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The Guest (I) (2014)

Well worth the watch even despite some flaws!

[7/10 · 17 January 2015]

The acting is great, the soundtrack fantastic and the atmosphere the movie creates sucks you in from the very beginning. The movie keeps you guessing throughout at least for the first hour or so. You KNOW something is off but you have no idea what exactly. When I watched it my theory of what was going on changed every 10 minutes :D As the last reviewer stated the first hour is definitely the best part. Unfortunately towards the end the writers kind of dropped the ball. The ending is somewhat unsatisfactorily predictable and the story can only go the way it goes because of absolutely ridiculous mistakes made by some of the characters. I don't know why most movies foam in the endings but I guess in this case it is something that I'm very willing to endure for the fun I had during the first 2/3 of the film.

The acting is awesome for the most part. Dan Stevens does a great job keeping you on the edge the whole time which is utterly entertaining. The writing and dialogue are great except as mentioned above for the somewhat disappointing ending. But all in all this movie stuck with me and though it has been a couple of days since I watched it I still "feel" the atmosphere it created (to a great extend due to its unconventional soundtrack, which I eventually bought although it is generally not my kind of music at all). This is a very good movie and I am a little surprised that I basically had to stumble over it by accident and it hasn't gotten more publicity. If the ending had been a little different it could have been fantastic, none the less this way it is still great.

The Other Side (I) (2014)

Partially stiff B-movie, C+ for the effort

[4/10 · 17 January 2015]

I watched this movie because of its high score on IMDb and the positive reviews. Going on a 7.9 and fantastic reviews I expected to be blown away, which might be why the disappointment hit a little harder. It is a well-intended b-movie at best. Unfortunately the acting is stiff and overly forced at times, the story okay but still rugged around the edges, and the directing and editing were acceptable for a b-movie but still far from fluid.

All in all it is not a terrible movie, but be aware that it is a low budget, basically home made flick with quite unnatural feeling dialogue sometimes and somewhat forced acting and far from high-end. I guess if you don't mind that kind of thing and have some time to spare you can watch it and judge for yourself, but don't be fooled by the 7.9 ;)