The Golem

This one proved to be decently more successful than I had originally anticipated. It is most certainly a slow burn but more in the way of tension building than boring. I definitely feel as though there could have been a few more layers to the story. It has a thorough plot line but not all THAT much happened. Could have picked up the pace and given us a little more to work with as far as character development and plot goes.

I was particularly impressed with some of the shots and the quality. Every so often there was a still that I could have hung up on my wall. Very visually pleasing with really nice lighting. Also the acting was quite good all around. One thing that I found distracting was how put together a lot of the ladies looked. Make up and perfectly styled hair brought me out of the moment at times.

All in all this wasn't extraordinary but solidly entertaining with some really strong aspects. Would recommend.

This movie was entertaining enough and well played. I thought it would be more "horrific". It's definitely not a horror movie. Much more a fantastic-historic one, with just a little bit of gore.

Like The Witch or Hereditary, this is a simple, slow-moving film that's about atmosphere and isolation and creepiness, not horror or jump scares. The telling of the Golem tale is very accurate to the most common versions, so if you are a folklore fan you will be satisfied. And it's only 90 minutes long.

I have mixed feeling about The Golem. I was up for watching a horror movie but I don't think you could categorize this movie as such. There are some gore moments but you never get that creepy tension while watching The Golem, a kid covered in mud isn't the most frightening thing to watch. The acting was okay, nothing award winning but nothing terrible either. The story is something new so that's a good point but it's also much too slow, too many moments where you just wait for something to happen and that is, if you're a bit tired, not good.

We are living in a world that is so fast paced and so many people want some sort of super instant gratification from everything. If something on the screen isn't super action oriented it gets called "Slow and Boring" Everyone just "Slow down!" Enjoy a movie that tells a story, has character development, teaches you some things about other cultures, religions, and their differences. Not just cheesy jump scares and stupid dialog.

I really liked this movie. The acting was very good from people I have never seen before, and if you give yourself time to breathe and enjoy it you will be rewarded with a good story with an evil protagonist and some super gory outcomes for the people in the story. The scenery is great as well as the photography.

I don't want to spoil anything. I'll just say leave the world for 90 minutes and immerse yourself and concentrate and you'll realize some movies are slow for a reason.

If I listened to reviewers I'd miss out on many great movies.