johnorval

So what and who cares sums up my opinion of this piece of tedium.

If one is going to expend so much time, effort and money making a movie, at least make it accessible to the educated movie watcher. This movie is the equivalent of counting peas from one bowl to another whilst awaiting the inevitable. One starts watching with anticipation only to have that transform into bored indifference. What's going to happen? Well - nothing really. Around half time, the watcher sinks into a stupor, barely having the energy to fast forward in the hopes that SOMETHING of significance will happen. Timothy Spall has the emotional range of a Toby Jug. And how anyone, anyone, could fancy him is stretching incredulity into the Marvel Universe reality. Such a permanantly lugubrious expression is no turn on for anyone - even the partially sighted.

Benidorm features as a hell on earth for anyone over the age of sixteen, including its plethora of featureless high-rises.

As for going on about Sylvia Plath in a bikini being there! Wow! So what? Who cares? Big deal? Who is she again? A month long honeymoon with Ted Hughes. And the relevance is?

I think watching Timothy spending the same amount of time at the bank would have been more exciting.

An indulgent film suitable for the maker and immediate family.

Cut your toe nails instead.

The irony is that the watching of this movie requires as much brainpower as the zombies in the movie. Is it meant to be ironic?

The movie needed some serious editing (too late for better direction and writing). It is slow, zombie slow. The kids are dumb as; far too much time is wasted in unnecessary dialogue; the relationship between them is unlikely given the way the girl speaks to the boy. The acting is passable, although Ackroyd and Chase are very average, having taken the roles for pocket money or being friends of Stine.

The story, events and ending are as predictable as Christmas, but with less excitement.

A good story ruined by slowly evolving cliches.

I liked the librarian.

Beautifully photographed, well acted and atmospheric. BUT A slow start for which I fast forwarded: i think the editor was a bit too enamoured of the cinematography. As the story developed, i began to watch without fast forwarding. Most of the time I spent wondering which of the women was which; the rest of the time was spent wondering why is that happening and what does it have to do with the daughter. Ultimately, it was unsatisfying as there appeared to be no sense to it, just a series of events that were unexplained - unless it was just senseless sadism and unrelated deformations. At the start i thought it might be events caused by chemical pollution, then it became clear something supernatural was going on - but why never became clear to me. As far as i am concerned, the story was a waste of good talent and time.