I should preface this review by saying that I love weird Twilight Zone-ey movies and shows. If there are mass disappearances involved, I love them even more.
This first ten minutes or so, I almost backed out. I was not particularly crazy about any of the characters, everything felt quite run of the mill.
Then when the action (quite suddenly) started happening, I pricked up my ears and paid attention. I was delighted!
Throughout the movie, while I was enjoying myself very much, I kept worrying about how they would wrap this up.
I sort of remember the movie Phantoms, but I deeply remember the book Phantoms that the movie was adapted from and I recall feeling, upon finishing the book, that the whole thing went to hell when Koontz tried to explain the events away in the last chapter. Yikes. It was not good.
I was so so so hoping that this wouldn't happen. Would a filmmaker have the courage to end a movie like this without feeling like they had to try to explain anything?
To my delight, YES!
I was thrilled and, afterwards, I kept thinking about the movie, even having weird Don't Blink-related dreams during the night. I woke up in the morning still thinking about it and now, 24 hours later, I am STILL thinking about it.
So yes, if you remotely like this kind of weirdness, watch it and you will not regret it.
This first ten minutes or so, I almost backed out. I was not particularly crazy about any of the characters, everything felt quite run of the mill.
Then when the action (quite suddenly) started happening, I pricked up my ears and paid attention. I was delighted!
Throughout the movie, while I was enjoying myself very much, I kept worrying about how they would wrap this up.
I sort of remember the movie Phantoms, but I deeply remember the book Phantoms that the movie was adapted from and I recall feeling, upon finishing the book, that the whole thing went to hell when Koontz tried to explain the events away in the last chapter. Yikes. It was not good.
I was so so so hoping that this wouldn't happen. Would a filmmaker have the courage to end a movie like this without feeling like they had to try to explain anything?
To my delight, YES!
I was thrilled and, afterwards, I kept thinking about the movie, even having weird Don't Blink-related dreams during the night. I woke up in the morning still thinking about it and now, 24 hours later, I am STILL thinking about it.
So yes, if you remotely like this kind of weirdness, watch it and you will not regret it.
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