The Conjuring

[lovinglife]

Sucked, as does just about every horror movie released nowadays.

Horror movies have become far more focused on cheap shock scares than actually instilling fear in the audience.

I don't remember much of any cheap shock scares in this movie

I am curious, what movie did you find scary?

 

[Brisler]

Well, it is a quote from one of the guys the movie is about, and is supposed to further the element of this being based on real events. I viewed it less as forcing the views, and more of trying to convince us that it is real to make it that much more terrifying.

Yeah, I know it's a quote from that guy. I still think it was way over the top, though.

I can appreciate and understand the way you viewed the movie, and you might be quite right that the point was to further the element of realism. But I simply can't watch a movie this exaggerated without considering it a complete work of fiction. The fact that some of the characters are real doesn't add anything to the experience for me, and I feel I have to view the demonic manifestations in the movie as an allegory for the the sinfull nature of humans, which are considered demonic in certain branches of Christianity.

I don't think I would have to resort to this "reading" of the movie if it had been a little more subtle in its Christian views.

Well, that's how I see it. It didn't ruin the movie for me. After all, it's just entertainment. And I would think that people like Eric_8, who have grown tired of modern horror cinema because of the focus if chock value rather than atmosphere, would love this movie.

 

[Almost40]

no matter of someone's beliefs, it was all waorth it. I dont' know if someone mentioned this already, but the only "bad" part of the movie was the - way too- happy ending.... yep, way too happy.