September 7, 2011

  • Apollo 18 (take II)

    From the start, the introduction of the characters, I found was long but expected. At least in Paranormal Activity and Blair Witch, the personalization of the characters lives endeared me to them. Gave me a sense of caring for their well-being. It didn't get that here. A family film, an interview with a character but nothing where I felt who was the main character, at least till the end. I wasn't even sure why they were sending these astronauts back to the moon. There was an instance were one of the characters even asked the same question. Even if this is one big government conspiracy, there was no explanation or reason why they sent sacrifices. I don't know if my scare threshold is high because I wasn't scared or really creeped out at all. It was like if you see someone throwing something at you, are you really scared? There were no story twists. The acting I couldn't say was really bad, given with what they had to work with. The story had a lot of room for improvement. There was a part where the creepiness and gore could've been emphasized. One of the astronauts got wounded; there I could see moments where I would be squirming while watching a prosthetic being poked, prodded and a good gush of blood flowing. But that wasn't there, just a thin trickle of blood. The "monster" was not scary at all. It was comical; more like an STD joke. Maybe if it wasn't shown; kept a mystery until the very, very end, I could've been creeped out more. At the end, I wasn't sure if one of the astronauts died. Probably he lived and that's how they received the footage? But I didn't get that feeling from the story. So then how was the footage brought back? Still loads of questions at the end.