try to hard.
• Wait...he made a mess of his room?  I mean I know the concept above but still it is very odd
• Yeah, pretty sure I'd be following them out after they behaved that way and the creepy old woman quoted the doctor "I'm so sorry"
• And of course it storms night one
• Is she going to kiss the painting?

• Is the doll going to be in her room?
• The doll is crying?  I'm so confused
• Don't go in the attic...why would you go in the attic?
• Did I mention she sounds really weird with a straight American accent?
• THE CALLS ARE COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!
• She does have an amazing smile

• Where has Brams been?  And he suddenly shows up on the screen...which was weird
• Insert Psycho knife attack sounds here
• Is her hair cut weirdly suddenly
• Go say sorry to Brahms and everything will be fine
• Knew she shouldn't have messed with the attic
• Should have taken a torch...flashlight....not a fire torch...that'd be weird!
• The storm has passed, everything will be okay
• The first thing I'd be doing is leaving, very quickly
• Odd, that is an odd question...see what I did there
• He is or was 10 years old?  I'm confused...wait it was the phone voices son I think
• And of course the phone isn't working....till it does....with no one there....but a creepy kids voice
• And the doll is officially moving around.  Much like Chucky, just put a trashcan and a brick over him and be done with it
• Oh he made her a PB&J, that was very nice of him!
• They are going to drown themselves?  Sleeping pills would be less extreme!  But then they'd be found
• Never ask for that!  Never ask for a sign!
• Oh this is starting to make more sense
• Jesus she is doing the creepy prayer now?!
• She is breaking rule number 1!  BEWARE THE WRATH OF BRAHMS!
• No matter how good looking Lauren is this is the wrong level of crazy!
• Oh no...the ex broke in
• LANGUAGE!!
• Well that isn't a good sound....
• Well that actually gave me chills!
• Wait...has he been hiding in the house all this time?
• I did not see this coming at all....it was no spirit at all
• Why is he trying to kill all of them...or is just the guys?
• Smart playing off the "rules"
• A gut stab is just mean!

That wasn't a bad movie at all.  I'd say it was a 7/10.  It was better then I had expected as I hadn't heard good things.

Not a lot of "plot holes" in the sense that things didn't make sense which is a good thing.  There were a lot of things that I didn't understand but came to make sense as the flick went on.

They foreshadowed a lot which was very good and the acting was very well done.  Everyone did a good job and Lauren gave a fantastic performance especially since she was acting with a doll for a portion of the flick

It isn't exactly how I'd have ended the flick, I'd have somehow forced Greta and Malcolm into being his new "parents" and continuing the "cycle" but that is just me.

However, at the end of the day not a bad horror/suspense flick!

Movie Review: Frailty

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever you've come across this entry (whenever it is I post it).  Today (9/4) I am watching Frailty (2001) which stars Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey and Powers Boothe.  It has a 7.3 over on IMDB  "A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons.""  Lets go kill some demons!

• Wow, that guy has a Sgt. Slaughter chin!

• Why are FBI agents almost always southern?
• Powers Boothe is a great actor
• Demons are taking over the world!  That makes a lot of sense, I thought lizard people but demons make more sense

• Kids are always kind of creepy in movies
• I once put a tack on someones chair...but I don't think he was the devil
• That is a LOT of peas!
• Meatballs & Warriors...two drastically different movies
• A vision from God?  Good grief!
• Of course rednecks from Texas are the ones to know that the end of the world is coming
• Wait...did Fenton imagine it all...is he the Hand of God killer?
• Of course, magic axe and gloves...and then the magic pipe!
• Wait...the gloves and axe are each weapons?  That is confusing, I thought the gloves activated the magic in the axe
• Maybe?  Of course he isn't right in the head!
• So God sends him lists of people to kill?  Didn't Son of Sam's neighbors dog do the same thing
• Demons are like Santa Clause?  Krampus is still real though right?

• Is that the Holy Pipe he has?
• Sadly people believe shit like this in real life, nut jobs
• Nice use of music in this scene, could have used some special effects of him seeing demons perhaps
• Awesome, they have a murder van now!
• Yeah that would mess a kid up
• The camera shake gimmick was nice
• I like this Fenton kid, I relate to him
• I'm stubborn enough I might have gone back out and dug all night, especially as a kid!
• Is that demon Michael Bay?  I almost encourage that demon being destroyed!
• And now the Sheriff has to die because of you kiddo
• Nice use of lighting there, Fenton fading into the darkness
• That is one creepy rose garden
• Again the sad thing is people do this to their own kids
• Weeks without food...then you get an amazing TV dinner...that is awesome!
• This guy...might actually be a demon...
• Wait...did Fenton really "see God"?  I would have lied through my teeth then got the hell out of there
• OH MY GOD!  IS GOING TO KILL HIS DAD!!
• Young Fenton looks a little bit like ROH star Kyle O'Reilly

• Yeah...his destiny
• Good thing no one ever goes into that rose garden
• Wait...that wasn't right...that doesn't make sense...its all been a lie...he is Adam?  I guess he never killed a person so he didn't like
• You just have to have a little faith!
• No I see why they didn't do the demon visions earlier
• This was all a set up?  Was any of that story true? 
• Huh...I guess there is something to the whole "faith" thing

Well that was interesting.  I have to say I didn't have it figured out until the Fenton/Adam thing in the Rose Garden.  Very well done and great performances by everyone.

Overall I'd give it an 8/10.  It was really well done and had me completely fooled, thinking it was just an admission of his past crimes.

There isn't a lot more for me to about this film without major spoilers but if you like a good thriller/suspense flick check this one out!

Until next time...remember...you just have a little faitha faitha faitha

Movie Review: Blair Witch

Last night I watched the latest in the Blair Witch saga....Blair Witch.  It stars James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez and Corbin Reid.  "After discovering a video showing what he believes to be his sister's experiences in the demonic woods of the Blair Witch, James and a group of friends head to the forest in search of his lost sibling."

THE GOOD

• The return to the POV/found footage was what this series needed (with a minor complaint you'll find later on).  The second flick was so bad this needed to go back its roots
• This movie was pretty scary.  The people I were with screamed a few times and there was one very loud "Jesus" said.  I will admit I jumped once, perhaps twice.  It wasn't on the same scale as Paranormal Activity for jumping but it was better then a lot of horror lately
• They did a unique POV idea with "ear" cameras which were basically bluetooth headsets but cameras instead which was nice and different

THE BAD

• The acting of the support cast was poor to down right bad!
• I seriously could not stand the supporting cast.  James and Callie were very good but the rest of the cast...not so much.  I don't like to single out specific people but Brandon Scott was especially poor.  For someone with a pretty extensive resume he was down right bad.
• For the first time ever in something that was first person/POV/shaky cam I got a slight headache.  While the idea of the 'ear' cams was different it was worse then the handheld POV

The Ugly

• There were several plot holes in the flick
1. What was up with the thing being in Ashley's injury?  They never really addressed it but they played it up that it was important to the story.  Maybe I missed it when I went out to get my ice cream but it seemed like it would play more into the story.
2. Ashley in general.  They had her looking very sick after her injury...dare I say almost witch like, only for that to seemingly be forgotten.  
• There were A LOT of jump scares.  A few are okay but I think it was over half a dozen
• The pacing was weird in this flick.  It escalated WAY too quickly yet felt like it drug, its hard to explain

Overall and enjoyable horror flick that I enjoyed more then I expected.  I give it a 6/10.  Nothing ground breaking, but the bad and the ugly out weighed the good just a bit.  Enjoyable and worth seeing in the theater unless you have a large TV.  Until next time...don't go into the woods.  Not because of this movie but because they are a dirty gross place!

Was I wr....wr...wro...wrong?

Is it possible that I was wrong?  Until recently I don't think I was wrong about ANYTHING....EVER! Well I was once but comes to find I was mistaken!

Okay seriously though is it possible I was wrong about Colin Kaepernick and others protesting the National Anthem?  I heard others talk about it was about the message and not about the protester and I disagreed.

Let me say here that I'm not one of the most patriotic individuals in the world.  I stand for the National Anthem and remove my hat.  I don't know if I put my hand over my heart...probably do because it is automatic results but I'm not sure its been a long time since I was at an event that played it.  I didn't put a flag pin on after 9/11 or one of those magnetic flag ribbons. But as the song says, I am proud to be an American.

Like a lot of people I felt that he was going about it the wrong way that his message would be drowned out by his actions (I don't think I said it well in my previous blog about it but my lovely girlfriend can confirm that is what I meant).

However as more and more NFL players joined Colin it slowly moved from the protest to the message.  That is a good thing.  What these men are talking about is a serious issue right now in the US and I didn't mean to down play it if I did.

While I still disagree with sitting during the Anthem I still say it is his right.  If what these men are doing brings the discussion of race relations to the forefront in a time there hasn't just been another loss of life then isn't that a good thing?

So I ask you all again...was I wr....was I wro.....was I wrong when I thought that this was a pointless protest to keep his name in the limelight after a few bad years and being benched?