"A group of friends whose 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."
--------------------
This doesn't really look like anything special, but I really liked the book by Scott Smith, so I will probably go see this when it hits theaters.
this looks like one of those movies where the Filmmakers fail at making me forget im watching a movie. I will look forward to pirating this or waiting for it to pop up on HBO.
__________________ "If you tell the truth, you never have to remember anything" -Twain
(sig by Scythe)
i saw it last night. It was in between ok & good. I initially hesitated watching the movie but my sis told me about it for like a half hr and a i said what the hey. i even told her to tell me how it ends cause i wasn't gonna watch it anyway.
I applaud the movie for making me feel genuinely sorry for the victims in the movie in an intense way. And that almost never happens with me with horror movies.
I wished more horror movies did it that way. Like make you really feel the "I wouldn't want to be them" type of thing more often. Yea, that's the case with almost all horrors and how all director's try to do it but to actually see horrific sh*t that makes you feel really happy to be alive and extremely lucky that your not in such a situation, is partly what makes a good horror movie a good one. And "The Ruins" did just that. And it wasn't only psychological, it was gory as hell, too.
Overall, as a horror movie, i give it a 7/10. Oh and a sequel seems likely with how it ended imo.
__________________ "The darkside, Sidious, is an illness no true Sith wishes to be cured of, my young apprentice .."
I saw a screening for this almost 4 months ago. I'm not sure how it's changed since then, but let me say I found this movie to be incredibly good. When I go into a horror movie, I expect a bit of cheese, a lot of gore, and as fistofthenorth said, I want to feel sorry for the characters. The Ruins had it all. The only problem I had with the movie was the horrible german accent, but I can only assume that most people didn't notice that. I think the movie is perfect for what it is, a horror movie, not a drama.
I didn't think it was anything special but it's not a waste of your time watching it. They changed a lot from the book apparently, especially the ending [SPOILER - highlight to read]: no one survived and the last of the group commited suicide
The bit that I liked was when Jean Malone's character chucked[SPOILER - highlight to read]: part of the plant and it hit the boy(in the group keeping them from escaping) and the people turned on him to kill him, Quite sad.
Last edited by MildPossession on Jun 13th, 2008 at 11:09 PM
KMC Community Forums
Jan 28th, 2008 04:20 AM
