The Visit

M. Night Shyamalan's 2015 comedy/horror (I guess?).
==First watch (11th September 2015)==
===Format===
At Sheffield Cineworld, with Mum and Sarah
===Journal===
At some point in 2015, I think, we realised that M. Night was releasing a new film - his first original film as sole Director-Writer since The Happening. It wasn't very widely advertised, and after M. Night's string of critical failures that wasn't surprising, but it looked alright.
Mum, Sarah and I went to see it on the night that it came out, and I had zero expectations of any kind.
Well. I couldn't figure out what I thought of it. I thought the story was clever and the execution precise. But I didn't actually enjoy watching it much. I think the problem was that I spent the whole film thinking they were just crazy grandparents and M. Night was just trying to make some sort of quirky comedy-horror movie but which didn't really do much for me. A second watch might be more enjoyable.
Also I didn't think the ending was that great. Like, the climax made sense (although I don't think it was pulled off in the most effective way), but the aftermath was meh. Didn't need a sappy ending - the score throughout the film wasn't a James Newton Howard deeply emotional type of affair, so trying to end with M. Night's signature emotional ending didn't work for me.
===Rating===
0 this time, but perhaps higher next time? Not sure.
Category:2010s films
Category:Horror films
Category:Comedy films
Category:American films
Category:M. Night Shyamalan films
Category:Films watched in 2015
Category:Films with 0 rating