The Uninvited meets steampunk and acoustic rock in the alleys of Snyder's mind!

Rating: 8/10 (25 March 2011)

What a movie!!! Before I move on to praise it to bits, it must say that it is a love it or a hate it type of a movie and I very clearly loved it.
Trying to describe this movie for me is akin to a synaesthete trying to describe colours to a blind person. The sheer imagery defies words. The execution of imagination is brilliant.
Like it was said in many reviews, there isn't a strong script and this is one of those movies which does not need it. The music, the dark visual style, the steampunk action sequences will either make you groan or make you sit up and dig deeper and deeper into your popcorn bucket.
Every last pixel is well imagined and the visual tapestry that is a result of Snyder's imagination and astounding vfx will blow everything off into the background.
Imagine the best fight sequences of LOTR mated with the slo-mo of matrix and the mood of 300 you will have a very slight idea of what this is all about. Go watch the movie with this expectation and it will still blow your mind.
Okay, my conscience wants me to say something more, but feel free not to read this - makes no difference.
Emily Browning's deadpan expressions are a slight drawback, but then with Cornish, Hudgens, Zepplins, Monsters, Katanas and the rest on screen, you barely get to notice Browning's shortcomings.