Review of Pet Sematary (2019) by Luciusmcgibbon — 04 Aug 2019

Mega meh. I mean, it's not a bad looking movie, and the first half had me watching simply by not being an awful remake. Lithgow as Judd is... sorta okay. The Creeds are... adequately acted. Gage is... pretty dang Gage-y, actually.

I had no beef with this remake until it started making promises it couldn't keep. It's clear these guys want the viewer to expect their expectations subverted... but they don't actually have any good tricks beyond the okey-doke itself.

Several times, the movie seems to pull a head fake and scream "ha! fooled you! That's not what happens at all!" Which is fun for a moment (more so if you saw '89,) until the actual follow-through throws it all away by being so lame it's lämé.

One major twist I welcomed with open arms, but by the time it played out I was wondering how the heck I ever thought this was a good idea. If this movie was a basketball player, it would continuously cross you out of your shoes before immediately turning the ball over.

The final shot of the movie scores a few points with me, it is a top-notch 30 seconds. But the stuff that led up to it... meh, I say.