Saturday, January 21, 2012

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark- While not perfect, the film is creepy and will give you a nervous feeling after you get out of it, even a second time around. I learned a lot more from this viewing. For one thing, I'm curious how similar this is to the original. They definitely didn't have the effects so I wonder how the managed the creatures. Also, I found the relationship arcs in this film intriguing. You have the daughter, Sally, played by Bailee Madison (who is very good at crying a lot, Fanning-esque hmmmm?), and her love for her father, Alex, played by Guy Pearce (who mostly stands around doing nothing in the movie), and her dislike for her father's girlfriend, Kim, played by Katie Holmes (who it's nice to see doing movies again) in the beginning of the film. Slowly and surely enough, Kim becomes the nice one as she believes Sally, while Alex becomes more of an ignorant villain, keeping Sally in the house full of creepy talking rat things. Neato.



- Jeff Bassin