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Old 05-23-2015, 01:19 PM   #15204 (permalink)
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Frownland versus a brick wall: the argument
How am I a "brick wall"? In the argument and in my review, I said that I actually liked The Babadook, and considered it to be a pretty solid movie. I just thought that it borrowed too heavily from other Horror stories to really be a "masterpiece", and to me it wasn't quite as deep and psychological as I had hoped. I had fun with it nevertheless, and enjoyed talking about the different themes. Frownland and I both recognized that it was mostly well made, with the only difference between us being our opinions on if it was as good as it could have been.

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The Babadook is mostly well made, and I have to commend it for avoiding jump scares, but Horror fans will probably find it very cliche and unremarkable. It's a solid film with a few rough patches.
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