Seriously, these half-baked "horrors" based only on "produced by James Wan" credit should stop. I know everybody has to be like Marvel now, but I don't think we need a horror universe which this movie is trying to build. Come on, Annabelle, Annabelle Creation, Annabelle Comes Home, The Nun. In this movie, they even make sure to mention that this is the Conjuring "cinematic universe." Jesus Christ, even Universal tried and failed miserably with their Dark Universe.
I understand these type of movies are reliable in terms of profit since they are low budget and make a decent amount of money in return. But it really doesn't work this way. The first Insidious and the Conjuring were way too good, and as these movies go, the newer ones never came even remotely close.
And here we are in 2019, with Insidious movies turned into complete schlock (Insidious: The Last Key) while Annabelle ones were never good in the first place (besides Annabelle Creation, which was ok). The Nun is a slasher movie, Annabelle Comes Home is a horror about Warrens without Warrens, damn.
And now comes this one. The Curse of La Llorona provokes two emotional states. It's a pain to watch mostly due to its stupidity while the acting is so bizarre it makes you laugh (Raymond Cruz was so odd in this). The writing is terrible, the premise itself is ok, but the characters are non-present. Some of them don't even have anything to do in this movie, and yet they still waste time establishing them (the child services lady, the father, the father's cop friend). Nobody has a real character arc. Cardellini's character was so ignorant toward her kids (and their injuries) WHILE WORKING IN CHILD SERVICES, how does this even make any sense? And she never even tried, like when they put the kids in the closet to protect them, THEY WERE NOT EVEN IN THE SAME ROOM.
They could've gone the psychological horror way, as they did in The Babadook, and the premise would've made this possible. Instead, they just show you La Llorona in the first 20 minutes, ultimately killing all your interest in this movie.
The Curse of La Llorona was not only a lousy horror but a bad movie altogether.
I understand these type of movies are reliable in terms of profit since they are low budget and make a decent amount of money in return. But it really doesn't work this way. The first Insidious and the Conjuring were way too good, and as these movies go, the newer ones never came even remotely close.
And here we are in 2019, with Insidious movies turned into complete schlock (Insidious: The Last Key) while Annabelle ones were never good in the first place (besides Annabelle Creation, which was ok). The Nun is a slasher movie, Annabelle Comes Home is a horror about Warrens without Warrens, damn.
And now comes this one. The Curse of La Llorona provokes two emotional states. It's a pain to watch mostly due to its stupidity while the acting is so bizarre it makes you laugh (Raymond Cruz was so odd in this). The writing is terrible, the premise itself is ok, but the characters are non-present. Some of them don't even have anything to do in this movie, and yet they still waste time establishing them (the child services lady, the father, the father's cop friend). Nobody has a real character arc. Cardellini's character was so ignorant toward her kids (and their injuries) WHILE WORKING IN CHILD SERVICES, how does this even make any sense? And she never even tried, like when they put the kids in the closet to protect them, THEY WERE NOT EVEN IN THE SAME ROOM.
They could've gone the psychological horror way, as they did in The Babadook, and the premise would've made this possible. Instead, they just show you La Llorona in the first 20 minutes, ultimately killing all your interest in this movie.
The Curse of La Llorona was not only a lousy horror but a bad movie altogether.