^ I love Gothika...It's such a great film and Halle Berry is a great Actress.
Ok...I have 2 films for you and both being absolutly brilliant films!!
The Exprcism of Emily Rose:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404032/
I'm sure you have all seen a Trailer as it's played all over the TV!!
Plotline: A young girl (Jennifer Carpenter) dies under the care of her parish priest (Tom Wilkinson). While attending college, Emily believed she became possessed. After medical care ceases to work, she turned to her faith. In the care of her priest she dies and he goes on trial for her death. He is represented by a career-minded and driven lawyer (Laura Linney) who does not believe in God. Thus is the story of Emily Rose, told by those in the trial and the priest who watched her through her possession.
The film is based on a true story and what a Story it is. The film last 119 Mins (2 Hours) but it is worth every minute.
If you think this is a typical Exorcism movie...Like the Exorcist; you are completely wrong. Yes, you see how this young girl got possessed; yes, you see what happens and yes, you do see the exorcism...But the film is mostly based in the Court Room. As a certain situation happens in the Court Room, like if the Priest is talking about the Exorcism step by step and how it went, you then get the flashback to the Exorcism.
A couple of recognisable faces in the film but the one person that stands out is the Main Actress...Laura Linney (Erin Bruner in the movie) is an amzing actress who can also be seen in 'Love Actually, Mystic River and The Mothman Prophecies.
The film is not scary and not frightening but it is slightly Creepy and Chilling as it is a
Thriller. Don't let the trailer fool you as it picks out all of the Chilling moments in the film and leads you to believe that it is a horror.
If you go to see this movie, purely to get scared then prepared to be dissapointed as it is not scary. During the movie, when I saw it, alot of youths got agitated and bored as they weren't being scared; and right at the end of the film, people were saying it was rubbish and boring...Yes...Because they only came to get scared.
The Storyline is amazing and all the visuals are amazing and really chilling...There are alot of quiet moments followed by a loud noise...but there is always creepy music in the background anyway.
The film gets 5/5 stars from me and I wouldn't hesitate to go and see it in the Cinema again!!
Flight Plan:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408790/
If you liked 'Panic Room,' your going to love this Claustraphobic Thriller!!
Plotline: A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane.
In this modern retelling of a classic urban legend, a mother finds herself at odds with a unremitting flight crew and her own sanity when her daughter vanishes in the middle of a flight, with only a few clues left behind. She must now challenge the boundaries of her will and her mind in her desperate search.
This Intense 'on the edge of your seat' movie brings home alot of feelings. Claustraphobia on a plane, Losing a child in an extremely busy atmosphere and the fact that no one believes what you are on about and they think you are crazy.
There are alot of recognisable faces but the Main Character...Jodie Foster (Kyle in the movie) does an amazing job at her character. A mum who knows what she wants when it comes to her family, and she will do anything to look after them. Jodie Foster also appears in her other well known box hit 'Panic Room.'
The best thing about this movie is that the Main Storyline is blatently obvious as we get into the film...But, as soon as you believe that what you are being made to think is true, is actually true; the story has a huge turn around and a big twist in the works. You are completely thrown off and you end up on the edge of your seat...wanting to scream at the top of your voice
"RUN!!! GO NOW!!!."
Then to make it even better...When the stroy is turned around and you think that how its been turned around is about to be pulled off...Kyle (Jodie Foster) realises whats going on...and she turns the story against the person who turned the story around in the first place!! :O *phew*
As you can see...it is one intense film...and it doesn't help with the large amount of slow motion face reactions...when Kyle (Jodie Foster) has just realised whats going on...and then you get the whole running for dear life in slow motion.
For suspense...I give the film 5/5 stars...for the storyline...it gets 4/5 stars...purely because the way the story twist is done...it's slightly far-feched and makes you say
"That would never happen...someone would of known or saw something..."
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