Review of The Nun (2013) by Mike I — 18 Sep 2009

This movie sounded so promising, and started out so promising, that as it got worse, I got more disappointed.

It didn't seem coherent, it seemed like they made the story up as they went along. Most of the twists were predictable, except for the end which was stupid and cliche. It seemed that the writers were trying to incorporate different popular horror movie story lines into one instead of making one solid story. And it bothered me that one of the deaths was accidental, that they didn't even try to tie it in with the murders. It was pointless.

The cast was chosen well to look like the teenage girls all grown up, but I wonder if some of the casting was done based purely on how much they looked the part. In some parts, I don't know if the acting was bad, or if it was just the cheesy cliche lines they were given. Character development was as thrown together as the rest of the storyline.

MINOR SPOILER ALERT: But the one thing that bugs me the most is that Joel is supposed to be always behind his video camera, but they never do anything with it. What was the point of putting so much emphasis on the camera, and he didn't even get some evil nun ghost footage? Or did he, and that part was edited out? Perhaps to accommodate the dreadful ending?