The premise sounds interesting, with horrible teenagers getting a come-uppance of their previous actions, and their friends learning of all the horrible stuff they've done and hidden from them; ignoring the supernatural aspect of the instigator of these revelations being the spirit of a dead girl.
The problem comes that the Eight Deadly Words will be dropped by the viewer very fast. All of these teenagers are horrible people, so why should anyone care if they survive? In fact, I'm Rooting for the Empire. The best part of the movie is seeing these atrocious human beings dying.
Other problems include the buffering images and other aspects of messing with the screen. The idea of showing a movie only in video-format or as a chat is quite neat; it's a bit like a book telling all of its plot in e-mails, transcripts or letters. But here, the buffering images look really bad. And not in a scary way, but in a "This is really poor quality" way. It adds nothing to the plot or its atmosphere. Just reminds anyone old enough of the days when internet pages and videos did need to buffer before playing. Which does not work if one is supposed to feel close to these teenagers.
Outside of even those problems, the pacing of the movie is horrible. The beginning is boring, the attempt at getting away from the spirit by re-calling via Skype and such takes too long, and things don't improve.
I want this movie to be scrapped, rewritten, reshot, and remade. Take the premise, update it a little better, and make the characters likeable. At least then I'll feel bad that these 'friendships' are breaking, 'friends' betraying each other, and characters are ultimately dying because of their actions.
Why Am I Supposed To Care, Again?
The premise sounds interesting, with horrible teenagers getting a come-uppance of their previous actions, and their friends learning of all the horrible stuff they've done and hidden from them; ignoring the supernatural aspect of the instigator of these revelations being the spirit of a dead girl.
The problem comes that the Eight Deadly Words will be dropped by the viewer very fast. All of these teenagers are horrible people, so why should anyone care if they survive? In fact, I'm Rooting for the Empire. The best part of the movie is seeing these atrocious human beings dying.
Other problems include the buffering images and other aspects of messing with the screen. The idea of showing a movie only in video-format or as a chat is quite neat; it's a bit like a book telling all of its plot in e-mails, transcripts or letters. But here, the buffering images look really bad. And not in a scary way, but in a "This is really poor quality" way. It adds nothing to the plot or its atmosphere. Just reminds anyone old enough of the days when internet pages and videos did need to buffer before playing. Which does not work if one is supposed to feel close to these teenagers.
Outside of even those problems, the pacing of the movie is horrible. The beginning is boring, the attempt at getting away from the spirit by re-calling via Skype and such takes too long, and things don't improve.
I want this movie to be scrapped, rewritten, reshot, and remade. Take the premise, update it a little better, and make the characters likeable. At least then I'll feel bad that these 'friendships' are breaking, 'friends' betraying each other, and characters are ultimately dying because of their actions.