Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Wherefore rejoice heavens, woe to earth and sea.

Drag Me To Hell - 6.5/10. Reveals Sam Raimi's strengths and weaknesses as a filmmaker. When he's stuck in a room, he is just a doll at creating a sense of claustrophobia and and impending craziness and the same scenario almost seems to force him to be inventive and fun. See: Evil Deads 1 and 2, which this, at its best, resembles. But he can't make it travel well. When he goes outside of a confined space or does anything that just serves to do something as simple as propel the plot forwards, it's... kind of like he gives up? Like he doesn't see the fun in it. It has to happen, so let it happen, just get me where I want to go. Where's my next set piece. He seems to say. With the way he makes movies. You get me? Couple that with a leading lady who isn't enough of an idiot, and you've got a movie that's too often boring.

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