Before watching this movie I read as many review as possible. Let me start off by saying to most of the bad reviews you are wrong. I read review after review that said this was a bad horror movie with "jump scares" that were completely ineffective. I even saw professional reviews on YouTube to the same effect.
Because I hate horror movies especially supernatural ones that only exist to give people nightmares about demons or ghost or demonic ghost... I was prepared to turn this movie off the minute it turned into this kind of movie. But it NEVER happened.
I think a lot of people went on looking for that type of movie or maybe that with a little Final Destination thrown in.
If this is what gets you off please stay away from me and don't bother to see this movie.
I watched this movie because I liked the original movie and I was looking for a reboot with better actors special effects and maybe something a bit more science based with elements of real NDE that wasn't in the original.
Although I was disappointed it wasn't because this was a bad movie but because it was so close to the original that no new depth was added.
But unlike the original it was clear from start to finish exactly what was going on.
So after seeing the movie I was inclined to give it a 6 but I gave it a 7 because the negative reviews were so wrong as to almost to seem to be lying.
Ok here are my corrections to what I see as lies about this movie or at the very least misinformation
Lie #1 this is a horror movie 1. Like the original this movie was NOT and is NOT a horror movie.
Lie #2 The actors are horrible and the characters are unlikable 2.The acting in this movie was more enough adequate considering the limitations of the script which did not seem to want to stray too much from the original (Had they made this both more scientific and true to NDE experiences and made the visions more powerful than just hallucinations I would have given this movie a 10)
Lie # 3 The main character dies in the middle of the movie is pointless and is forgotten by the other characters immediately 3. Many reviews claim that the character that died just disappeared out of the plot and none of the characters seemed to even notice. This is an outright lie and is actually the opposite of what actually happens.
Finally it is true that something supernatural that feeds off guilt and fear seemed to follow them over and was only vaguely hinted at. So the movie does not end up going dark or demonic. So you will have to go somewhere else for your supernatural porn.
I will admit that the character development is was too slow. Too little to late. By the time you start to understand the characters enough to be pulled in the movie is more than half over.
Also the "death is a rush" part was examined only in the most superficial way and ended up cringy. If you survive death you will definitely feel different. Add to that the expanding abilities of these characters after crossing over could have provided a hint at deep philosophical questions about the brain or evolution or even reincarnation. But nothing was explained or explored here.
So I think part of the reason I give this a 7 instead of a 6 is I am hoping for a directors cut that adds a little of what I was missing or that a similar movie will be made in the future that actually tries say something deeper.
Because I hate horror movies especially supernatural ones that only exist to give people nightmares about demons or ghost or demonic ghost... I was prepared to turn this movie off the minute it turned into this kind of movie. But it NEVER happened.
I think a lot of people went on looking for that type of movie or maybe that with a little Final Destination thrown in.
If this is what gets you off please stay away from me and don't bother to see this movie.
I watched this movie because I liked the original movie and I was looking for a reboot with better actors special effects and maybe something a bit more science based with elements of real NDE that wasn't in the original.
Although I was disappointed it wasn't because this was a bad movie but because it was so close to the original that no new depth was added.
But unlike the original it was clear from start to finish exactly what was going on.
So after seeing the movie I was inclined to give it a 6 but I gave it a 7 because the negative reviews were so wrong as to almost to seem to be lying.
Ok here are my corrections to what I see as lies about this movie or at the very least misinformation
Lie #1 this is a horror movie 1. Like the original this movie was NOT and is NOT a horror movie.
Lie #2 The actors are horrible and the characters are unlikable 2.The acting in this movie was more enough adequate considering the limitations of the script which did not seem to want to stray too much from the original (Had they made this both more scientific and true to NDE experiences and made the visions more powerful than just hallucinations I would have given this movie a 10)
Lie # 3 The main character dies in the middle of the movie is pointless and is forgotten by the other characters immediately 3. Many reviews claim that the character that died just disappeared out of the plot and none of the characters seemed to even notice. This is an outright lie and is actually the opposite of what actually happens.
Finally it is true that something supernatural that feeds off guilt and fear seemed to follow them over and was only vaguely hinted at. So the movie does not end up going dark or demonic. So you will have to go somewhere else for your supernatural porn.
I will admit that the character development is was too slow. Too little to late. By the time you start to understand the characters enough to be pulled in the movie is more than half over.
Also the "death is a rush" part was examined only in the most superficial way and ended up cringy. If you survive death you will definitely feel different. Add to that the expanding abilities of these characters after crossing over could have provided a hint at deep philosophical questions about the brain or evolution or even reincarnation. But nothing was explained or explored here.
So I think part of the reason I give this a 7 instead of a 6 is I am hoping for a directors cut that adds a little of what I was missing or that a similar movie will be made in the future that actually tries say something deeper.
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