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Dark Floors (2008)
I saw the movie today
I saw the movie today at some kind of prescreening, I suppose. My friend got some tickets for free and I wasn't going to pass.
I'm going to try not to go into too much detail. However, if you're planning on seeing the movie, I'd advice you to watch it first. Here are a few thoughts: Visually I really liked the movie: Good camera angles, cool lightning and nice effects. Audio was good too, I thought.
The story was pretty interesting and I didn't find it boring at any point. I think the introduction part of the movie could've been longer, as we now almost instantly get thrown into the action. I'm sure many disagree with this, but personally I thought the movie could've been a little longer and thereby a little slower paced at times.
I have to admit I don't think I entirely understood the film and its ending, which left me a little confused. Some story related things in the film were really cool, like the time stopping and the people shooting at themselves. At this point I was expecting a little more of the movie and where it was heading and I was slightly disappointed in the end.
The biggest problem for me, watching the movie, was that the monsters are indeed the members of Lordi, and no matter how good they look, I can't really be scared of them, since I'm familiar with them. Not only that, but also I found it a little weird how monsters that different from each other kept randomly showing up. I think it would've been a cooler movie (or a few) to only have one or two of these characters in a movie. I especially enjoyed Ox; he looked really bad ass. Omen was also cool. No offense, Mr Lordi, but with him being the "big boss" at the end, I can't say I was impressed. The other characters looked pretty sweet, but him I found least scary. Of course this might be because I've seen him the most.
I can't say for sure if I would've found the movie more scary if I didn't know the characters, but I definitely think so.
The actors did a good job, I thought. No complaints there, I bought it.
Overall, I did not expect too much of the movie. I saw a short trailer once (I try to avoid trailers and reading too much up front to give me a totally fresh nothing-knowing movie experience) and it was pretty cool, though I was afraid the characters might screw it up.
I thought it was really stylish and the story had lots of potential. Maybe I'll understand it entirely some day when you guys comment on it. I will say, though, that I'm seeing too many horror movies concentrated on children and their drawings. :) I feel like I forgot to comment on something, but I guess I'll just stop here. I'll try to answer possible questions you may have.
-Ken