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Post by James on Feb 28, 2021 20:08:51 GMT
Anybody see it yet? I thought it was pretty decent on its own, and I liked the idea behind the group of villains. Without spoiling much, they're vastly different from the inbreed hillbillies in the other movies, which I personally don't mind as it's a reboot and while the core motive seems familiar, the way the antagonists are presented is done in a fresh way for a slasher film. Think of it as the Child's Play 2019 of the franchise. However there is a bit of a pacing issue with the story, like it almost feels like this should have been a duology but got squeezed together, and due to that the second half with more of Matthew Modine definitely feels rushed and not as fulfilling as it could've been. If you've seen the movie, you might know what I'm talking about. There's also the finale, which suffers the same issue. Again I don't want to give anything away.
Still, it isn't enough to drag the movie down too much. It does its job for what it's trying to deliver, with some pretty nice gore and fast-paced action. It also certainly has the best production value and filmmaking of the entire franchise (which is not saying anything considering how all but one of them were direct-to-video). I will have to rewatch the other movies to see where this would land in my ranking, but as of now it would fit somewhere in the middle.
Well that went on for longer than I expected.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2021 20:23:17 GMT
Mark Kermode says it's bollocks.
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Post by James on Feb 28, 2021 20:32:15 GMT
Mark Kermode says it's bollocks. That's fine.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 28, 2021 20:38:27 GMT
I never particularly cared for the first one and I didn't really keep up with the sequels, but this has been getting a surprisingly decent response.
I heard a review that echoed that sentiment that it was a pretty good version of a dumb horror movie, and also that the final shot was very impactful.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 28, 2021 20:39:35 GMT
Mark Kermode says it's bollocks. No he didn't. That's who I was referring to actually. Not that he's always so spot on or anything, but he came away saying it was actually a pretty good version of this kind of thing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2021 20:45:46 GMT
Mark Kermode says it's bollocks. No he didn't. That's who I was referring to actually. Not that he's always so spot on or anything, but he came away saying it was actually a pretty good version of this kind of thing. He did on the wireless a week ago 🤷♀️
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 28, 2021 20:53:03 GMT
No he didn't. That's who I was referring to actually. Not that he's always so spot on or anything, but he came away saying it was actually a pretty good version of this kind of thing. He did on the wireless a week ago 🤷♀️
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2021 20:54:08 GMT
He did on the wireless a week ago 🤷♀️ That's for international audiences. He's more honest on local radio shows.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Feb 28, 2021 20:57:56 GMT
4/10 Its OK but didnt seem like a Wrong turn film at all. But if counted its my least favorite of the 7 films.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 28, 2021 21:12:33 GMT
That's for international audiences. He's more honest on local radio shows. I don't buy it. He's never pulled punched when he hates something on this show. Even when he's flat wrong and taking personally biased shots he's still never shy about trashing stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2021 21:15:19 GMT
That's for international audiences. He's more honest on local radio shows. I don't buy it. He's never pulled punched when he hates something on this show. Even when he's flat wrong and taking personally biased shots he's still never shy about trashing stuff. I'm yanking your chain.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 28, 2021 21:22:26 GMT
I don't buy it. He's never pulled punched when he hates something on this show. Even when he's flat wrong and taking personally biased shots he's still never shy about trashing stuff. I'm yanking your chain. I don't buy. You're not a known chain yanker.
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Post by jonesjxd on Mar 8, 2021 11:59:57 GMT
Watched it last night, and felt it was plenty worth the time and rental fee. The movie certainly wears the films that inspired it on it's sleeve, which aside from the original film I'll not mention as to not spoil, but it doesn't feel like a rehash, remake, or blatant rip off of any of those films. Immediately I was irritated by the cliche "y'all ain't from 'round here" scenes early on, I liked how they managed to set up something that paid off later. It doesn't paint it's heroes or villains in broad black and white strokes but in lines of gray. Often throughout the movie I was debating who was right, or wrong, or if anyone was right or wrong. The performances were very good overall, especially Charlotte Vega and Bill Sage. As for scares, it's not really going for that, this movie doesn't follow the slasher formula like the original film, but is more of a morality play like Straw Dogs or Midsomar. It certainly delivers on some good gore though. I'm not quite on board with the production value comment, as it suffers from that unnattractive digital white washed look, I'll never understand why a film shot primarily in the forest wouldn't want to show off the beautiful vibrancy of the location. Also, I felt some of the costuming and character design were chintzy. The villains costumes didn't always look legit, the main antagonists perfectly pomaded hair and trimmed beard didn't look all that natural, and I'll always have the pet peeve of people going for a days long hike while dressed like they're headed to the mall. 6.5/10
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 11, 2021 4:33:08 GMT
Am I the only person who noticed how alt-right this movie is? Spoilers: we have a racially diverse group of youngins, the leader of which wants to live in a socialist commune without racial and monetary barriers. The audience is expecting them to get attacked by inbred cannibals, and even they think their attackers are "hillbilly white trash" at first, and then...the evil villains end up being a diverse commune without racial and monetary barriers, just as the leader dreamed of. His girlfriend is taken into sex slavery, and the literal cuck actually chooses to stay there. Bad boyfriends also include the outspoken white liberal of the group who abandons his girlfriend to die three times in a row, and even though this guy is the supposed reason they end up "on trial", one of the gay guys gets it the worst by having his eyeballs fried and left in a cave for 6 weeks before being put down like Old Yeller by his friend without even being asked if he wants to live first. Meanwhile, the heroes end up being the maybe-bigoted (or just assumed as such by our libtard protagonists?) rednecks we meet at the beginning.
It's like the director was trying to make the conservative answer to the original, or at least flip the backwoods hillbilly slasher on its head (though Tucker & Dale vs Evil did a much better job of that). Politics aside, it was just kind of meh. The deaths were practically all offscreen, the protagonists go from likable to unlikable to just stupid (that log scene reminded me of Prometheus), and it borrows a few too many ideas. The whole subplot with Matthew Modine is literally just Jared Padalecki in Friday the 13th. Still better than the last three Wrong Turn's, though.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Mar 21, 2021 15:45:30 GMT
Reminded me of the recent Black Christmas remake, in that it borrows on the famous brand name, only to veer off in a new direction. Not sure how I feel about this trend. On one hand, at least they're trying to offer something original, but they're associating themselves with something other, advertising they're one thing, when they're another.
The movie was okay, a realistic tone. I did miss those cackling evil inbred guys though.
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Post by James on Mar 21, 2021 15:58:53 GMT
Reminded me of the recent Black Christmas remake, in that it borrows on the famous brand name, only to veer off in a new direction. Not sure how I feel about this trend. On one hand, at least they're trying to offer something original, but they're associating themselves with something other, advertising they're one thing, when they're another. The movie was okay, a realistic tone. I did miss those cackling evil inbred guys though. Yeah, it is pretty strange of a trend in these loose remakes. I am uncertain if I'll check out the recent BC anytime soon.
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Post by forca84 on Mar 24, 2021 1:28:47 GMT
I pretty much hated every character in this movie. Aside from the main chickie, her boyfriend, and the gay couple. The first half (when they weren't being obnoxious) was okay... As soon as we see the "twist" this movie turns to tripe.
This is very similar to "BackWoods" from 2008... A bunch of video game developers go out on a company retreat.
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They run afoul a bunch of Mountain folk who have their own colony and are anti government and outsiders. They suspect the kiddos on retreat are the Feds and kidnap and torture them or kill them. Taking the women and using them as incubators.
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Post by spooner5020 on Mar 25, 2021 14:13:32 GMT
I’m watching it right now. It’s boring as FUCK!!! I watched the original right before this and while I don’t think much of the original movie it beats this one by a long shot!!!
The characters are not interesting, the change from murderous hillbillies to some weird cult was dumb, and it takes way TOO LONG to get going. It also does not feel like a Wrong Turn movie and maybe that’s what hurts the movie the most. One poster said it felt more like a loose remake like the 2019 Black Christmas and I’d have to agree. It seems like all they did was just take the name and idea about some kids hiking, but that was it. I don’t even think they took a Wrong Turn anywhere which TOTALLY MISSES THE POINT OF IT BEING CALLED WRONG TURN!!!
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Post by spooner5020 on Mar 25, 2021 14:20:12 GMT
Reminded me of the recent Black Christmas remake, in that it borrows on the famous brand name, only to veer off in a new direction. Not sure how I feel about this trend. On one hand, at least they're trying to offer something original, but they're associating themselves with something other, advertising they're one thing, when they're another. The movie was okay, a realistic tone. I did miss those cackling evil inbred guys though. Yeah, it is pretty strange of a trend in these loose remakes. I am uncertain if I'll check out the recent BC anytime soon. Don’t bother with the 2019 remake. While the first remake is nothing special at least it’s a fun movie unlike the 2019 movie.
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Post by James on Mar 25, 2021 14:41:02 GMT
Yeah, it is pretty strange of a trend in these loose remakes. I am uncertain if I'll check out the recent BC anytime soon. Don’t bother with the 2019 remake. While the first remake is nothing special at least it’s a fun movie unlike the 2019 movie. So I heard.
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