Comments on: The Orphanage http://www.moviezeal.com/2008/04/22/the-orphanage/ zealous for all things film Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:30:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Evan Derrick http://www.moviezeal.com/2008/04/22/the-orphanage/#comment-961 Evan Derrick Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:50:55 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=432#comment-961 Ok, let the comments section descend into SPOILER TERRITORY. Seriously, do not read any further if you haven't seen the movie. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILING AHEAD Ok, that should be good enough. Fletch, by 'a-ha' moment do you mean when she finds her son? As in, his disappearance wasn't really supernatural to begin with, but was her own fault? Hmmm...I guess you could say that is original, but its not a huge change from the standard formula. All of the major trappings - the house, the creepy kids, the mysterious disappearance - have been done before ad nauseum. A screenwriting friend once said that a cliche is not a cliche when it works, so while The Orphanage is built upon cliches, its not cliched in the slightest. In that sense I guess you could say it is highly original. Ok, let the comments section descend into SPOILER TERRITORY. Seriously, do not read any further if you haven’t seen the movie.

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Ok, that should be good enough. Fletch, by ‘a-ha’ moment do you mean when she finds her son? As in, his disappearance wasn’t really supernatural to begin with, but was her own fault? Hmmm…I guess you could say that is original, but its not a huge change from the standard formula. All of the major trappings - the house, the creepy kids, the mysterious disappearance - have been done before ad nauseum. A screenwriting friend once said that a cliche is not a cliche when it works, so while The Orphanage is built upon cliches, its not cliched in the slightest. In that sense I guess you could say it is highly original.

]]> By: Fletch http://www.moviezeal.com/2008/04/22/the-orphanage/#comment-953 Fletch Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:16:04 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=432#comment-953 I not a horror film expert, but I have to disagree with your point about the film more or less being unoriginal (albeit well done). I don't want to spoil it for those that haven't seen it, but there's a certain catch (revealed during the a-ha moment) to The Orphanage that really made it for me. It went from seeming unoriginal to being highly original. No? I not a horror film expert, but I have to disagree with your point about the film more or less being unoriginal (albeit well done). I don’t want to spoil it for those that haven’t seen it, but there’s a certain catch (revealed during the a-ha moment) to The Orphanage that really made it for me. It went from seeming unoriginal to being highly original. No?

]]> By: Joseph http://www.moviezeal.com/2008/04/22/the-orphanage/#comment-940 Joseph Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:19:31 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=432#comment-940 Sweet. I've been wanting to watch this one. Sweet. I’ve been wanting to watch this one.

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