Pinhead88 Reviews

Oculus (2013)

Creepy & 2/3 originality

[10/10 · 11 April 2014]

This film starts out a little slow. Not that that's a bad thing but it most definitely is slow. It's a build up. It sets up the story nicely and then when things get dark, the monsters start coming out literally. Its tries to be original which I give it credit for. Think of it as a supernatural thriller wrapped up in a ghost story formula, with better planned scares and some one that you see coming, specifically one scene. It really plays mind games with you until you don't know what is real, just like the characters. They also intertwine the present and the past very seamlessly. I saw one review that said too seamlessly. You cant use the word seamlessly in a bad sense. Well overall I give this movie a 10/10 it was creepy and although not completely original it tries to steer in a direction that people didn't expect.

And a word to critics and self reviewers like myself. This film is constantly being compared to mirrors. Mirrors is about a evil force that resides in a house that kills people through mirrors. Oculus is about essentially a mirror that possesses people. It does have it cliché moments but you cant bash a movie for trying to be original then tearing it apart because it didn't go the way you wanted or the way you planned it to go. The conjuring was far from original yet well made and well planned, still cliché. This film is a original and tries to divert itself away from cliché horror films.

You cant have anything your way.

If a film is original, it execution is weak. If its execution is good and its original, its acting was bad. If all of that is a plus, movie reviewers pick on something like a characters hair or the way someone said something.

Movie reviewers will never get their way and they will never suck it up and take a movie for what it is…

Original.

Divergent (2014)

This was bound to be compared to the hunger games. But they are completely different.

[10/10 · 18 March 2014]

this is different from the hunger games. it has a different story. its about a divided society. the hunger games was about killing each other, this about adaption and finding your place in society, literally. it is fun action packed and has a better story {although not fully explained} is a fun ride that doesn't rely on melodrama for emotional effects. the hunger games films were good in there own right, so are these. so don't compare. they have totally different aspects and way it goes about things, it does what it wants, like the character in the film. these are simply fun and aren't supposed to live up to the hunger games, it was made to cash in yes, but it was also made to bring another brilliant story to the screen.

Vampire Academy (2014)

A Simply Fun Film!!!

[7 February 2014]

I see one review that simply bashed this movie for having vampires and magic. So that must pertain to twilight and harry potter right? No. This movie is a combination of underworld (slightly) and mean girls. I've read the novel and it was the exact same way. The thing is this movie was destined to follow twilight, and to be honest if twilight never came out this would be better anticipated. Anything nowadays has to live up to the sh*t that is twilight. Twilight was moody and had a message that having a boyfriend is most important while this one is simply have fun and be yourself. People always will compare vampire movies to twilight, and thats simply blasphemous. You go into this movie wanting to find deep meaningful messages and symbolism, you won't find it. Go into this movie with an open mind and ready to have fun you'll enjoy yourself immensely. This is simply a movie to have fun, that is ALL!!!