Pointless

Rating: 4/10 (2 September 2007)

I seen this movie last night and i have to say that i just wasn't impressed. The acting was fine in fact i thought Cusack was fantastic, i thought the film looked the part, special effects and things like that were also up to scratch and it did provide some scary and jumpy moments (though some were predictable).
HOWEVER, this is what i really didn't like about the movie. in nearly all horror films i can think of there was always a motive for what was happening. For example, Scream, two guys slash people because they were influenced by movies they had seen(not the best example, just the first i thought of, obviously there are many more that i don't need to list, think of one for yourself and then think of a motive for it). 1408 on the other hand for me seemed to have no reason why this hotel room had the effect that it had on those who stayed in it. Many will argue that this leaves it to the imagination but i felt it left the movie with a lack of depth. Because of this i left feeling that the story was pretty random and pointless that a hotel room had become so spooky and freaky with no backing story as to why. If someone can explain why room 1408 was the way it was and what or more importantly who was responsible for what was happening in the room i will be satisfied but until then i will still say it lacked meaning and was therefore pointless.