Well Deserved Praise

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

So three friends travel to Japan and go visit a temple that all the locals warn them against going near. Folks never learn do they, if the locals say stay the hell away then *Drumroll* stay the hell away.Character development was spot on from the outset so I expected something a bit better. Instead the movie plods along up until the half way point and then turns to crap.It all falls apart to such an extent that it becomes almost unwatchable. Our heroes arrive at the titular temple and well I'm sure you can pretty much work that one out for yourself.The end has an ambiguous "Twist" but that does nothing to save the movie from its fate as a mediocre mess.The Good:Beginning is interesting enoughThe Bad:Loses steam at around the half way markUltimately is just an all round messThings I Learnt From This Movie:If folks listened to the warnings of the locals these movies might actually be betterA better title for this movie would have been Friendzone, scary stuff

The worst part of this movie for me was the fact that there were some really dark scenes where I couldn't actually see what was happening. Other than that, I thought it was pretty good. I loved the Japanese landscapes and thought the acting was pretty good. I liked the twist with the little boy, too. I wish we knew what happened with Christopher, but I think that adds to the mystery of the movie. We know about as much as the investigators know by the end of the movie, giving it a perfect 'folklore' feel.

BAD BAD BAD all I can say. It is a bad remake of the Blair witch Project which made b.t.w. also no sense, But when someone wants it and like it, then get it. Brain dead peoples are all over the world and for the dumb ones, congrats.

Having watched this movie, I'm pretty sure they took the script for Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows and edited it to take place in Japan so the cast and crew could take a vacation. This movie replaced some of Book of Shadows annoying characters with padding shots of walking around Japan, so I'm on the fence for which is worse.They seriously had to pad this out to 1:17. I can't imagine what was cut out.