Good, but not Great

Rating: 6/10 (25 October 2013)

I finally got around to watching this movie the other day. A lot of my friends have been talking this up as one of the best and scariest horror movies they have ever seen. And while I can honestly say I jumped a few times.... I just don't see how it was that scary. Now don't get me wrong, I liked this movie. Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne both did fantastic jobs pulling off the desperate parent roles. And the little bit that you see him act, the kid was pretty good too. I thought the directing was very good as well. Wan did a good job. The film was dark and gritty. And the jump scares were pretty decent. But in the end that is all that it was to me. A few good jump scares and dark lighting. And I think that that's biggest problem with this movie. There is something lacking in the writing. Which is sad because I'm a big fan of Whannell's other work, with the Saw franchise. But I seriously think he dropped the ball on this one. While the story certainly wasn't BAD. It wasn't great either. It seemed to rely to much on jump scares and never really builds much tension. As I said earlier, I really did like this movie, but I just don't think It's as great as some people say it is.