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Movie weekend watches:

Woman in Black 2

6/10

It was ok, I felt it needed more "scare factor" added to it. I liked the location and atmosphere, that was spot on. I think the ending could have been done differently, don't we say that about a lot of endings though?

The Signal

7/10

I liked the plot, and honestly, I didn't predict the ending at all. It had good special effects and I liked the actors. It was one of the better sci-fis I have seen in awhile.

Home Sweet Hell

9/10

Loved this movie! It truly was a lot of fun and Katherine Heigl was awesome in it!!!!

Big Eyes

8/10

Besides being a HUGE Tim Burton fan, I thought this movie was well done. I enjoyed the actors and how the story was portrayed. I remember having some of the 'Big Eyes' prints when I was a kid, not sure what happened to them.

Mother's Milk

5/10

I got sucked into this creepy, bizarre movie and it was interesting until the ending....what a disappointment!!

St. Vincent

9/10

Awesome movie!! Bill Murray did an incredible job in this one!! It has the drama, comedy, and heart-warming feel all the way through.

The Babadook

**SPOILER ALERTS**

Where do I begin? I had to watch this movie twice because I felt like I missed quite a bit from my first viewing (and I did). I never watched the trailer on this movie and I didn't get into the discussions about it on here because I wanted to be completely surprised by it, and I was!! I don't know how to rate this one cause I am still thinking about it. Here is what I think:

The mother wrote the books and she is the Babadook. The child is unruly because he has been neglected and abused from birth due to the mother hating him; she blames him for the death of her husband. The movie is all about her spiraling out of control with her emotions and she falls deeper and deeper into depression; hence the insomnia. Towards the end, after she kills the poor dog and she threw her son against the wall a few times, and she is yelling at the house, I think she is fighting herself into gaining control of her life again. She realizes just how evil she has become.

Now, the ending is full of twists and symbolism. I think the worms she feeds 'herself' in the basement, signifies a garden. Feeding worms to a garden could mean growth. As long as she keeps 'herself' in the basement, supposedly she can control the monster in herself. The part(s) I feel are an illusion to all of us is that everything is happy, peaceful, and normal. I don't think the kid really performed those higher level of magic tricks and I don't think she contained her evil side that easily. When the social services people came back, they stated that it has been 2 weeks since he has been in school and they wanted to know when he was going back to school; she says 'after we have some things sorted out'. Her statement made me think that all of what occurred might not be quite over yet, I also caught that feeling when I watched her facial expressions in the ending.

I know there are several interpretations of this movie and it's interesting to hear what people think. What I enjoyed most about the movie is that it made me think and it had me giving it a second viewing; like Fight Club, Sixth Sense, and the such. Honestly, I feel like I could get into several deep discussions about this one!!

Babadook=A Bad Book - this one seems kind of lame..........