I thought the concept was great, the result was quite good. It was on par with the original. When you think of what they had to work with, they did pretty good taking the story further.
I loved the deer thing. Most people thought it was uneccessary but it adds to the fact that Samara is unatural. Like with the horse sensed Samara's mark upon Rachael in the first one these deer could sense Samara within Aiden. You have to think deeply about it all for it to make sense, it's not like they stick up a diagram to show everything about Samara. You have to work it all out.
I liked it. The part where she crawled up the well made the movie, IMO. Without that it wouldn't have been so good in my mind. Without that scene in Samara's world it would've been a lot less. The cinematography was incredible, the birch trees and all the fog. It really made my eyes open wide.
Now, I absoluetely despised it. I realize that a lot banks on taste, but ti was the worst movie that i have seen in years. The slow pacing and incredibly elaborate plot took forever to pan out, to lackluster results.
It was like horror cliches popped into a blender and put on low.
I was hoping for the deer scene to end like the original's horse scene. That remained one device that wasn't identical to the originals'. The CGI in that scene was atrocious, though.
The ending....the crying...was so unecessary. They obviously develped a good plot, and had no logical way to end it, so they had the cute girl crying over the cliff. No shit she's gonna land. Her needing to jump off seemed like a bizarre stretch, anyways.
Oh, I almost forgot. "I am not your ****ing mother!" is not a line that anyone should applaud. In fact, that is when they should have shouted boo. But they did not, in my theatre. because they were all twelve. Last 7:00 friday show I will ever go to.
Originally posted by Andrew McLeod
I thought the concept was great, the result was quite good. It was on par with the original. When you think of what they had to work with, they did pretty good taking the story further.I loved the deer thing. Most people thought it was uneccessary but it adds to the fact that Samara is unatural. Like with the horse sensed Samara's mark upon Rachael in the first one these deer could sense Samara within Aiden. You have to think deeply about it all for it to make sense, it's not like they stick up a diagram to show everything about Samara. You have to work it all out.
I liked it. The part where she crawled up the well made the movie, IMO. Without that it wouldn't have been so good in my mind. Without that scene in Samara's world it would've been a lot less. The cinematography was incredible, the birch trees and all the fog. It really made my eyes open wide.
There was no need to take the story any furthur, and it really had no connection with the original. Last we saw, Samara was crawling out Martin Henderson's television, suggesting there is no end to her reign. Then it's right back to the killer video tape deal all over again? How convenient. To suggest anyone having to think deeply to get an all too obvious gimmick rehashed for a sequel is insulting.
Bland, uninspired, dramatic dreck that can't even touch the original, IMO.