Too ambitious for its own good. *possible mild spoilers*

Rating: 9/10 (29 May 2012)

I loved the crap out of all of the Scream movies and I love self-aware, postmodern stuff, but this was stupid. I love what the filmmakers were going for and I think it's a great idea, but it could have been approached much better.
The movie works well for most of the first act, but in the later half of the second act is where we hit a steep decline. While it's smart, it suddenly tries to be some sort of sci-fi-zombie- conspiracy-Armageddon-comedy which makes it feel horribly disjointed as it tries to hit too many territories. It could have done really well in one or two fields, but it does poorly in all of them because it's stretched out way too thin.
Scary? No, not in the slightest. Over the top? Yes. I know that they were aiming for this but they took it too far to where I couldn't stop rolling my eyes the entire time. Funny? No, not really, more so just corny. Thought provoking? You could say it is mildly, but not to what it thinks it is.
All in all, The Cabin in the Woods is not scary at all and unfortunately poorly done. It tries to be so many genres that it fails at being all of them and there's too much inane crap going on. If a movie tries to be smart but it's overshadowed by extraneous plot lines, sexuality, and drug usage, its cleverness is hidden and immediately forgotten. You're thinking right now, "BUT WAIT! It's making fun of the clichés!" My response is that the sexuality could have been hinted at, and the fact that they directly showed it seemed to bow down to stereotypical horror movie clichés, and the drug usage was unneeded. You can just have the character be a total dumbass.
5.5/10, F, two thumbs down, etc.