John Doiron

It was a decent effort for a horror/slasher, but it also kinda sucked. Not enough character development, the twist was silly, and the gore wasn’t realistic enough. Too cinematic. Saw had much better gore. I will say that it kept me guessing the entire time on who the killer was, but I wasn’t really satisfied with the reveal. It’s impossible to get emotionally invested with the characters in this film.

Some of the negative reviews have some good points, such as the lack of story and the slow pacing. BUT, this film had me enraptured with my eyes glued to the TV virtually every last second from start to finish. The acting, the dialogue, the music, the cinematography, all excellent. The lack of explication only served to heighten the mystery. It strings you along while dropping little nuggets, then drops a few big bombs toward the end. Yes, you’re kinda left not really understand what happened, it doesn’t explicate or tie up loose ends very much. But that’s sort of the point, anyway. And I think it’s one of a small handful of films that succeeds with the long runtime. It’s a slower pacing, but to me it’s perfect for what it’s trying to do. Trust me, don’t knit pick, just watch it and enjoy it. It’s a great movie and better than all the other Netflix originals I’ve been watching.

A good 4 out of 5 Netflix movies we decide to watch turn out to be terrible. This one turned out to be pretty good. I’m not really getting why people are rating it so low. It kept us on the edge of our seat the entire time, the acting was great, and the dialogue was also pretty good. I don’t think it was super unique, but it was still an enjoyable film. Yeah, the twist at the end was kind of dumb, but I mean, it’s literally one sentence spoken, and then the movie ends. You could simply ignore it.

Great, straight-forward action movie. Excellent acting, realistic special effects, nothing is too over-the-top. It’s believable, and engaging the whole way through. A refreshing film in this day.

I want to preamble this by saying that some of the negative feedback over this game is correct. It can be clunky and slow-paced. I’ve unintentionally killed my horse twice, agitated other citizens by walking into them, and brought up save menus and such several times already. Often when I am in the middle of fighting another outlaw or a ferocious bear in a mission, the game will throw me crucial directions on two corners of the screen that I can just barely read, and I end up having to repeat the last checkpoint multiple times. The lack of fast travel can be a bit cumbersome at times, and I’m not fond of the fact that you can’t go to New Austin until the end of the game, as it will take me a very long time to finish this game. Even so, this game is worth your time and your money. It is a legendary video game. Now, I’m not a regular gamer; I was many years ago, but every few years I’ll come back to the gaming world to see the advancements. RDR2 BLOWS ME AWAY. It is incredibly realistic. It is the most beautiful map I’ve ever had the pleasure of roaming around in; the weather system is hyper-realistic, the environments are incredibly detailed, and you can interact with seemingly all NPCs. The world is ALIVE. There are camps everywhere, towns, cities booming at the turn of the century, church bells ringing, birds singing and bugs chirping. Animals are EVERYWHERE. In Far Cry 5 I hated hunting because it was so boring, but in RDR2 you could JUST hunt and be happy. The skinning is beyond anything I could have imagined. The missions are fun, the story is art, and there are countless random encounters. You can cook food, craft supplies, drive carts and trains and row boats, bathe, swim, shave, etc. I value realism, sometimes more than the gaming factor. I love works of art, and this is a work of art. If you are someone who loves realism, who used to dream that you could play a game like GTA that looks real and that lets you roam around the real world, then get this game. When I’m in Lemoyne, I feel like I’m in Georgia or Louisiana. When I’m in Roanoke, I feel like I’m in Tennessee. Valentine—Wyoming, etc. I don’t know when I’ll ever have enough $$ to get a horse that’s worth galloping across the map on, but even still, some people, like me, like to take games slowly and build up, working your way up, just enjoying the immersion.