A botched prank

Ollie 2021-12-14 08:01:08

Because of the comments of netizens, I watched this movie with high expectations. After watching it, I was flabbergasted for a few seconds at the end, with liver tremors and tremors trembling and all kinds of restlessness. But after that, I felt extremely upset in my heart, and I don't know why. It's clear after thinking about it now.

Many people commented that the endings are awesome, but I think they are just like me. They were just shocked by a screenwriter who was hysterical and wanted to write awesome books.
In fact, this movie is a bad joke. It is not because it is not terrifying or suspenseful, but because the audience thinks that the film does not involve ghosts and gods from the beginning to the end, and believes that it is at most a psychological suspense drama about how psychological hints distorted old farmers in the southern United States, and until the end In a few minutes, the movie itself is constantly strengthening this inference through plot and dialogue. Unexpectedly, as soon as the result came out, this witchcraft was really damn effective! Then you are surprised, but the reason you are surprised is not because of how awesome the plot reversal is, but because you suddenly discovered that this fucking film is not a suspense film, it turns out to be a magical movie!
This is like a popular GIF prank on the Internet. You stare at the screen for a long time and think that you are watching a beautiful woman taking a shower, and suddenly a ghost pops out! Of course you are all shocked, all kinds of heartbeat speed up. However, if you knew that you would make a grimacing face, would you still have such a big reaction?

The most basic moral of a good thriller is to first tell you whether the film involves strange powers, or at least it won’t let you dispel any suspicion that it might have strange powers. And then further, through clever lens and plot to make you scared.
Many netizens said that this film is very similar to "Sixth Sense of Supernatural" or "Small Island Cry", but the two films happen to always have the same answer to the question of "Are there ghosts". The former is "Yes" and the latter. It is "possible". So when their ending came out, we were shocked by the cleverness of their narration, kept reminiscing about the previous plot, and wanted to go back logically. And the ending of this film is similar to the grimace that suddenly popped up on the screen, and you were just startled for no reason. Your imagination has been raped and fertilized, but this bad movie refuses to take any responsibility for your imagination.

I saw several netizens commenting that the ending was very uncomfortable, but that's actually the reason.

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The Skeleton Key quotes

  • Caroline Ellis: Thank you, child.

  • [Struggling to speak as Caroline uses a spell to free him]

    Ben Devereaux: Ca-ro-Line! Help me!