disappointed

Rating: 4/10 (18 February 2012)

I was really looking forward to seeing Daniel Radcliffe as something other than Harry Potter. I was seriously disappointed in this movie. The first 45 min or so was so slow and boring I almost got up and walked out. The tone of the movie was extremely dark, as expected. There was some effort to lead up to the impact points, but the intensity wasn't maintained. There was about 20 min of actual "scary" and suspenseful. The scary parts were really scary, though. I jumped out of my seat several times. It was true suspense, not just blood and gore. However, there were actually times when the audience laughed out loud at overly contrived efforts to make things seem creepy. At the end, it was like... really? That's it? Overall, the good parts weren't worth sitting through the rest. It would have been better to watch this sitting at home in the dark with a group of friends.