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sure, i'll post my opinion here .. i just hope i get to see it on the big screen 1st.
most of the people i know wouldnt see a horror movie - except one .. and he's got the scheduling difficulties.
i do like atmospheric films .. they dont always have to make sense if they can maintain a cool trippy dreamlike reality and present me with some otherworldly visuals.
i dont like just anything like this .. i have some kind of unknown criteria i cant articulate preprogrammed into my acceptability matrix (i sound like Data) ...
its hard to put a finger on it .. it depends on pacing, subtleties, a lot of little things that need to fall into place in a way that personally appeals to me.
I think i've almost come up with a definition/equation for what makes a movie more style over substance by the way ..
based on something like this :
the more content that is presented in the movie for the viewer - rather than the players in the film ... is the balance of style over substance.
for example :
in Ju-on, or the Grudge :
the elevator scene where the woman is ascending to her floor to get to her apartment ... the cat/boy is on every floor.
She doesnt know that - but we do.
moment like that benefits us the audience - not the characters.... so thats 100% style.
if its handled properly - i love it.
if it has a ham-fisted approach by a director that doesnt understand how to pace or measure these moments - the movie fails.
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