aahhh....storytelling!

Rating: 8/10 (31 July 2004)

When I go to a movie I want to be transported and entertained. Not spoon fed sappy dialogue and whiz-bang special effects till I snore. I want to say this was not a great movie, but then I realized that I was captured from the opening sequence and kept wound up in the story till the end. Given just enough information in the most tantalizing bits and pieces to keep me guessing. The characters were strong but not obvious and there were lots of little sub-plots adding depth and dimension. The mythos presented was unknown but still complete and understandable. I was genuinely spooked a couple of times. Subtle, exciting, and entirely enjoyable. I think this is an excellent example of modern day storytelling - using the visual aspect of film instead of dialogue or soliloquies to tell vital points. It didn't matter if I knew what would happen next, the joy of seeing this film was watching it unfold in rich and exquisite detail.