Long time no see...

Rating: 6/10 (24 February 2013)

This movie is far the best you can see these days, but it's not because it's original...
It presents the scariest things what modern horror movies are maintaining: Scary, mysterious DUDE in mask, depressing atmosphere, jumpy-fright moments. For me the most powerful element of this motion picture are the antic camera family-movies. They were top-notch crafted in every way.
But of course, as any other films in this genre, it sets the same damn story build up(!) Please someone tell me, why every horror today starts with MOVING?! (Sorry, not only horror) And of course we know that where they gonna move into, oh yeah, it's a damn haunted house. So unoriginal, and Hackneyed. We encounter with this everywhere now, and makes me wonder: Do the creators ever struggle for new story backgrounds? 'Coz after replying this for the 1000th time ... it's like if you put this genre to a ladder among the others, it's never gonna change it's placement, 'coz it's not even trying to, and that place is really below the top, guys.
There are two types of horror movies: The one where the story is scary and the happenings are more build on the meaning behind it, not only the surface is ugly, but beneath it, also. The other one is where regardless of scary-jumpy and gruesome moments there is nothing else which affects the audience, and can be a merit.
This movie has more emphasis to the other type of this genre.
Besides this major negativity of Sinister, it has some merits: Like I said before, the top-notch camera scenes are perfectly representing the darkest corners of the genre, and as an intro (at the start) worked really well. The attic scene, with the ladder (you know what I'm talking about) was freaking awesome. It could be said to the end too, and this is the strongest merit for me: You know the ending when they thing the nightmare has ended, and everything is fine after-wards, and then the big surprise comes? Well ... it's not different here, but still it is build up so damn good, differently. The sounds effects here makes you the creeps, the visual is perfect, and actually it is a negative ending, but how negative man, WOW! It was refreshing.
But again, back to the downfalls, the jumpy-moments are so predictable, mostly the LAST ONE (you know, before credits). This is the other thing makes me wonder: Why are they emphasize on these moments, in a way, that you know it's going to happen, and the most awkward is, you know WHAT's going to happen, and which a**hole gonna scare you. And you ask the question: Do I wanna see this? I'm already know what's gonna happen, so I'm not watching' it. Well, yeah, we reached the point when actually we know everything, and it's really sad ... really ...
However, I didn't see the lawnmower part coming, damn, that was so strong scene(!)
So ,yeah, it's good, and bad at the same time, it's the same thing as every other movie, but at least this is the best among them.