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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 412230" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>The Resort </strong></span>(2021)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heavenofhorror.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F04%2Fthe-resort-2021-review.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=4c0eee8fc99a171a9787a29db09fbb7ffb92002b03721055ea63949abcf18bbd&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 854px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">The poster looks rather el cheapo, and the general vibe of the film from this and Prime's description of the premise about four friends exploring a haunted, abandoned resort in Hawaii makes it look rather... unpromising. But sometimes watching something with an open mind and low expectations can yield gold.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Sadly, this isn't the case here. It feels rather like a sub-par student film that's had a bit of money thrown at it for some inexplicable reason. We spend a lot of time with the four narcissistic millennials, who persistently call one another "you guys". One the men has a man bun (how very mid-2010s); The women make duck lips when they speak, but we know the smart one is the one that can have a conversation that's not about herself (so long as she's speaking about her current interest trend of ghosts and spirits). We also know she's our final girl because she's marginally less interested in Instagram than the other girl (oh, and because the film bloody tells us from the start she's the only survivor. How conceited to think they have enough of a story get away with the whole film being told in flashback).</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Long story short, then, they're pretty annoying, difficult to like and not the brightest pebbles on the beach.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">We spend a lot of time with them in the first hour of the film, mostly doing very little other than engaging in banal conversations. The only relief from complete boredom comes from some attractive scenery (mainly the Hawaiian island, but I suppose one could also count the rear nudity from the nicer looking of the two men. How refreshing for a horror film to gender-reverse its double standards).</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>The Blair Witch Project </em>seems to be an influence on this film, with "The Half-Faced Girl" replacing the titular character of the original. Once things (eventually) begin to get creepy, it feels the perseverance of sticking with the film is worth it. But this lasts for a minute or two before laying it on with a trowel, showing us everything that should be hidden and going overboard with the makeup and effects (which are admittedly quite disturbing and effective at times. If only this much effort had been put into the writing).</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Part of me wonders why anyone would watch this. Then I remember I did just that, and I feel a great sadness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 412230, member: 23"] [CENTER][SIZE=6][B]The Resort [/B][/SIZE](2021) [IMG width="854px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heavenofhorror.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F04%2Fthe-resort-2021-review.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=4c0eee8fc99a171a9787a29db09fbb7ffb92002b03721055ea63949abcf18bbd&ipo=images[/IMG] The poster looks rather el cheapo, and the general vibe of the film from this and Prime's description of the premise about four friends exploring a haunted, abandoned resort in Hawaii makes it look rather... unpromising. But sometimes watching something with an open mind and low expectations can yield gold. Sadly, this isn't the case here. It feels rather like a sub-par student film that's had a bit of money thrown at it for some inexplicable reason. We spend a lot of time with the four narcissistic millennials, who persistently call one another "you guys". One the men has a man bun (how very mid-2010s); The women make duck lips when they speak, but we know the smart one is the one that can have a conversation that's not about herself (so long as she's speaking about her current interest trend of ghosts and spirits). We also know she's our final girl because she's marginally less interested in Instagram than the other girl (oh, and because the film bloody tells us from the start she's the only survivor. How conceited to think they have enough of a story get away with the whole film being told in flashback). Long story short, then, they're pretty annoying, difficult to like and not the brightest pebbles on the beach. We spend a lot of time with them in the first hour of the film, mostly doing very little other than engaging in banal conversations. The only relief from complete boredom comes from some attractive scenery (mainly the Hawaiian island, but I suppose one could also count the rear nudity from the nicer looking of the two men. How refreshing for a horror film to gender-reverse its double standards). [I]The Blair Witch Project [/I]seems to be an influence on this film, with "The Half-Faced Girl" replacing the titular character of the original. Once things (eventually) begin to get creepy, it feels the perseverance of sticking with the film is worth it. But this lasts for a minute or two before laying it on with a trowel, showing us everything that should be hidden and going overboard with the makeup and effects (which are admittedly quite disturbing and effective at times. If only this much effort had been put into the writing). Part of me wonders why anyone would watch this. Then I remember I did just that, and I feel a great sadness.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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