Thursday 20 January 2011

Unit 1.3 A personal critical response to the film 'The Hole 3D'

The Hole 3D Review - Frightful SHOCK!



The mystery of a never-ending hole questions everyone’s mind to what is inside that deep hole. An ordinary family turns out to have an unordinary adventure.


You may think it’s possibly just a dark black hole, but once you’ve seen this movie a hole will never look the same to you again, Bold Films studio did it again!


The movie casts are Chris Massoglia whom you might be familiar with if you’ve watched Cirque Du Freak, he plays Dane whom is a moody teenager. Haley Bennet stars as Julie the next-door, Nathan Gamble as Lucas the annoying little brother, Bruce Dern as the person who previously lived in the home of Dane and his family. Finally old Teri Polo as Susan the mother of Dane and Lucas. I guess Joe Dante who Directed Gremlins chose the right actors. Despite the age to watch the movie being 12+, it sure does give you a scare, fright and a jump! An ordinary family of 3 are constantly moving homes and towns. The 2 boys are afraid of one thing and that fear will haunt them until it has been conquered.


After moving in their new and mysterious home they begin to experience new things for example the town, people and “The HOLE”. When both boys find a wooden trapdoor secured with padlocks under their basement, they immediately start to try and open the padlocks recklessly and once they open the trapdoor there is nothing but pure darkness so they start to investigate it. The boys decided to throw something down to see if there is a end to this ‘hole’ but they figure out there is no ending, this made the boys superstitious and they start to question themselves about the hole. When they’re examining the ‘hole’ Julie steps in and asks what they are doing so Lucas tells her before Dane tries to stop him. All three of them look into the hole and that’s when their lives started to turn around.


The music and sound effects build suspense, which makes you jump in the movie. The music was very dramatic, scary and built tension, this made it feel more real. I think the sound effects were brilliant because they worked like a charm towards the audience. There was only music at the beginning and end of the movie as during the film it was mostly only sound effects.


The characters did a good job as it made the cinema feel more realistic. The actors were professional; I was especially impressed with Bruce Dern because it’s difficult to play his role. However Teri Polo and himself had only a short part in the movie, this was disappointing. Chris Massoglia, Hayley Bennet and Nathan Gamble were also impressive. Nathan Gamble played his part well for such a young person like himself, Chris Massoglia gave the impression to the audience that he really is a moody teenager in real life but I doubt it. Lastly Hayley Bennet role was also outstanding even though her role was difficult.


The part I didn’t approve is the ending because throughout the movie it was frightening but the ending turned out to be happy which ruined the atmosphere and feeling you already had – being shocked. The Part I did like was the whole movie especially the humour. The emotion was terrifying and horrifying.


The movie will give you a great thrill and spook. The 92 minutes you spend watching the movie is worth it, I guarantee it! It’s not only horrifying but also quite humorous.


I would rate this movie 4/5 because the ending wasn’t as great as I expected it to be.



List of sources:



http://www.wikio.co.uk/article/hole-movie-trailers-cast-review-212777224



http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/the-hole-1



http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/23/the-hole-review

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