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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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Crawl G
Hurricanes are frightening on their own. Imagine alligators in those rising waters. Such is the premise in this new feature
directed by Alexandre Aja (High Tension,
The Hills Have Eyes and Piranha remakes) wherein a girl drives
into the hurricane zone to check on her father who’s not answering his
phone. An article on social media listed
five films to watch---Bait, Cujo, Deep Blue Sea, Rogue, Burning Bright---in preparation for this
film. I could tell where all those
influences came in, all good ones too, but I think it has the most in common
with Bait and Burning Bright in terms of overall scope. What makes a concept like this so frightening,
as well as those aforementioned films, is its verisimilitude; this could really
happen, and I’m sure it has. The
alligators obviously couldn’t be real, at least in regards to human
interaction, but they looked real enough.
Since this was still a movie though, some of it was too far-fetched---I
don’t care how fast a swimmer you may be, you’re not going to outswim a gator,
let alone several (the main character is rarely ever killed in these films
though and somehow the creatures always know that); and how does a gator break
through a wall and house window so easily, but can’t crack a glass shower door
right away? Some of it was a bit
predictable too, or formulaic possibly, like when any extra characters appeared
and were inevitably attacked; just a matter of when and how they played out;
there is blood too (probably what ultimately garnered the R-rating). And while part of me feels it was kind of
short and ended too abruptly, the other part of me feels it may have been a
wise choice to avoid becoming repetitive and overstaying its welcome. Criticisms aside, it was still an enjoyable
natural disaster/natural horror hybrid that I have a feeling might get better
with more viewings. 7/15/2019
Other
movies and TV show(s) I’ve seen and their ratings (see above):
Fast Color >>>G
Little >>>OK
Scream: Season One
>>>OK
(VH1/Netflix)
Sexual Chronicles of
a French Family >>>B/EH
What Men Want >>>EH
---Sean O.
7/18/2019
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