Review of 1408 (2007) by Jonm — 24 May 2009
To say this movie is bad, boring or illogical simply means you are not watching it as it was intended or you are too jaded and desensitized from all the hostels and saws of the movie world. This movie is scary and not nearly as predictable as the cynics say (I doubt so many people actually guessed the movies better twists, they were simply bored from the lack of gore and didn't care.
) This film also isn't nearly as CGI heavy as people say and only a few of the effects actually weighted the movie down. Having said all that, I know it wasn't pefect and there were certain elements that could have been removed/expounded upon.
The movie also did have a very stupid ending that I am still comtemplating as to how one might find it scary. This really didn't detract from the movie, however, since Cusak managed to really "resolve" the film 9/10ths of the way in anyhow.
All in all, it is a movie that deserves nothing less than a 5, but with the selection we currently have to choose from, I give it an 8.
This review of 1408 (2007) was written by Jonm on 24 May 2009.
1408 has generally received positive reviews.
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