I saw this film yesterday; it was released here (UK) last Friday. I have searched but couldn’t find an existing thread.
I thought this was an excellent film, it really built up the suspense very well. I thought the ending worked really well as well, and I didn’t work it out (Well not all of it anyway).
There was one point in the film where the whole audience jumped, then a nervous laughter rippled through the theatre
I thought Nicole Kidman was very good in this role, in fact I thought the entire cast were.
According to the Channel 5 Movie Chart Show it’s currently No.1 at the UK Box Office.
I think the role fit Nicole Kidman very well. I like her, but I’ve always viewed her as an “ice queen” type, and it fits her well in this movie.
It wasn’t as good a movie as I thought it would be, there were some prosaic things that I’ve been picking up more and more as I think about it, but overall, I think it was very well done. The darkness of the setting creeped the heck out of me.
I think I will be thinking about this film for a few days yet.
SPOILER
The Image that I remember the most is when Grace turns over the photograph in the Attic room, even though We kind of know it’s coming it’s still a very creepy moment.
I thought the mute was very good, I think it highlights how much can be said by a good actress without words.
The atmosphere of the whole film was very good, I thought the suspension built up at the right pace, by the end of the film the audience we on edge it really pulled me in.
I liked it quite a bit. I think it is good to see with movies like this and What Lies Beneath that you can have a good horror/suspense film without the Buckets 'o Gore ™ that seem to pass for horror these days.
I liked it. The children’s condition was a brilliant twist. I loved the fact that in this horror movie dark=safe, light=mortal danger. I guessed the ending before I should have (I was certain when the dad showed up), and the conclusion didn’t end on a spooky enough note (what, they’re all happy and cured now?), but otherwise very atmospheric and well-done.
I agree, and I believe this is the result of Stupid Audience Syndrome. The writer was forced to tack on a couple minutes of dialog on the end wherein the servants explain to everyone that they’re dead. The epiphany could have been told in a more sublte way, leaving it for the audience to figure out, but directors rarely trust the average audience member will have an intelect greater than or equal to that of a doorknob.
I thought it was a dry, boring movie leading up to a predictable twist ending that was supposed to shock you enough to make you think that staying in your seat all that time was worth it. In other words, I liked it better the first time when it was called The Sixth Sense.
