celinka20
Joined Mar 2011
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I gave it two stars because I completed the first season and had watched 8 episodes of the 2nd season. It is appalling how little the story progresses from episode to episode. What started out as a creepy psychological thriller turned into a mess of a story that looked like it had lost its own way.
It's believable that when you love someone so much, you start doing crazy things to "protect" them. But the action got so crazy that the characters lost a lot of sense & credibility.
New characters were introduced to serve very little towards plot progression. Cryptic questions were posed to keep the viewer guessing, but it seems like Shayamalan didn't want to give up any clues so that he could drag the story on for four seasons.
Gave up.
It's believable that when you love someone so much, you start doing crazy things to "protect" them. But the action got so crazy that the characters lost a lot of sense & credibility.
New characters were introduced to serve very little towards plot progression. Cryptic questions were posed to keep the viewer guessing, but it seems like Shayamalan didn't want to give up any clues so that he could drag the story on for four seasons.
Gave up.
...in their roles. Don't know why the first two actors are listed below the supporting and even extra actors when they play two of the main characters. ???
The chemistry between Macdonald and MacKay was believable, and Bonneville is downright scary in this movie.
Clicked on it not knowing what to expect as I had not watched any trailers, but knowing Kelly Macdonald and Hugh Bonneville's previous works, I trusted it to be an entertaining movie. It was very entertaining. The pacing was well done, the plot twists were believable, and the characters' motivations were realistic.
Would definitely watch it again if I get the chance.
The chemistry between Macdonald and MacKay was believable, and Bonneville is downright scary in this movie.
Clicked on it not knowing what to expect as I had not watched any trailers, but knowing Kelly Macdonald and Hugh Bonneville's previous works, I trusted it to be an entertaining movie. It was very entertaining. The pacing was well done, the plot twists were believable, and the characters' motivations were realistic.
Would definitely watch it again if I get the chance.
Truly don't understand how Exhuma won any award, let alone several. That's the biggest mystery about this film.
The storytelling is uncharacteristically poor, comprising of two different groups of characters involved in the conflict. It feels like I'm watching an abridged version of a 16 episode drama at times.
The dialogue tries to be clever, but it comes across as awkward more often than not.
The characters' motivations and inner conflicts are shallow and vague. Choi Min-Sik's character comes across as being authoritative at first, and in the next scene, we see he has changed his mind. Where is his resolve? Where is the complexity of his arguments to make his case? Why didn't he even try?
What could have been a movie about ancient cultural traditions clashing with modern practicality/capitalism/sensitivity turned into a movie about gory monster-fighting.
Re: the horror aspect. What horror aspect? Not for a moment did I find this movie creepy or unsettling. After the first hour, I started to find it boring. At 1:35, I'm giving up.
The storytelling is uncharacteristically poor, comprising of two different groups of characters involved in the conflict. It feels like I'm watching an abridged version of a 16 episode drama at times.
The dialogue tries to be clever, but it comes across as awkward more often than not.
The characters' motivations and inner conflicts are shallow and vague. Choi Min-Sik's character comes across as being authoritative at first, and in the next scene, we see he has changed his mind. Where is his resolve? Where is the complexity of his arguments to make his case? Why didn't he even try?
What could have been a movie about ancient cultural traditions clashing with modern practicality/capitalism/sensitivity turned into a movie about gory monster-fighting.
Re: the horror aspect. What horror aspect? Not for a moment did I find this movie creepy or unsettling. After the first hour, I started to find it boring. At 1:35, I'm giving up.