If it weren't for the high starting point of the previous work, this one can be considered excellent

Shyanne 2022-03-23 09:02:08

The Soul Conjuring series is a near-perfect genre film. Lighting and art alone are enough to learn two pots. Storyboard design and editing are even more textbook-level. Why is it so comfortable, because the classics are classics, and the classics are suitable. Movies have been "dead" in the last century, and being able to deconstruct and copy well is a systematic inheritance. The poorly rated third film is not useless, although its script is developing into a wider field (that is, the witch theme and the protagonist's life experience), it has lost the foreshadowing of the evil spirits due to the length and size of the film (probably. It is deleted), the content is complicated and there is a risk of more than 120 minutes, but the overall style is very close to Wen Ziren, which is not only due to the unified execution of the production team, but also reflected in standardized industrial norms. Moreover, through the design of the main scene of "Boy Exorcism", it is obvious that this is also an adjustment made by the film party to adapt to the broadcast on the Internet platform. In terms of details, several bridges have a lot to do with Fred King's "The Exorcist 73", Rainey Haring's "Nightmare Street 4", Hitchcock's "Psycho", Kubrick's "The Shining". The parody and reference of ” all reflect the professionalism and accumulation of the Soul Conjuring team and the new line of films, as well as Wen Ziren’s super-high understanding and application ability of genre films (he is at least a screenwriter and producer). Objectively speaking, The Conjuring 3 is not a failure, it is just closer to the passing line.

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  • Janice 2021-12-21 08:01:10

    After Wen Ziren retired to the second line, his brainburning level instantly dropped by one level, and defeating evil spirits by love was even better. Apart from other things, is the "calling soul" without reversal at the end or "calling the soul"? Atmosphere party clock in...

  • Kole 2022-03-24 09:02:10

    The director is indeed a good apprentice of Wen Ziren, but the control of the film from content to form is almost a complete failure, and the whole film is just a cumbersome empty shell. To take a random example, the long shot in the film that imitates the previous work to explain the structure of the house has no effect at all for the next two hours, because the film has hardly made any narrative and scary design around the space of the house since then. In fact, these problems can't be entirely blamed on the directors. It can only be said that letting new directors make big-budget horror films from mainstream studios as soon as they come up is tantamount to directly pushing them into the talent crusher. Among all the films after the official "cosmicization" of the "Conjuring" series, only "The Nun" was a success.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It quotes

  • Arne Cheyenne Johnson: [from trailer] I think I hurt someone.

  • Lorraine Warren: End this black sabbath. By the blood of cavalry, I command it!