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ephori
Sep 1, 2006

Dinosaur Gum

A4R8 posted:

This film is easily the most competent, theatrically released creature feature I have seen in years. What a ride.

The production values, camera shots, and cinematography are top-notch here. The characters behaved believably in the situations they were in. The voice-over in the beginning tying into the end was a nice touch, and I greatly appreciated the anti-corporate message in an era of belligerent, late capitalism. Lovecraftian creature designs are always unnerving in the best way.

Highly recommend this - it’s great escapism.

I agree with this 100%. I absolutely don’t understand the poor reviews. This movie was so well executed, didn’t overstay it’s welcome, and had a fantastic pace from start to finish. This was the biggest surprise for me in a long time. I had seriously low expectations after all the reviews and kept waiting for the movie to suddenly nosedive and it never happened. It’s ‘just’ a monster movie, but just so well executed.

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ephori
Sep 1, 2006

Dinosaur Gum

TheOmegaWalrus posted:

It's not a bad movie, per se, it's just very derivative of a handful of exceptional movies which all took creative gambles in ways this film simply didn't.

I think this is a pretty fair assessment; I think competently retreading familiar ground in a genre film though doesn't warrant the reaction this film received.

ephori fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Jun 7, 2020

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