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The bulk of the reviews seem to have this polarized Mike Flannagan hate going on. So you can really write off half the reviews. If you havent liked Flannagan's work, why are you people watching it?
What you need to know, is that this is a homage to all of Poe's work. Rating it poorly because it isn't a prevoius remake, seems extremely short sighted.
By now you've read the story is set around the house of Usher. Like many of Flannagan's stories, they are designed to be end to end stories. Which is what I prefer. The Usher house hold is the story of rich people, greed, and overall evil people.
Many people cite the parallels of Succession, and they feel like it's underwhelming by comparison. I, however, do not. I actually don't like Succession. Just like many of HBO's series they are drawn out wwwwaaaayyyy to long. This is not. You get what you get for the 8 episodes.
Mike gets a lot of the actors he continues to work with,and Carla Gugino absolutely kills it in this role. She uses a myriad of accents, and makes the central theme of the series take on a life of it's own.
Many persons point to predictability in the plot, but if you've read The Raven, or any of Poe's other works you'll know how things are going to go down. This is a homage again. Looking for something new and exciting other than story telling and visuals will set you up for disappointment.
What you need to know, is that this is a homage to all of Poe's work. Rating it poorly because it isn't a prevoius remake, seems extremely short sighted.
By now you've read the story is set around the house of Usher. Like many of Flannagan's stories, they are designed to be end to end stories. Which is what I prefer. The Usher house hold is the story of rich people, greed, and overall evil people.
Many people cite the parallels of Succession, and they feel like it's underwhelming by comparison. I, however, do not. I actually don't like Succession. Just like many of HBO's series they are drawn out wwwwaaaayyyy to long. This is not. You get what you get for the 8 episodes.
Mike gets a lot of the actors he continues to work with,and Carla Gugino absolutely kills it in this role. She uses a myriad of accents, and makes the central theme of the series take on a life of it's own.
Many persons point to predictability in the plot, but if you've read The Raven, or any of Poe's other works you'll know how things are going to go down. This is a homage again. Looking for something new and exciting other than story telling and visuals will set you up for disappointment.
From what I can see, it's a good effort from a director that doesn't have much under their belt. Definitely, you can see some good story boarding elements as far as being under a budget and his camera work. However, story and the editing somewhat detract. There's quite a few odd cuts. However, it's something they can polish up further along in their career hopefully. Also, I've seen better special effects even at these budget levels.
Overall, zombie apocalypse story, the only spin on it is the positioning and view of the protagonist. There definitely is a ever common family thread in it. However, it is so annoying that it doesn't make any character likeable at all. All seem kind of detached, act on illogical premises. The movie could just be called "Barney", because a kid being the instigator of all the problems and death in the movie seems to be what they had in store. Personally, I found it rather insulting making a kid so dimitted. Also, the way it is framed makes me think none of these people have used firearms before.
I can appreciate the abilities to working with budget constraints, and these film makers actually tell a decent story within those constraints. However, several things pulled me out of the story and I can only attribute it to that. Using odd cuts and foley, where a dark lighting and scuibs or flashing lights would suffice. Some of which aren't all that expensive. The climax of the film is filled with many of these jump quick cuts with little more than exposition.
If you are a lover of low budget movies, then you might able to glean a more enjoyable movie than I can. Overall, I hope all these film makers get more of a chance in the future to polish their craft.
Overall, zombie apocalypse story, the only spin on it is the positioning and view of the protagonist. There definitely is a ever common family thread in it. However, it is so annoying that it doesn't make any character likeable at all. All seem kind of detached, act on illogical premises. The movie could just be called "Barney", because a kid being the instigator of all the problems and death in the movie seems to be what they had in store. Personally, I found it rather insulting making a kid so dimitted. Also, the way it is framed makes me think none of these people have used firearms before.
I can appreciate the abilities to working with budget constraints, and these film makers actually tell a decent story within those constraints. However, several things pulled me out of the story and I can only attribute it to that. Using odd cuts and foley, where a dark lighting and scuibs or flashing lights would suffice. Some of which aren't all that expensive. The climax of the film is filled with many of these jump quick cuts with little more than exposition.
If you are a lover of low budget movies, then you might able to glean a more enjoyable movie than I can. Overall, I hope all these film makers get more of a chance in the future to polish their craft.
The Lesbian Lost Boys analogy someone else gave is dead on. The other reviews are pretty blatent for their political idiology. With all that crap out of the way. At it's core, it's quality is decent. The storyboarding is middle of the spectrum.
Now, I honestly know nothing about LGBT communities. I don't know if the writer is a member of one these communities. However, I can respect the quality that I *think* that's how a person in these characters shoes would react. So, I think the writing is pretty intuitive. Honestly, as you can see by some of these reviews, people deserve characters they can relate to. I can't relate, but that's okay.
Now, for the bad. This movie is so anti-male it beats you over the head with it at ever waking moment, as is the tendency in any Hollywood movie lately. As some other reviewers might say, I don't like "Strong women characters". However, it's completely incorrect. I love a good strong female lead, especially in horror. We call most modern movies out for being misogynistic. We have to call this out on the other side of the spectrum.
In the end, the movie closes with a decent ending, that brings the whole anti-male thing back to middle ground. However, the movie is just too over the top gay for me. That's okay. It wasnt made for me. I applaud their efforts though, and if they didn't go to their extremist sections, it could have been a better movie for all.
Now, I honestly know nothing about LGBT communities. I don't know if the writer is a member of one these communities. However, I can respect the quality that I *think* that's how a person in these characters shoes would react. So, I think the writing is pretty intuitive. Honestly, as you can see by some of these reviews, people deserve characters they can relate to. I can't relate, but that's okay.
Now, for the bad. This movie is so anti-male it beats you over the head with it at ever waking moment, as is the tendency in any Hollywood movie lately. As some other reviewers might say, I don't like "Strong women characters". However, it's completely incorrect. I love a good strong female lead, especially in horror. We call most modern movies out for being misogynistic. We have to call this out on the other side of the spectrum.
In the end, the movie closes with a decent ending, that brings the whole anti-male thing back to middle ground. However, the movie is just too over the top gay for me. That's okay. It wasnt made for me. I applaud their efforts though, and if they didn't go to their extremist sections, it could have been a better movie for all.