Wednesday, November 28, 2012

This isn't a Hannibal movie? No wai

Shelter:

Story:

A forensic psychologist must find out how a patient's personalities are those of murder victims.

Review:

Despite giving away a big portion of the story in its first half, Shelter isn't actually too bad for a supernatural mystery/thriller film. The story does build up intrigue and plot as it gets closer and closer to the ending. The camera work is hit or miss, as well as the few special effects. Thankfully the dialogue is almost 100% centred around the plot/story. I enjoyed it, despite a few problems that the film had.

On a rather unfortunate note, though Shelter is a fast paced movie, that pace doesn't come without incredibly noticeable holes in the plot. And that does mean that sometimes you'll watch parts of the movie and think "how did they figure that out just from that?". That is probably the most unenjoyable part of the movie, other than Julianne Moore in her portrayal as the forensic psychologist. Seriously, she is the Kristen Stewart of older people. Horrible actress.

Other than that, Shelter is a decent film. An intriguing film with an interesting concept that I thought was creatively original. Other than the concept, there isn't really anything special about Shelter, nor is there anything overly significant. It's just one of those decent movies someone would watch to tide them over until a better movie came out.

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