We have all received those nasty little chain letters at work. Most of the emails aren't bad, but, on certain occasions, they threaten bad ju-ju. Do you send it? Or, do you delete it? This is the question presented in the movie Chain Letter, a psycho-thriller.Last night, Kevin picked out a movie from our favorite movie rental system, Red Box, and brought home Chain Letter. We had seen the preview, and felt the movie definitely had potential to be a good thriller. Even from the beginning, the movie seemed to have some good prospects with an attention grabbing opening scene; however, the movie soon fell into the hole that most horror flicks fall into: the cliche insertions that turn the movie more into a cheap comedy than a thriller. Yes, there was the random and completely unnecessary breast scene. And, of course, it seemed no one on set understood the first thing about blood. Blood rarely squirts like Old Faithful; it spills. The movie definitely leaned on its gore scenes to hold the attention of the audience, a real shame.
Chain Letter had good ideas for plot, good equipment, and a director with an interesting eye in capturing scenes (definitely a visual artist), but failed to execute the movie as a whole. The movie could have benefited from a better cast, with most of the actors over-acting. And, it needed to cut out some of the gore. Gore is for movies that have nothing else to get viewers through them, like Saw II-VI (Kevin will not agree with me here ... haha). With that said, the movie wasn't a total waste of time. I would suggest everyone watch it at least once.
Here is my final rating:
Anna's Awesome Movie Rating System (score of 0-5):
- Camera Quality: 4.5
- Mental Stimulation: 2.5 (could have been higher as a thriller, but relied too much on gore)
- Acting: 3.0
- Overall Experience: 3.5
Until next time ...
Oh ... I got the picture from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1148200/
Love your rating system...
ReplyDeleteAnd saw 2 and 3 were descent. Saw 7 should have never been made... ever.
Saw I was awesome. It relied on the story, plot, and the imaginations of its viewers. II onward, however, relied on unrealistic and often comical blood and gut scenes. Not my version of a good time. Hehe.
ReplyDeleteLove the new blog.
ReplyDeleteI am glad I am not the only one who gets annoyed and silly unrealistic blood squirting. :) If you are going to have blood- at all- it doesn't need to be gratuitous and fake for it to get the message across. ;)
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