Great horror film but quite a few flaws...

Rating: Null/10 (1 October 2000)

Final Destination is a great movie that is destined to be a late night classic. The movie is very creepy and is generally solid throughout.
Basically, after the plane explosion in the beginning of the movie, there are a few weak points. Imagine the majority of your senior class dying in a plane explosion. Now, compare how you would feel with how the characters in the movie seemed to feel. It is not real enough. Final Destination strives to be a serious movie but nobody seems to care about the deaths that happen around them. However, Devon Sawa does do a pretty decent job showing just how messed up he becomes after the initial tragedy, especially in the scenes immediately following his return home with his parents from the airport. Aside from that, everyone in the movie just seems to dead inside. The only time all characters as a whole seem human is the brief moment when all of their parents pick them up from airport security.
There are a few moments that are pretty scary but they are mainly cliche moments that rely on the audio. There are no real shocker moments. Computer digitized backgrounds hint at an upcoming death scene. Also, it's too bad Tony Todd wasn't a more vital character instead of a disrespectful mortician.
The DVD version of the movie is great but the deleted scenes may cause you to realize that scenes that you initially liked will later seem like hasty last-minute efforts to save the movie.
Overall, it is a great movie for general horror fans and is done the way horror movies should be done to at least get some praise from the public. I give this movie 3/4 Stars since I appreciate an original horror movie in the endless caravan of good ideas but poor outcomes.