View Single Post
  #36422  
Old 02-11-2012, 12:20 AM
fortunato's Avatar
fortunato fortunato is offline
mostly ghostly?
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Green Hill Zone
Posts: 6,567
The Innkeepers (2012)



I have to say that I really enjoyed this one. I think there was actually a lot going on with and between the characters, and it really kept me engaged the whole time. I think this film really shows how much we've come to be conditioned to expect scary set-pieces and jump scenes, but it doesn't have to be like that. It can simply examine the state of being stuck in a rut, working a dead-end job, and the need to grasp on to something to get out of it. I thought West did that in a really interesting and compelling way, and so it didn't bother me that he used a cliche horror template to do it. He's really doing interesting things with the genre, and I'll continue to look forward to his output.
__________________
Reply With Quote