the rabbits of the night

well, it didn't suck. i guess if you were a big fan of the original, i'd say go and see it. otherwise, you might want to hold off. the main problem is it's just not all that scary. i feel like i have "the grudge" to blame for this....after enduring that nightmare, "the ring 2" was about as scary as "the care bears movie". and some of the stuff they try to pull off here just fails......like when the CG deers attack rachel and aiden's car....it's hilariously strange. admittedly, the film retains some of the creepy imagery of the original....but that's also kind of a problem. it starts to feel like they've only got two tricks up their sleeve, and they keep pulling them out. anyway, on a side note, i'm pretty sure i was in the same theatre as local movie-jerk tim miller (during the scene with sissy spacek, two kids in front of us remarked how much she looked like michael jackson... miller referenced that in his review...so either she really does look like the king of pop, or i was just a few rows behind him). over the last few years, this man has lost what little dignity he had to begin with. i think i really started having a problem with this guy when he knocked around all three "lord of the rings" movies. but he's so lazy with his reviews. it's not uncommon to read one of his reviews, and hear things like "some creepy kid", or in the case of "the ring 2", "for some reason" this or that...i mean, is he really having that hard of a time keeping up with the plot in a movie like this, or is he falling asleep in his seat? oh, he's also really hung up on the "bad hair day" that sumara, "that creepy kid" is having throughout the film. i know how obsessive i sound, getting worked up over a local movie critic, but he just gets it wrong time and time again. plus, he's getting paid to write about movies, while i have to do it all sneaky-like when i'm at work. anyway, a big FU to tim miller.