I would like to thank the paid subscribers of Nathan Rabin’s Bad Ideas for making me watch, no, experience the magic and wonder of the Final Destination films at exactly the right time.
This entry into the series was way better than it should have been. It was well paced - has one of my favourite deaths (gymnasty!) - and the opening destruction of my town's Lions' Gate Bridge was a ton of fun. After the first one, this may be my favourite of the bunch.
I passed up the opportunity to watch this on AMC around Halloween and now I regret not having the chance to go "WHAT THE FUCK??!" when it arrived at its conclusion.
Now I need to know. It seems impossible that a movie made in 2011 could avoiding depicting technology that did not exist in 2000 without arousing suspicion. I need to experience this.
After the fairly dismal 4th entry, I liked that this time around, they had the foresight to hire people who could actually act, or at least deliver a semi-convincing line reading. Funny how that makes a major difference. How rare for a horror franchise to deliver such a strong entry this far along, but with a little more attention to detail, anything's possible.
This entry into the series was way better than it should have been. It was well paced - has one of my favourite deaths (gymnasty!) - and the opening destruction of my town's Lions' Gate Bridge was a ton of fun. After the first one, this may be my favourite of the bunch.
I passed up the opportunity to watch this on AMC around Halloween and now I regret not having the chance to go "WHAT THE FUCK??!" when it arrived at its conclusion.
Now I need to know. It seems impossible that a movie made in 2011 could avoiding depicting technology that did not exist in 2000 without arousing suspicion. I need to experience this.
After the fairly dismal 4th entry, I liked that this time around, they had the foresight to hire people who could actually act, or at least deliver a semi-convincing line reading. Funny how that makes a major difference. How rare for a horror franchise to deliver such a strong entry this far along, but with a little more attention to detail, anything's possible.