Reflections

May 14, 2009 @ 1:24 pm

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April 19, 2009 @ 12:25 am

Technically, the edit is very smooth, and I really enjoyed your opening and ending credits.
I have not seen the original flick, but overall, I didn’t feel like there was a lot of stuff missing. I was only surprised at the middle of the movie after the jaw scene when Ben suddenly knew the mirros were evil. The scene with the kid was also a bit short, but overall, it’s a great edit (I only wish I had been just a little bit scared) ! Congrats, and keep them coming !

March 16, 2009 @ 1:25 am

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March 9, 2009 @ 1:10 pm

Another great example of Boon applying the ‘deft touch’. The suspense was kept up for the entire movie, as it revealed a little more at each scene. Watching the special features and the scenes that were cut, I have to agree the movie worked better with the build up from suspense to horror to detective, instead of opening with horror, moving to suspense, continuing with the horror and changing to detective… Nice one Boon!… AVP cover is cool as well! :D

January 21, 2010 @ 12:57 pm

A solid improvement over the original yet the source material still retains its disadvantages. The editing is faultless, as is the sound design but I feel some more poorly acted scenes could have been removed such as the cliched and poorly acted/directed opening argument with the estranged wife. Removing this scene and cutting directly to Ben’s first night as a security guard would have added to the isolation and loneliness of the main character.

All the other scenes removed are done so for good reason. There is a cool extra called “Those Darn Mirrors” that breaks down the faults in logic of the original version. I also liked the colour correction, which brings a much needed coldness (and crispness) to the image. 8/10