Mini DH

they should’ve gone with the alternative ending.

My only critique is that there are too many hidden meanings that don’t entirely correlate, based on my own research. I’ve heard themes of loss, particularly personal to the director, as well as symbolism for school shootings and addiction. While I understand the point of making viewers question things, I think one or two themes would have made the film more cohesive. Too many hidden themes distract from the analysis and make it difficult to fully understand each part. It was still entertaining to watch, the acting was fantastic.

This is exactly how a horror film should be. You SHOULD be confused, you SHOULD be disturbed, and you certainly should be doing deep dives into all the theories of the film.

This was amazing icl. If you’re someone who’s into futuristic films, this will be right up your street. If not, then of course you don’t like it. It’s that simple. Seeing the negative reviews (at least in TikTok) just makes me realise people complain just to complain. The film was amazing, and easy to follow even if you didn’t watch the prior films. The actors did their characters justice, and visually this was amazing to observe.

0 if I could. Absolutely diabolical from the script to the cast.

SPOILERS : (If you want my quicker opinion, this was crap, visually great, storyline…a no) Pros 1 star - visually stunning, anything filmed in Italy automatically is impressive 2 stars - Definitely had me tense, especially towards the end during the police chase. I can’t fault it there, was definitely wondering what would happen next. CONS: * Firstly, there is absolutely no reason why 80% of their dialogue is just them hooting and hollering very loudly down the streets, like that was overstimulating esp when they’re speaking over each other it just becomes very chaotic and hard to follow * My next point, listen yes it’s sad that her previous background and the pressure she felt growing up to “be the best”, led her to those moments where she essentially lost all common sense trying to “live for the moment”. HOWEVER, if you’re not going to show us moments of that like a few flashbacks at least would’ve helped us understand her decisions further, without them, she just comes across as incredibly dense. * The piano scene…yeah I had secondhand embarrassment cos wtf lmao. * Again, she came off incredibly dense because us not seeing how hard her training was and the pressure she felt growing made it increasingly hard to sympathise with her. * With that said, your man is LITERALLY telling you “don’t come with me” and because you’ve fell in love (lust actually let’s be so real) with this guy, he’d tell her to judge of a bridge and she’d still do it. Incredibly stubborn, hard to watch and quite naive. Again visual context of why she’s like that would’ve helped piece everything together, and without it, any sympathy we could’ve had for was non-existent. * It’s rare that a woman would openly put herself in these situations, and I don’t entirely appreciate that this small percentage is being represented, when truly there were many other ways this could’ve been done.

SPOILERS: Pros: * I can mildly appreciate the comedic tone the film was going for, not too funny but like tolerable * Theo James of course * I have nothing else to add. Cons: * The twins don’t feel like twins, even the interactions as adults just felt like (because it was lol) one person trying to play two people, but still as the audience we can tell, which makes it less interesting * Because the film instilled a comedic tone, that mixture with seriousness/elements of horror just didn’t make sense. Idk I can’t put a finger on it but it was just unfortunately not funny, and not scary. * I think if they’d taken away the comedic aspect, and worked on the horror side, it could’ve been something interesting. * Due to it not being funny, it was easier to see the plot holes, and aspects that just didn’t make any sense. If this was purely comedy, or just a remotely good horror, I’d overlook the fact that most times a death happened, Hal was always there, which if this was serious he wouldn’t just walk away casually every time, he’d be a suspect considering how rare the nature of the incidents are. * How did he know to look for “Monkey” immediately in the phone book? They should of made that association smoother * The kid felt random, like the massive jump in time just made the kids presence unnecessary.

So, this film was definitely to say the least interesting. However, as someone who has watched the games (not actually played them but watch the game growing up), I now see and realise that they named the film Until Dawn for an eye grab, not so much for the plot line. The only things similar and plot line were: the timer, the Wendigo, Alan Hill, and the sister gone missing. I do truly think that if they tried to follow in the footsteps of the game rather than using the name for more of the cash grab, this would’ve been really really good however if I’m judging the film without acknowledging the game, the film wasn’t terrible, the scares did not get me but they were well done at least, not much too critique but it would not watch again. Also, if someone tells you that your sister has gone missing in an area where people go missing all the time, me personally I’m not going up there unless I’ve got the police and I’ve got a swat team with me, everything. I think I’m getting tired of the trope of dragging your friends into danger knowing that there could potentially be danger. It’s tired it’s overdone, it’s not fun to watch. The acting was good again nothing to really tell home about but it made it tolerable.

My fave film rewatched too many times

maintained the legacy pretty well, gory and ridiculous, loved it.