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Author Topic: Cabin In The Woods (2012) Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-16-2012 02:07 PM                     Five youths spend a terrifying night in a secluded cabin, unaware that everything that happens to them is being monitored and controlled by technicians in a secret underground installation. This is being sold as some kind of great new idea in horror films: a movie that tries to explain why all those kids die in all the other horror flicks. It’s actually a florid, overwritten and nonsensical time waster. There is very little suspense or tension to it at all. The audience is tipped off to the existence of the control technicians very early into the movie, the only thing left to wonder is whom it is that they answer to and why they are doing what they are doing, although even that is telegraphed pretty early on. A lot of plot points are made that don’t go anywhere, a lot happens that doesn’t make a bit of sense (as an example: people in the control center are shown throwing wads of cash into a fishbowl and placing bets on the outcome of what is about to happen. Who in their right mind places a bet on something that is micro-managed right down to the order of who gets killed first?). There are some good scenes towards the end, including one in which all hell breaks loose in a very literal sense, but overall this was a smug look-at-us-ain’t-we-clever bore.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 04-16-2012 06:18 PM                        CINEMA: Regal Sunset Station, Henderson, NV AUDITORIUM: 6 PRESENTATION: Sony Digital 4K PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: Picture slightly out of focus RATING: Three stars (out of four) THE PLOT: College kids spend a weekend in a cabin in the woods. Wackiness ensues. This movie wasn't on my radar at all until somebody at work asked me if I were excited about it and mentioned Joss Whedon was a co-writer. To which I replied "Damnit". I would have told you to avoid any spoilers and go in with as little information as possible, but Mark's already blown the plot wide open, so I guess I'll just note that, while I don't think it'll become a cult classic, I thought it was pretty damn awesome. And funny. In a lot of ways, this is a satire. Also, Mark completely missed the point on the betting, even though it was actually explained... Spoiler Alert - Click to Toggle They were betting on the creatures the victims would choose, not on the overall outcome  |  IP: Logged Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-16-2012 06:45 PM                     Ummm. . . my review didn't "blow open" anything that hasn't already been revealed in every other review of the picture and discussed to death in every other fan site. Also, my point about the betting still stands, because . . . Spoiler Alert - Click to Toggle The two guys in the control room can manipulate everything right down to the mood of the subjects, and they also control the appearance of the creatures and can unleash them from their cubicles at will (clearly demonstrated before the appearance of the first zombie). Would you place a wager at a roulette table that you know for a fact was rigged? Where is the element of chance when things can be made to occur on cue?  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 04-16-2012 09:47 PM                        I agree with Mark, the film was a total bore and highly overrated. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 04-24-2012 09:00 PM                     At lease some film stock wasn't wasted - just erase and reformat the HD's these DCP's came on.  |  IP: Logged Tony Gallimore Expert Film Handler Posts: 108 From: Willis, Virginia, USA Registered: Jul 2009 posted 04-28-2012 12:00 PM                     I agree, very slow and soon after very boring too. Maybe this thing followed to close on the heels of "Hunger" to catch one's attention.  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 05-16-2012 06:10 PM                     I LIKED it. It was a damn fun ride and preferable to a lot of the other teen horror stuff that made a lot more money in recent years.  |  IP: Logged

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