Woodland Grey

There have been many movies in the "mystery in a forest" genre. You would think that it has all been done. Have I seen them all? Nope. Am I a movie snob? Nope. But I do enjoy being entertained.

When some movies are done, you just leave the theatre and go along your day. The real mark of success for me is when you keep discussing what you watched after the movie has ended. It makes you think, it keeps you guessing.

Is Woodland Grey a perfect movie? I don't think so. But it was entertaining, it got me thinking, and I can say that I am looking forward to future full lenghts movies from this director.

This wasn't a Hollywood movie non the less I was mind picking throughout the movie. Not your average cliche movie and I respect the uniqueness of the making.

Not sure why there is so much hate on this movie and people having trouble understanding it. It's well-acted, well shot and the pacing is perfect. There is mystery, character building, plot twists, an ending and a denouement. Even though it's shot out of the U. S., you believe they are in the woods in Connecticut or upstate New York. I kept thinking about this movie days later. If you're expecting a high kill count, slasher movie it's not that at all. It's an interesting film that holds your attention with plenty of thrills.

I don't mind a slow burn, but sometimes I get the sense that a movie is just wasting time. Woodland Grey does that right from the beginning and never really paces any of the exposition as well as it could. We get long, drawn out segments where the point is made, but the scene still continues. Eventually, by the middle of the movie, some interest has been built, and we are given enough clues to want to see where this all ends up. Then, in the final act, the characters just seem to be going around in circles. The same moments get repeated, dream sequences tease resolution, and we really don't learn much about what we want to know. I don't have any criticisms about the performances or filmmaking; I just felt like they never decided what was actually going on and left the story vague rather than think it through first. Movies can leave some questions for the viewer and finish on an open-ended moment, but they should feel like the filmmakers at least knew what they were presenting. When the story just keeps piling on strange happenings with no coherence, I usually assume they just didn't want to wait to work on the script enough before going ahead with filming.

Another movie that turned out top be a complete waste of time. It started quite decently and kept me entertained for the first halve. I thought and hoped that there would be some comprehensible explanation as to the events and what led up to the situation. That never happened. The end didn't make any sense whatsoever, which more or less ruined the complete experience. Not worthwhile wasting your time trying to follow something that was just completely senseless.