korythacher

I think Unhuman is a 4.5/10 and I decided to round down while I was writing the review and remembering scenes.

Overall: Unhuman had some good stuff, but didn't really get there in the end. I don't think it's worth the watch and it's not as awful as some of the reviews paint it, but it did a lot of stuff very poorly.

The good: Fun campy stuff and decent jokes. They did some cool editing effects and stylized shots that felt like a music video or Scott Pilgrim-ish. The music felt right and punchy in the scenes, which was fun. Some of the set dressing was very cool. Production quality was good, but I don't think the camera work was great and they wayyy overused shaky camera effects.

The bad: Characters - I felt like the characterization never really hit in a consistent way with the lead, and I don't feel like we watched her grow or overcome stuff so much as the creators just hit a switch from "do nothing" to "do all the things". I think the outline of the other characters were all pretty good for a movie like this (ex. The mean jock and cheerleader, the nerdy guy, the brooding guy), but they just felt really flat and not very entertaining in execution. Many of them were just annoying with no payoff. They didn't give characterization to like half the cast, but also didn't use them for anything really. They all died or disappeared right away off screen and then those that didn't die were back at the end as just background extras.

They were extremely inconsistent in just about every way and it was very distracting. Injuries would magically heal and come back at random, and they didn't seem to know exactly how they wanted some particular aspects of their world to work so they were just different scene-to-scene. The idea for the outline and twist is good, but some of it got a little too illogical and combined with the inconsistencies it just felt like it really didn't make as much sense as the creators thought it did. It was presented as if they tied everything up in a tidy way, but they really did not.

The action shots were just shaky cams and quick cuts, which felt ok at first since it's low budget (I think). Unfortunately, the entire final act where it was basically just nothing but cutting through everyone's faces, shaking the camera, and playing fight sounds. Running scenes were the same way, so you really had no sense of what people were doing and it took up a ton of the movie. Myself and another person got a little dizzy during some of the scenes.

Overall: I didn't like The Wolf of Snow Hollow and don't think it's worth the watch. They have some good ideas, but don't do anything very well. I'm surprised at the higher ratings.

The Wolf of Snow Hollow had some good ideas, and a good cast. The lead was a little too awkward most of the time, unfortunately. He had some real "Jim Carrey vibes" in a good way, but it just felt like they didn't put enough of his dialogue together correctly so the delivery was all over the place. I'd love to see him in a couple more films if he's able to pull it off better.

The pacing was a total train wreck for me. The movie felt like a jumbled mess; they did montages that felt like they were covering long periods of time, but then barely any time had passed in the film. They did a lot of playing with the timeline by cutting back and forth between scenes, which I usually love, but it just didn't worked here.

They had a couple character traits they kept bringing up for people, but didn't put the work into actually characterizing them, which made all the interactions stunted and forced.

The ending reveal was awful. I probably would have been a little kinder to the film if the ending were better, but I thought the ending was just extremely bad.

Overall: My Best Friend's Exorcism is lightweight and fun, with a few great moments, but it felt a little bland during some sections. It was worth watching, but it's pretty average.

I wanted to like this a lot more than I do because they got some stuff *so* right, but overall it felt pretty lackluster for most of the film. I think it's a solid 5.5/10 and if they had made some of it a little less generic it could have easily hit a 7 with the things they did right.

The good: They have a couple of awesome scenes/effects that got me. They've got some good jokes. They have a fun tertiary character, but unfortunately don't use him enough. The production quality is great, all the actors seemed ok, and the overall tone is quite fun.

The not-so good: They spend a lot of time slowly panning through bland scenes and not adding to the film. They don't have quite enough characterization outside of "these girls are quirky friends", "these girls are shallow bullies", and "these jocks are soooo mean". They didn't lean in enough with the side characters and some of the more interesting bits, and spent a lot of time on cookie-cutter stuff that wasn't memorable.