I liked a lot of things in The Dead Center, but unfortunately I don't think they did it quite right, and I didn't really enjoy myself. I'm surprised at the high ratings, but I was torn between 4-5/10.
The setup for the demon and imagery around it is *very* cool. Unfortunately, after some pretty nice setup, they didn't escalate it in a satisfying way and it never developed as much as I thought it would. If they'd really hit home with this, then I probably wouldn't have minded most of the downsides.
The ending was very unsatisfying for me. It felt like they built up some cool mystery with two related stories and then none of it mattered and it ended quickly. They clearly had a twist in mind for the end, which could have been great, but they sort of handwaved it in place instead of really delivering it, which added to some of the logic problems.
There were a couple logic issues that I just couldn't let go of as the movie progressed, but probably would have ignored if they were really ramping things up for a punchy ending. Since it felt like in plateaued for a while, it didn't give me enough to keep me sucked in.
The setup for the demon and imagery around it is *very* cool. Unfortunately, after some pretty nice setup, they didn't escalate it in a satisfying way and it never developed as much as I thought it would. If they'd really hit home with this, then I probably wouldn't have minded most of the downsides.
The ending was very unsatisfying for me. It felt like they built up some cool mystery with two related stories and then none of it mattered and it ended quickly. They clearly had a twist in mind for the end, which could have been great, but they sort of handwaved it in place instead of really delivering it, which added to some of the logic problems.
There were a couple logic issues that I just couldn't let go of as the movie progressed, but probably would have ignored if they were really ramping things up for a punchy ending. Since it felt like in plateaued for a while, it didn't give me enough to keep me sucked in.