The Ruins

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0963794/

A group of friends' leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist, embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.

I actually thought this was pretty good, in a gruesome, classic horror movie sort of way. I fully expected it to be pants

Spoiler:
(you know, with killer plants being the big bad)

Anyone seen it? Thoughts? 😄

I saw it.

Thought it was shitty.

Was like Little Shop of Horrors but with crazy Brazilians and without the humor and the recognition that the idea of conscious plants killing people and making noise (copying the sound of a cell phone and their voices? Come on.) is inherently goofy.

Some of the gore effects were decent. But no, murdering plants doesn't fly to me.

I haven't seen it but I would like to.

If you liked the movie Syren, you should read the book.

The book ends differently I believe, I've been told that no one

Spoiler:
survives at all

As for the movie, nothing special.

Sounds appallingly shit.

I could imagine someone like Chill in this movie, though.

What an odd thing to imagine.

Rented this movie at the redbox. It wasn't a waste of a $dollar, but it isn't worth anymore. I was surprised at how incredibly boring the movie was.

I'll probably read the book.

Spoiler:
No one survives, or at least we are left with the impression that Jena's character is pretty ****ed at the end.

I thought the gruesome effects were its saving grace and the acting was passable. I'd recommend it 🙂

Originally posted by ragesRemorse
Rented this movie at the redbox. It wasn't a waste of a $dollar, but it isn't worth anymore. I was surprised at how incredibly boring the movie was.

Originally posted by MildPossession
The book ends differently I believe, I've been told that no one

Spoiler:
survives at all

out of the group of friends in the book.

As for the movie, nothing special.

I love your use of the spoiler tags, like I couldn't figure out what you said. lol 😂

It could have been the opposite 😛

I was expecting so much more. It was nothing special. I wasnt bored but was looking forward to the end by te middle of the movie. The cell phone sound thing was ridiculous!

I don't expect anything worthwhile from this movie. That said, I'll probably never see it. Horror movies tend to suck as a whole nowadays and this movie didn't look like any exception.

Originally posted by Antediluvian89
True. I really felt like I was wasting my time just like those dumbasses were when they were figuring out how do escape.

You know what, you actually make it sound more entertaining that it really was. 😆

Ok, so none of you liked it 😆

I'd still recommend it to anyone who appreciates a classic horror that doesn't take much brain power to follow 😛

So, Ruins ruins the horror genre?

Normally i trust BackFire's opinions on movies, lets not joke around, dude knows his shit.

but.

Originally posted by Syren
Ok, so none of you liked it 😆

I'd still recommend it to anyone who appreciates a classic horror that doesn't take much brain power to follow 😛

when it came out my first thought was "oh boy... sure aint guna go see this" but since i saw it on the wall at the movie store beside my place, im thinking i might just wanna to see it.

im going to trust Syren

which means i am going to rent it.

There were parts that I'd rather have not seen, but I found the characters survival rather intriguing. Other than that the ending was just horrible and differed from the book, which is surprising considering the script was written by the author.

The Ruins is a pretty cool flick. Better than most of the crap that comes out nowadys. Fairly original.