The Grey

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Gillvane

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Watched it on Netflix. Great cinematography, great acting, great wolf FX, and lousy story. I wont' bother to post any spoilers, and it's been out for a while so you've probably either seen it or not interested in it, but I felt completely ripped off. Teh kind of movie where I go, I sat through the whole thing, and that's it? I want my money back!
 
I thought the story was pretty decent actually. The ending fell a bit short though but there was enough tension to sustain my attention throughout.
 
Mike Lorushe said:
I thought the story was pretty decent actually. The ending fell a bit short though but there was enough tension to sustain my attention throughout.
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Oh, it was entertaining and not boring, but you invest in a story for a payoff at the end, some sort of resolution. It just wasn't there in this one, and it wasn't a horror story where you expect the unresolved ending. It felt like, we're out of money so the show is over...or, we had a great idea for the beginning and middle, but ran out of steam at the end so we just ended it and there you go.
 
Really enjoyed it. It's all about embodying the father's poem, each of the wreck survivors in some way symbolizing different approaches to one's last day. Refreshing break from the usual formula.
 
I haven't seen this in a while. I remember that the body of it was pretty suspenseful. If I remember right the ending ran in the credits. It was still ambiguous. I don't want to spoil it for anyone but I thought it was tragic, like in a tragedy. I don't mind that
 
mcbob said:
Really enjoyed it. It's all about embodying the father's poem, each of the wreck survivors in some way symbolizing different approaches to one's last day. Refreshing break from the usual formula.
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I can certainly see how someone might like it, but give me the usual formula and do it really well. That's what I like. IMO that's what this movie was missing. It went from great story, to very mediocre because of the ending for me. I don't want to see an hour and a half about a poem, I want a great story with a solid beginning, middle and end.

It's like Jacob's ladder with Tim Robbins. I hated it. Yes, it was a different approach, but I felt like I'd been robbed at the end. Like the director was going, ha ha, you watched the whole thing waiting to find out what would happen and I gave you nothing! If you tell me the ending and I don't want to see the movie anymore, then I don't think it's a good story. If you tell me the ending and I'm like ok, the surprise is a bit spoiled now but I'd like to see how we get there, that's a great story. If you said, Darth Vader is Luke's father! The ending would be spoiled, but I'd still want to see the movie. If you tell me the ending of Jacob's ladder or The Grey, I immediately go, yea I can skip it. I know we're not going anywhere. I feel the same way about some Time Travel stories like Looper. You tell me the ending to Looper and I would immediately go, yea, I can skip it, this isn't going anywhere.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099871/

 
Gillvane said:
I can certainly see how someone might like it, but give me the usual formula and do it really well. That's what I like. IMO that's what this movie was missing. It went from great story, to very mediocre because of the ending for me. I don't want to see an hour and a half about a poem, I want a great story with a solid beginning, middle and end.
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The film actually follows the usual formula, just not the one we were expecting. It's written exactly as a horror film, but shot in a way that suggests more of a thriller/drama. Think about The Grey if it were shot by Eli Roth. It'd be the exact same film, but minus all the good parts and with the addition of four thousand gallons of blood.

To me, this film's exactly like Taken. I literally went into this knowing how it's gonna end, and I enjoyed the ride. I thought the ending was perfect. Anything else and you'd have a Disney ending to an otherwise Carnahan movie.

It's a Man V Nature film, and as such it has a central theme that resonates in the ending Jeffers and Carnahan chose: Nature is a beautiful, raging thing, and Man is capable of being every bit its equal.

It's not the most amazing film of all time, and I don't discredit anyone for not liking it, but it struck a chord with me, and I really liked it.
 
Eric Boellner said:
The film actually follows the usual formula, just not the one we were expecting. It's written exactly as a horror film, but shot in a way that suggests more of a thriller/drama. Think about The Grey if it were shot by Eli Roth. It'd be the exact same film, but minus all the good parts and with the addition of four thousand gallons of blood.

To me, this film's exactly like Taken. I literally went into this knowing how it's gonna end, and I enjoyed the ride. I thought the ending was perfect. Anything else and you'd have a Disney ending to an otherwise Carnahan movie.

It's a Man V Nature film, and as such it has a central theme that resonates in the ending Jeffers and Carnahan chose: Nature is a beautiful, raging thing, and Man is capable of being every bit its equal.

It's not the most amazing film of all time, and I don't discredit anyone for not liking it, but it struck a chord with me, and I really liked it.
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I think it's also about managing expectations. I expect a horror movie to give me an unresolved ending. In fact, I'd be disappointed in a Horror movie if everything was resolved.
 
Gillvane said:
I think it's also about managing expectations. I expect a horror movie to give me an unresolved ending. In fact, I'd be disappointed in a Horror movie if everything was resolved.
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True. Like I said, I totally understand people's complaints with the film, I just personally found it incredibly enjoyable. But then, I could watch Liam Neeson sip coffee for 90 minutes and find he'd somehow made coffee-sipping badass, so maybe I'm just a fanboy. <grin>
 
Eric Boellner said:
True. Like I said, I totally understand people's complaints with the film, I just personally found it incredibly enjoyable. But then, I could watch Liam Neeson sip coffee for 90 minutes and find he'd somehow made coffee-sipping badass, so maybe I'm just a fanboy. <grin>
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I would like to see a Batman spin off about the League of Shadows. Ra's al Ghul played by Liam Neeson. Make it a tragedy. The bad guys win.
 
Gillvane said:
Watched it on Netflix. Great cinematography, great acting, great wolf FX, and lousy story. I wont' bother to post any spoilers, and it's been out for a while so you've probably either seen it or not interested in it, but I felt completely ripped off. Teh kind of movie where I go, I sat through the whole thing, and that's it? I want my money back!
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You did watch through all the credits, right?

Thank you very much

Fury
 
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