Had a movie fiesta today with Untraceable, and The Orphanage, or El Orfanato.
Untraceable
I wanted to see this when it was in theatres but I totally forgot about it until I realized it came out on DVD the other day. It was actually a decent movie, even though it was a bit far fetched, but you can usually expect an action/horror like that to be somewhat unrealistic.
The killings themselves were actually pretty gross. Being drained of blood, being boiled to death by hot lights, being eaten by acid, and almost having your head cut up in this twisty thing of death are among a few, so at least they kept those interesting!
My only beef with the movie was that they seemed to figure things out too quickly. It seemed that they knew nothing, and then suddenly they knew everything. It was a perfect length for a movie though, at one hundred minutes, so I felt like I got everything I needed to get from it, without being bored to death.
Overall, I'd give it a 7/10.
For the sake of curiousity, what's the population of America? I have a hard time believing that 20,000,000 people or more tuned in to that website at the same time.
El Orfanato / The Orphanage
Being from the makers of Pan's Labyrinth, I had high expectations for this. I didn't get to see it in theatres, and again, I didn't even know it came out on DVD yet! So, I went to the video store to get this, surprised to find that it wasn't even in the top ten rentals. Maybe people were put off by the fact that it's subtitled, but who knows?
The basis of the storyline wasn't really unique; a boy talks to imaginary friend. However, the way it was pulled off and the atmosphere were very well done. It had a lot of really creepy parts in it, and though the end confused me a bit, I did end up getting it once the movie was over. That mask that Thomas wore too! Gosh that was scary.
Overall I'd give it a 7.8/10.
