If you saw The Final Destination for character development and a deep storyline, you probably left the theater feeling empty, because the movie's void of any of those. If you came to see it for what it was worth (that is, it being a movie about death), you probably left having felt that you got your money's worth, because there's plenty of death in the movie! In fact, The Final Destination has the most bloodshed and action than any of the previous three, and it has better acting than the other sequels too.
You know the plot, so there's no sense in repeating it. Granted, there's no real originality here, but the deaths were always entertaining and thrilling to watch, especially in 3-D (probably the only way it's worth viewing). What I liked is that it knows it's the fourth entry in the series and that by this time, most people aren't taking the movie too seriously. So it has fun with it's characters, aiming for much more simplistic and ironic deaths than the ridiculously elaborate ones in part 3 (which took itself way to seriously and wasn't as good as this one, in my opinion). There is a scene of mass havoc towards the end of the movie involving a collapsing mall which was gross and shocking enough than anything since the crash scene of part 2. There's also a neat little swimming pool mishap and a death that screamed images of Sushi into my head. Yes, there's no story, no character work, or fantastic dialog, and parts of the movie felt rushed, especially the opening disaster.
I enjoyed it, but I only recommend to fans of the series. Those who didn't enjoy part 2 (The Final Destination being ripe with David R. Ellis's black humor) should stay away, or those who haven't seen any of the other movies before. This should be the last in the series, based on the ending. Without spoiling it, it wraps up all of the events in the entire series up nicely while still delivering the jolts.
You know the plot, so there's no sense in repeating it. Granted, there's no real originality here, but the deaths were always entertaining and thrilling to watch, especially in 3-D (probably the only way it's worth viewing). What I liked is that it knows it's the fourth entry in the series and that by this time, most people aren't taking the movie too seriously. So it has fun with it's characters, aiming for much more simplistic and ironic deaths than the ridiculously elaborate ones in part 3 (which took itself way to seriously and wasn't as good as this one, in my opinion). There is a scene of mass havoc towards the end of the movie involving a collapsing mall which was gross and shocking enough than anything since the crash scene of part 2. There's also a neat little swimming pool mishap and a death that screamed images of Sushi into my head. Yes, there's no story, no character work, or fantastic dialog, and parts of the movie felt rushed, especially the opening disaster.
I enjoyed it, but I only recommend to fans of the series. Those who didn't enjoy part 2 (The Final Destination being ripe with David R. Ellis's black humor) should stay away, or those who haven't seen any of the other movies before. This should be the last in the series, based on the ending. Without spoiling it, it wraps up all of the events in the entire series up nicely while still delivering the jolts.
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