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Reviews
The War of the Worlds (2019)
THE WAR OF DREARYNESS
The chemistry of this production shows how dreary and disappointing it can become with the pace being slow and amounting to hardly anything. The overdone of colour effect at most parts adds to the dreariness, and puts you off even to a 3 episode margin. The actors try to fit in their shoes the best they can but Spall's character can hardly earn respect for his existence. The only couple of good notes is some visual interests and wide-scenery atmosphere works only for particularly a few seconds. The drama which it centres on puts you off the hopeful interest of seeing a pure adaptation of Wells' work and fails to be entertaining.
Halloween (2018)
Halloween not forgotton, but still dead.
All this film comes down to is 'a challenge'; a challenge for the production crew, especially its director, to make something to respect the 1978 legend film. Watching it, I try to analyse what decisions and choices they have made for effect (i.e. the horror side n' the spirit of the franchise) and structure (what surprises were installed); and in the end there is literally really nothing - the plot 'means well' but doesn't stand strong with its failed aspects, such as re-used ideas of killing, scaring and surprise twists in the plot. Minimum effect to depending how much hope n' effort the production simply had tried to put into this film. Its characters n' ideas are dried-up even for the younger generations to see this as their first taste of the franchise. The aim didn't have the right people; the original was raw n' breath taking to cinema (horror cinema especially), the new technology of filmmaking today can't 'likely' save or come close to it. The confidence of the production team is where their weakness were.
Inferno (1980)
Deader than Ed!
As in, 'I have seen better horror from the Ed Wood films'. For those that couldn't of watch this without at least hearing of it's predecessor 'Suspiria', can we ever consider enjoying this film; as we hope to feel the same 'grip' of horror/excitement that thee Argento can throw at us with his taste of horror, is only left us with minimal, perhaps overdone, delirious techniques n' effects that leads us to no excitement/thrills/fear. Outreach but his ideas, the plot and structure is just like it's climax - a burnt-down grand building!