I was surprised- having read this and a couple other reviews ahead of time- how long I was with the movie. And not even just with it. I think I legitimately loved it for about 40 or so minutes. Appreciated some of the big swings and was forgiving of its strange narrative/motivation ellipses. Around the midpoint I wondered if critics were just being rough on it. And I say all this as someone who liked a lot of 2018 and pretty much hated all of KILLS.
Then it started to lose me. I tried to stay with it but it didn't let me. By the end it felt like it was shaming me for liking it in the first place. So in that way, it's the whole franchise in microcosm. I spent the last five or so minutes with my hands in the air asking WTF.
I appreciate weird swings. I admire SEASON OF THE WITCH for trying to do something different even if it handled it badly. Through half of this one I felt like DGG and Co were showing an interesting way the original III could have worked by leaving MM behind and doing something different but related. (I'm sure even if it was pulled off to the best of its potential, it still would have tanked in 1982.) I had high hopes for this once it started, despite the reviews. Like the other two DGG entries (but even more so) it flirts with being something special before just going off on its own weird but not engaging path.
I have a ticket for this tomorrow purely out of Jamie Lee loyalty and fully expect to be disappointed. It kind of stuns me that I left the 2018 entry thinking they'd nailed so much and only blown it in isolated areas, but figured they were enough on track to stick a landing. After KILLS and this I've never felt more like a sucker.
The DGG Dream Team lifted the weirdest idea from Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday and didn't make it weirder. I don't know if that's for the best, or worst, here.
I was surprised- having read this and a couple other reviews ahead of time- how long I was with the movie. And not even just with it. I think I legitimately loved it for about 40 or so minutes. Appreciated some of the big swings and was forgiving of its strange narrative/motivation ellipses. Around the midpoint I wondered if critics were just being rough on it. And I say all this as someone who liked a lot of 2018 and pretty much hated all of KILLS.
Then it started to lose me. I tried to stay with it but it didn't let me. By the end it felt like it was shaming me for liking it in the first place. So in that way, it's the whole franchise in microcosm. I spent the last five or so minutes with my hands in the air asking WTF.
I appreciate weird swings. I admire SEASON OF THE WITCH for trying to do something different even if it handled it badly. Through half of this one I felt like DGG and Co were showing an interesting way the original III could have worked by leaving MM behind and doing something different but related. (I'm sure even if it was pulled off to the best of its potential, it still would have tanked in 1982.) I had high hopes for this once it started, despite the reviews. Like the other two DGG entries (but even more so) it flirts with being something special before just going off on its own weird but not engaging path.
I have a ticket for this tomorrow purely out of Jamie Lee loyalty and fully expect to be disappointed. It kind of stuns me that I left the 2018 entry thinking they'd nailed so much and only blown it in isolated areas, but figured they were enough on track to stick a landing. After KILLS and this I've never felt more like a sucker.
Looking forward to HALLOWEEN DESERVES BETTER
this one seems to be a bit polarizing among critics I follow. not gonna be a worth a visit to the theater, I guess
The DGG Dream Team lifted the weirdest idea from Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday and didn't make it weirder. I don't know if that's for the best, or worst, here.