tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post5114616124752189839..comments2024-03-27T09:00:32.195-05:00Comments on The Signal Watch: October Watch: Lake Mungo (2008)The Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-42996715156297339692012-10-17T14:14:47.089-05:002012-10-17T14:14:47.089-05:00I think I might sue the filmmakers for implying th...I think I might sue the filmmakers for implying that I had anything to do with this film...<br /><br />I enjoyed this film, but was expecting something a little more engaging and scary (not that the reveal at the end didn't make me jump a bit). I think me and Ryan are pretty much on the same page. I also wish that there was a different climax, or that they had done a better job cementing that she was experiencing life a year after her death (the end with her describing to Ray her Mom's last session was just a bit weak, something a bit less coincidental and a more detailed would have been nice).<br /><br />Regarding the footage of the body recovery, I figured that it was news footage or that the police were videoing the recovery. So that didn't really bother me.Paul Tooheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825188545337017642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-45752651911285873552012-10-04T11:54:07.115-05:002012-10-04T11:54:07.115-05:00@JAL - thanks! I'll add them to the queue!
@...@JAL - thanks! I'll add them to the queue!<br /><br />@ncapp - yeah, I had this weird moment where I looked at the clock when they pulled the rug out on the ghost story side (especially with the set-up with the dad seeing her) and said "well, there's a lot of running time. Here's what I think is going to happen." and I was right. It was like it was such an abrupt shift from what they were initially doing (and with some iffy explanations) that I was waiting for the other shoe to drop eventually - and it did.<br /><br />I will agree that I think the strongest part of the film was the parents' varying reactions and the attempts to come to conclusions just to obtain closure. <br /><br />But the zig zag of the plot - especially with the Toohey subplot - wound up feeling like killing time until you got back to the weirdo parts. <br /><br />Again, it was a good, spooky film. I just always felt like it was so close to being an extraordinary film, and then it would fall a bit short.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-44638614824977621532012-10-04T08:55:01.623-05:002012-10-04T08:55:01.623-05:00You may also enjoy the two Ti West films on Netfli...You may also enjoy the two Ti West films on Netflix, "House of the Devil" and "The Innkeepers". I like them both a great deal. "House of the Devil" (for me) played more like a film from the 80s moreso than a homage and "The Innkeepers" could've just as easily been made in the 60s.JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17879630166417997627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-36252854308516455062012-10-04T03:27:13.872-05:002012-10-04T03:27:13.872-05:00I haven't watched this movie in about two year...I haven't watched this movie in about two years, but one of the things I really like about it is that it plays with you expectations. I remember watching it (at the Sydney Film Festival) and getting upset that the kid was faking everything and I wasn't watching a ghost story after all. <br /><br />I never really felt questioned the footage, but I've always been a little cool on the psychic's presence in the movie.<br /><br />Finally, I particularly enjoy that the family comes to whatever conclusions suit them, but that they ostensibly never notice the actual imperfections (for lack of a better term) in the photos.<br /><br />I showed a bunch of friends this movie and they weren't too impressed (I love it), but a few said that they couldn't get it out of their heads while trying to go to bed a few nights later.<br /><br />Glad you watched it!ncapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08150591487149569982noreply@blogger.com