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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 337416" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">The Box</span></strong> (2009)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.impawards.com%2F2009%2Fposters%2Fbox_ver5.jpg&f=1&nofb=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I came out of this film thinking that elements of the story were incredibly promising while others were just silly. It crossed my mind that I'd have enjoyed it far more had it been kept far simpler and told us far less. On looking closer into it, I've realised that this version exists out there in the form of <em>The Twilight Zone</em> episode <em>Button, Button </em>from 1986, written by Richard Matheson and based on his short <em>Playboy</em> story of the same name from 1970. While I don't believe I've seen the earlier TV version, I've seen the name<em> Button, Butto</em>n used for TV episode titles more than once without understanding what it actually meant. </p><p></p><p>My lack of familiarity with any other version is a good thing, since I took it on its own merits. There's a lot going for it. Cameron Diaz and James Marsden are perfectly fine in the leads (CD is actually a pretty decent dramatic actress, it turns out). The Seventies period dress is fun and seems mostly authentic, the effect only lessened by the familiarity of the lead actors from contemporary films). And there are some genuinely creepy moments as well as some cheap-but-effective jump scares. I also appreciated that the first half of the film is enjoyably leisurely in its pace, taking time to create atmosphere and character. </p><p></p><p>The second half of the film - possibly just the last third - is where things get weirder and more sci fi, which lost all relatability and was far less engaging. Some of the computer generated effects, to give them the benefit of the doubt, have dated rather poorly. Some of the new material felt very much a riff on <em>The Shining.</em> The ending was the inevitable one, but effective enough. It's just a shame it and the promising first half were both undermined by some of the silliness of library crowds turning their heads in sync, cartoony fountains and inter-dimensional eavesdropping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 337416, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]The Box[/SIZE][/B] (2009) [img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.impawards.com%2F2009%2Fposters%2Fbox_ver5.jpg&f=1&nofb=1[/img][/CENTER] I came out of this film thinking that elements of the story were incredibly promising while others were just silly. It crossed my mind that I'd have enjoyed it far more had it been kept far simpler and told us far less. On looking closer into it, I've realised that this version exists out there in the form of [I]The Twilight Zone[/I] episode [I]Button, Button [/I]from 1986, written by Richard Matheson and based on his short [I]Playboy[/I] story of the same name from 1970. While I don't believe I've seen the earlier TV version, I've seen the name[I] Button, Butto[/I]n used for TV episode titles more than once without understanding what it actually meant. My lack of familiarity with any other version is a good thing, since I took it on its own merits. There's a lot going for it. Cameron Diaz and James Marsden are perfectly fine in the leads (CD is actually a pretty decent dramatic actress, it turns out). The Seventies period dress is fun and seems mostly authentic, the effect only lessened by the familiarity of the lead actors from contemporary films). And there are some genuinely creepy moments as well as some cheap-but-effective jump scares. I also appreciated that the first half of the film is enjoyably leisurely in its pace, taking time to create atmosphere and character. The second half of the film - possibly just the last third - is where things get weirder and more sci fi, which lost all relatability and was far less engaging. Some of the computer generated effects, to give them the benefit of the doubt, have dated rather poorly. Some of the new material felt very much a riff on [I]The Shining.[/I] The ending was the inevitable one, but effective enough. It's just a shame it and the promising first half were both undermined by some of the silliness of library crowds turning their heads in sync, cartoony fountains and inter-dimensional eavesdropping. [/QUOTE]
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