matches81
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Well, there are plenty of plot synopses around here, so I'll skip that part.
Overall, this movie was very atmospheric to me and worked very well up until the very cliché-ridden finale. The acting is pretty good. My greatest fear initially was that the two kids would ruin this film, but, instead, they do a really good job and help the movie be better than I expected. The rest of the cast do their jobs pretty well, too. The story is fairly good, I'd say. I like that it mixes up exorcism and "cursed item", which especially helps keeping the first half of the movie from getting boring. Yes, the movie is slow, but I was really grateful it stayed away from throwing jump scare after jump scare at me and instead tried to go the unnerving, atmospheric route. For me, that worked perfectly and the possessed girl sent shivers down my spine several times, something most other exorcism flicks fail to do.
There are only two downers for me here: I would have enjoyed getting more background on the dibbuk and the finale is disappointingly loud, in your face and "already seen that". Basically, I would have enjoyed a finale in the mood of the rest of the movie a lot more...
Still, if you enjoy exorcism movies, this one here is definitely among the better ones and beats stuff like Devil Inside the Exorcism of Emily Rose by miles.
Overall, this movie was very atmospheric to me and worked very well up until the very cliché-ridden finale. The acting is pretty good. My greatest fear initially was that the two kids would ruin this film, but, instead, they do a really good job and help the movie be better than I expected. The rest of the cast do their jobs pretty well, too. The story is fairly good, I'd say. I like that it mixes up exorcism and "cursed item", which especially helps keeping the first half of the movie from getting boring. Yes, the movie is slow, but I was really grateful it stayed away from throwing jump scare after jump scare at me and instead tried to go the unnerving, atmospheric route. For me, that worked perfectly and the possessed girl sent shivers down my spine several times, something most other exorcism flicks fail to do.
There are only two downers for me here: I would have enjoyed getting more background on the dibbuk and the finale is disappointingly loud, in your face and "already seen that". Basically, I would have enjoyed a finale in the mood of the rest of the movie a lot more...
Still, if you enjoy exorcism movies, this one here is definitely among the better ones and beats stuff like Devil Inside the Exorcism of Emily Rose by miles.
I've bought Dante's Inferno shortly after its release, simply because I needed a hack'n slay fix. To be honest, I regret that purchase. I really don't understand all the high praise this game got.
While it does copy God of War wherever it can, that in itself isn't a bad thing in my opinion, games do that all the time. Sadly, it doesn't offer the same quality as God of War does.
First and foremost, the controls just aren't tight enough. They work and after a bit of time you will be able to pull off some decent moves, but overall it just doesn't feel as if you're directly in control. To me, it often felt like shouting instructions to the guy and waiting for him to do as I say.
The next important thing about a game such as this, level design, isn't that great, either, and often gets pretty atrocious: Camera angles in platforming sequences often make it hard to judge where your character really is in the scene. Jumping forward onto a slowly moving, rather large platform, shouldn't be a gamble. Checkpoints are regularly placed before menial tasks, but not before harder bits. The result of this can be pretty infuriating: For me it's just plain annoying to open several chests and do some very easy platforming time and time again only to die at the following fight.
Presentation-wise the game isn't bad, but not jaw-dropping, either. Often it looks good, sometimes even offers some vistas that are worth the ride, but some of the things that get repeated throughout the game simply look like a PS2 game (the souls swimming in a liquid or the walls "of the damned", for example).
It's a bit sad that they wasted all the potential the idea of the game had. If you really need a hack'n slay and have played all the others out there, just rent it.
While it does copy God of War wherever it can, that in itself isn't a bad thing in my opinion, games do that all the time. Sadly, it doesn't offer the same quality as God of War does.
First and foremost, the controls just aren't tight enough. They work and after a bit of time you will be able to pull off some decent moves, but overall it just doesn't feel as if you're directly in control. To me, it often felt like shouting instructions to the guy and waiting for him to do as I say.
The next important thing about a game such as this, level design, isn't that great, either, and often gets pretty atrocious: Camera angles in platforming sequences often make it hard to judge where your character really is in the scene. Jumping forward onto a slowly moving, rather large platform, shouldn't be a gamble. Checkpoints are regularly placed before menial tasks, but not before harder bits. The result of this can be pretty infuriating: For me it's just plain annoying to open several chests and do some very easy platforming time and time again only to die at the following fight.
Presentation-wise the game isn't bad, but not jaw-dropping, either. Often it looks good, sometimes even offers some vistas that are worth the ride, but some of the things that get repeated throughout the game simply look like a PS2 game (the souls swimming in a liquid or the walls "of the damned", for example).
It's a bit sad that they wasted all the potential the idea of the game had. If you really need a hack'n slay and have played all the others out there, just rent it.
First off: I have a weakness for bad movies, especially for the ones that are so bad they're funny again... also I like horror movies.
Liking bad movies and having seen tons of them, I can say with certainty: This is not the worst movie ever, not by a long shot.
The story is based on an idea that hasn't been beaten to death already, which is good. Other than that, it's not great, but it works, if you're kind enough to look the other way every now and then, and I actually found it interesting to watch. It's pretty coherent overall, too.
Sure, the actors won't get any awards for this movie, but they do a bearable job. Some of the minor roles are noticeably worse than the leads, but overall the acting is good enough to not be distracting.
The production values are those of a typical non-Hollywood B-movie: Picture quality is somewhere at the lower end, although I've seen worse, the special effects won't wow anybody and the action scenes are pretty weak overall, which hampers the finale especially.
Still, the movie surprised me in a good way. Although it's not bad enough to be funny, it's not bad enough to be a pain to watch, either. I had entertaining 80 minutes with it. Don't expect an award-winning masterpiece, get over the low production values and you should be able to enjoy it, too.
Liking bad movies and having seen tons of them, I can say with certainty: This is not the worst movie ever, not by a long shot.
The story is based on an idea that hasn't been beaten to death already, which is good. Other than that, it's not great, but it works, if you're kind enough to look the other way every now and then, and I actually found it interesting to watch. It's pretty coherent overall, too.
Sure, the actors won't get any awards for this movie, but they do a bearable job. Some of the minor roles are noticeably worse than the leads, but overall the acting is good enough to not be distracting.
The production values are those of a typical non-Hollywood B-movie: Picture quality is somewhere at the lower end, although I've seen worse, the special effects won't wow anybody and the action scenes are pretty weak overall, which hampers the finale especially.
Still, the movie surprised me in a good way. Although it's not bad enough to be funny, it's not bad enough to be a pain to watch, either. I had entertaining 80 minutes with it. Don't expect an award-winning masterpiece, get over the low production values and you should be able to enjoy it, too.