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Westworld (2016)
I had high hopes...
I remember how much I enjoyed the movie Westworld oh so many years ago. That was a good movie, and I shared that experience with my son only a few months back when we watched it together.
Hype was big for the new Westworld series, and so I made time for the premier episode. I honestly had no idea a show could be so incredibly slow and boring. It reminded me of the first installment of the Dune miniseries. Only I didn't finish that installment. I couldn't.
I did finish Westworld, the first episode, and only because it was shorter than Dune. But I've decided not to continue with the series.
Sure it had high production values and an interesting premise but if nothing happens, people fall asleep.
The Fog (2005)
The Fog does the one thing a horror movie should never do...
The Fog bores its audience.
The stars are young and pretty, but have nothing to do. The digital fog effects are virtually invisible--at least on an HD Broadcast to an HDTV. There are absolutely no scares and the story--though inspired by a cult-classic--is uninspired.
If I had to guess, I'd say the screenwriter was a fourteen-year-old girl.
Young "Brittany" saw The Fog with her dad on DVD when she was thirteen. She then used her extensive experience reading teen-romance-novels to help her craft this snore-fest. She also may have had some ideas for casting.
I have to say I was concerned when my boy came in and sat down next to me shortly after The Fog started--these remakes sometimes ramp up the violence and gore quite a bit and he was a bit young--but I soon realized that it wasn't going to be a problem. I'd let an eight-year-old watch this movie--though I'd advise him not to.
Dull, dull, dull.