Thinking about watching The Conjuring tonight. Got good reviews, does it live up to them?
How was it? Probably going to catch it tonight.
It was bad. The backstory is half-assed nonsense.
Well, since I don't really value your opinion I'm going to watch anyways. But if it sucks you can say "I told you so".
Hmmm, seems a bit fuckface-y, but it happens. Maybe Dub will get back to you.
I enjoyed it, combines a lot of horror subgenres. Didn't realize the dude from Office Space was in it though, so had to get over that.
Please elaborate. Also, how did the main ghost's backstory grab you? Compelling? Or more like incredibly simplistic and nonsensical? Also, also, did you find the depicted age of the ghost strange at all given the backstory? Triple also, did the small number and random selection of prior victims seem inconsistent given the sizeable time frame and alleged motivations of said main ghost?
Don't get me wrong the scares were good, but man that backstory. So generic and unimaginative. Really eliminated the possibility of any deeper psycholigical disturbing of the viewer from the film. Cheap really.
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My point about the combined subgenres (might be wrong wording) was that they used a lot of typical horror storylines but had an interesting way of combining them (Exorcism/church/possession, little ghost kids that started with the ring, haunted house, clairvoyants, true story premise with old footage, etc.) Not saying it added or subtracted from the film, I just thought it was an interesting take on familiar plot lines.
That being said, I'm not sure why your so bent on the ghost's story. It's not a psychological thriller, it's a horror movie. It seemed like the backstory set up the story they were wanting to tell. Woman back in the day sacrifices her kid to the devil after getting in dark practices and then eventually kills herself and it damned to curse the land she owned.
Small number of murders? It showed that they found a bunch of neighbors had died on the same land that had been split up in previous years and told the story of the previous mother who killed her child in the house.
The ghosts age? I'm not sure what the hell your talking about, it's a rough ridin' ghost.
If your really looking for plot line holes in a horror movie, I suggest you stop watching horror movies.
