I really enjoyed SINISTER (although, I'll always think it's a terrible title - HOME MOVIES seemed to make more sense), but I digress.
I liked the original. It was creepy with a solid story that didn't insult the audience. You HAD to be paying attention as the film didn't hit you over the head with what was happening. It left bread crumbs and let you figure it out.
I also thought the performances of Hawke & the others were genuine.
SINISTER 2 was a great disappointment. While I liked the idea of seeing it from the kid's side this time, unlike the 1st film, it TOLD you everything that was going on.
And it didn't have to. We KNEW the basic premise.
I felt all the scenes with the kids weren't authentic. They also weren't scary.
The film made the "home movies" the focus. This was a mistake. The original made the characters the main focus. While creative, the home movies were a side gag that got elevated to "main course" because there wasn't much meat on the bone.
I like Shannon. She still looks so young, yet I believed she would have 2 kids.
I would've made the scenes with the ghost kids scarier. More haunting. More like 6th Sense where they didn't just come out and say what they wanted.
Just my two cents.
I liked the original. It was creepy with a solid story that didn't insult the audience. You HAD to be paying attention as the film didn't hit you over the head with what was happening. It left bread crumbs and let you figure it out.
I also thought the performances of Hawke & the others were genuine.
SINISTER 2 was a great disappointment. While I liked the idea of seeing it from the kid's side this time, unlike the 1st film, it TOLD you everything that was going on.
And it didn't have to. We KNEW the basic premise.
I felt all the scenes with the kids weren't authentic. They also weren't scary.
The film made the "home movies" the focus. This was a mistake. The original made the characters the main focus. While creative, the home movies were a side gag that got elevated to "main course" because there wasn't much meat on the bone.
I like Shannon. She still looks so young, yet I believed she would have 2 kids.
I would've made the scenes with the ghost kids scarier. More haunting. More like 6th Sense where they didn't just come out and say what they wanted.
Just my two cents.