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Alone in the Dark (2005)
So bad.
This was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Bad cgi, bad actors, bad lines, bad story, ... it has it all.
It seems like Christian Slater is not only losing hair but also credibility by the minute.
It should be possible to make a good movie out of the original story, but it seems they never tried, and found out how to make a sci-fi horror movie which spreads horror itself.
My biggest horror was sitting out this movie. I showered myself for hours after seeing this movie, as if I was raped through my eyes. I tried to find out if this form of publishing can not be seen as an act of violence, but I fear they have their lawyers ready.
This movie should be banned from shops at once and destroyed without any trace or we will feel ashamed forever.
Think about our children and do the right thing.
When the Light Comes (1998)
Good movie
The movie has a very good framework for character evolution, with a focus on human interaction in a very hostile environment, being a world of ice.
We see two symbols pictured in this movie, the wait for the sun, as a symbol of hope, and the safe warm nest in an environment deadly for any human being without a masochistic tendency.
Although the movie loses itself at a certain moment, by moving into typical cheap Hollywood sensation, like the sexual scenes and bear scene, these scenes do not ruin the movie.
I had a problem with the sudden twitch in the mind of Ellen, who, after a strong disgust, changes 180° in favor of Lars.
The first sexual scenes, although they are very explicit, are performed with good taste, but after a while they seem to evolve to comedy and make the movie lose path. Only at the end, the movie finds track again, in what everybody should expect; a serious tale that will not have a happy end.
It is a good movie, and too bad that Francesca (as Ellen) never returned to the big picture.