For another review of this film, you might want to check out Emma Meade’s post HERE. Emma mentions that Joss Whedon is loyal to his former staff, using other Whedon actors, but she fails to mention Tom Lenk, who played Andrew in Buffy. 🙂
I won’t go into too much detail about this film because I want you to read Emma’s review…she reviews so much better than I do. But I didn’t really like the film as much as she did. My son loved it, so I was expecting something spectacular. These friends go to this cabin, and you think it’s going to be a typical slasher movie, but then you see that they are being watched and everything that happens is being controlled by those who are watching. That part is weird enough, but kind of a cool premise. That’s nothing, though, compared to the REAL reason this is all going on. I can’t tell you that part because it’s a major spoiler and one of the strangest twists I’ve ever seen in a movie. And that’s when it gets really bloody and gory.
The thing I liked least about this film is the darkness of the scenes. There were times when things were happening in and around the cabin, and I simply could not see anything. Total blackness. All I could do was listen. I have a real problem with this in modern day films. Older movies are easier to see AND to hear, but these days, not so much. I got so frustrated trying to figure out what was happening. This kind of turned me off for the whole film. The film was also too gory for my taste. There was a reason it kind of had to be, but things just happened too fast with not enough suspense.
What I liked the most about the movie was the instances of humor. Even amid the blood and gore, there were things that were funny. A twisted kind of humor. Would I watch this movie again? No, I don’t think so. Am I glad I watched it? Meh…I guess so. But it just didn’t do it for me as a good horror movie.
What do YOU think? Did you watch it? Did you like it?
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Shame on me for forgetting him!
I liked the humour mixed in with the horror the most.
I have to admit, I was looking for him because I saw his name in the line-up. He didn’t have a big role.
You’re always going to get humor with Joss Whedon. He can’t help it. Honestly, I think I got turned off by the movie mostly because I couldn’t see anything in the dark scenes. That kind of spoiled the rest of the movie for me because I was annoyed.
I can’t remember that, but it does bug me when scenes in horror films are shown in near darkness. That was the case with Sinister, which really bugged me.
I enjoyed the humor and the twists he put on standard horror movie tropes, and I’m glad I watched it. But it’s definitely not my favorite of Joss Whedon’s oeuvre, probably because I’m not all that fond of horror movies to begin with.
Not my favorite Whedon, either. I like horror that’s more suspenseful than gory.
I really enjoyed this movie. I saw it in the theater, and didn’t have a problem with seeing things in the dark. Check out Whedon’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, it’s hilarious.
I think sometimes when a movie is on a smaller screen, you miss stuff. That’s the only thing I can figure.
Whedon did a Much Ado About Nothing? Seriously? How did I miss that?
I was pleasantly surprised by Cabin in the Woods… it wasn’t the typical slasher I was expecting. It actually had a story! LOL
It did have a story, and it was a strange twist. I tried to like it more than I did. LOL. The creatures were cool, weren’t they?
I’ll have to pass due to the gory parts. I’m too squeamish (or maybe “wimp” is a better word.) LOL But I did enjoy Buffy and can see that it would be a good movie. Joss Whedon is good.
This movie is definitely not for you, Ruth. It was really too gory for me. I can handle stuff like people getting stabbed or shot, but this…this was not that.
Joss Whedon is the master of dialogue. I love the way the characters interacted in Buffy. Now if Whedon could just understand we need some happy endings…