Customer Reviews:
Not bad at all........2007-12-27
This isn't a brilliant film and it is certainly true that it draws on films such as The Shining and the Amatyville horror, (yes, I know I have spelt it wrong!)However, there are some genuinely scary moments that made me jump. The acting isn't bad either and the family dynamics, i.e, not a typical all american happy family made a welcome change.
I won't reveal more of the plot, as I don't want to spoil it for people, but it is worth a watch. If you don't expect a masterpiece, you won't be disappointed
It could have been so much better!!.......2007-11-02
The opening scenes of this movie were enough for me to switch it off and wait for the rest of my family to get back and hold my hand. The dvd finally went back on and I thought that the first 30 minutes or so were extremely eerie - the weird goings on, the incredibly creepy little boy who keeps laughing and dancing along to the horrific, Ring-like apparitions, and that nerve-annihilating scene at breakfast with the little boy's cereal spoon... I really thought this was going to rival some of the other very scary things I had seen.
I was wrong.
After the first 30 minutes the film lost the atmosphere completely. I began to be bored by the ham-handed obvious clues - HOW many ravens does it take to tell you not to go into teh cellar? I was also left cold by the acting of both parents who seemed to be almost as bored as I was. The 'twist' was so obvious within seconds of the arrival of one of the characters and after that the film continued to plummet downhill. The ending was absolutely ridiculous and predictable.
My thoughts would be, watch The Grudge, The Ring, the Amityville Horror or the Shining. Messengers could have been so much more especially as I say, the first 30 mins were very impressive but it seems teh film-makers gave up - I would advise you to do the same, look elsewhere, there are better stories to be had.
Full of jolts and scares!.......2007-11-01
The Messengers may seem like another typical horror, haunted house type film. And maybe it is, but the way it delivers the genre is different. There are many extremely chilling and well put together sequences that make the film scary and unique in many ways. The jolts never seize, which is a definite good point. There are also a lot of different types of scary moments, like jolty, creepy, suspensful, sickning etc... It isn't ridiculously gory, just very steady and awesomely crafted horror flick... watch.
Waist of time!.......2007-10-12
This was a borring predictable movie!!!!
Acting is bad, but not as bad as the script!
A very good thriller........2007-10-11
A very good thriller/horror film, much better than I expected. It's almost a mix of Amityville horror and the Grudge in many ways with the location and the effects for the Messengers! Good SFX effects and a good story, that might be a bit predictable for fans of this genre, make this an enjoyable film with a few jumps along the way. Compared to many other otherings of the same type recently The Dark, Darkness, Dark Water and even The Grudge 2 this is probably the strongest allrounder. So if you like any of them you should enjoy this.
Customer Reviews:
Kristen Stewart Stars in an Otherwise Derivative Mess.......2007-05-03
Having received a cold welcome from everyday moviegoers and critics alike, 2007's "The Messengers" has subsequently been labelled as a derivative, if atmospheric, rip-off of countless other haunted house and supernatural movies of its kind. What I felt about "The Messengers" when watching it was pretty much the same. Stuffed with bangs, loud music, shadowy rooms, corpse-like children and poor scripting; 2007's "The Messengers" steals from the likes of "The Ring", "The Grudge", "Birds" and "The Amityville Horror" throughout, something not even redeemed by any other qualities within this movie. Overall, this is a motion picture so unoriginal and bland that it lacks any personality of its own, ultimately becoming yet another forgettable motion picture experience only mildly worth watching for the performance of lead actress Kristen Stewart (2002's "Panic Room").
With monetary woes and issues with themselves and each other, the Soloman family have moved to a sunflower farm in North Dakota hoping to make a new start for themselves and possibly bury some of their own personal differences. Soon after their arrival at their new home things begin to get awry and sinister. Stalked and terrorized by a poltergeist when left alone in the house for a night, teenager Jess (Kristen Stewart) and younger brother Ben (Evan & Theodore Turner) soon realise that something's amiss. Alas, when Jess tries to explain everything that happened to her and her baby brother, her parents Roy (Dylan McDermott) and Denise (Penelope Ann Miller) dismiss it as a hoax and a lie. From thereon Jess attempts to prove that she's telling the truth and escape from the evil spirits living within their new home. Also stopping by is friendly Burwell (John Corbett), who Roy has given a job to help with the running of the farm.
Kristen Stewart is, as mentioned earlier, the best thing about "The Messengers". Her role as Jess, the mistrusted, haunted teenage girl missing her old life and finding little but horror in her new one is a tough one to play. Whatever flaws her character has as a result of the scripting are redeemed by one of the best young actresses today. Evan & Theodore Turner provide nothing but blank facial expressions and moronic smiles whenever danger's afoot or they're, well, on-screen as Ben. Identical in appauling child acting as they are in appearance. Dylan McDermott and Penelope Ann Miller take on the roles as responsible parents wanting to get their family functioning properly again. The two, like Stewart, are lumped in poorly written and somewhat hypocritical roles. Why would the family man that is Roy Soloman immediately give a job to a stranger that shows up when all he knows is his possible name and that he's a gun-owner? Is that what we are expected to believe a character like his would realistically do? Anyway, portraying said stranger is John Corbett. His is a thankless role once again victim to the inept screenplay. Also starring is Dustin Milligan as Jess' new friend Bobby. He's in it enough to suggest he's above the travesty that was "The Butterfly Effect 2" even if we already know that.
Danny and Oxide Pang have adequately directed "The Messengers". The movie feels atmospheric and gloomy throughout, fitting for a movie of its nature. Don't make the mistake of thinking atmosphere immediately equals scares because with this 2007 dud that's not the case. There wasn't a single scare to be had in "The Messengers", mostly because we've seen it all before done better. And, in some cases, we've seen it before and it didn't work the first time around. Had more thought been put into the script than the Pang brothers would have had an easier job, but whatever competence they show with this product is overshadowed by a categorically flawed screenplay.
There's also been obvious meddling and editing of the movie too. Characters that have supposedly not met before appear to know eachother's names already and numerous other supposed continuity errors present themselves throughout that seem perhaps to be a direct result of misguided tinkering. All that being said, had the aforementioned editing not taken place then we'd have had more of "The Messengers" to sit through, and I'm thankful for the movie being mercifully short.
I went into "The Messengers" with an open mind, believing that far too many horror movies in recent times have been dismissed by default. However, it appears as though 2007's latest ghost story wasn't amongst those unfortunate many. Instead what we the audience are given is an unscary supernatural movie that ultimately cheats its audience with a pat, convenient and all too predictable ending that apparently doesn't even try to make amends for the travesty that has came before it. One to avoid, even given Kristen Stewart's starring role.
Customer Reviews:
Kristen Stewart Stars in an Otherwise Derivative Mess.......2007-05-03
Having received a cold welcome from everyday moviegoers and critics alike, 2007's "The Messengers" has subsequently been labelled as a derivative, if atmospheric, rip-off of countless other haunted house and supernatural movies of its kind. What I felt about "The Messengers" when watching it was pretty much the same. Stuffed with bangs, loud music, shadowy rooms, corpse-like children and poor scripting; 2007's "The Messengers" steals from the likes of "The Ring", "The Grudge", "Birds" and "The Amityville Horror" throughout, something not even redeemed by any other qualities within this movie. Overall, this is a motion picture so unoriginal and bland that it lacks any personality of its own, ultimately becoming yet another forgettable motion picture experience only mildly worth watching for the performance of lead actress Kristen Stewart (2002's "Panic Room").
With monetary woes and issues with themselves and each other, the Soloman family have moved to a sunflower farm in North Dakota hoping to make a new start for themselves and possibly bury some of their own personal differences. Soon after their arrival at their new home things begin to get awry and sinister. Stalked and terrorized by a poltergeist when left alone in the house for a night, teenager Jess (Kristen Stewart) and younger brother Ben (Evan & Theodore Turner) soon realise that something's amiss. Alas, when Jess tries to explain everything that happened to her and her baby brother, her parents Roy (Dylan McDermott) and Denise (Penelope Ann Miller) dismiss it as a hoax and a lie. From thereon Jess attempts to prove that she's telling the truth and escape from the evil spirits living within their new home. Also stopping by is friendly Burwell (John Corbett), who Roy has given a job to help with the running of the farm.
Kristen Stewart is, as mentioned earlier, the best thing about "The Messengers". Her role as Jess, the mistrusted, haunted teenage girl missing her old life and finding little but horror in her new one is a tough one to play. Whatever flaws her character has as a result of the scripting are redeemed by one of the best young actresses today. Evan & Theodore Turner provide nothing but blank facial expressions and moronic smiles whenever danger's afoot or they're, well, on-screen as Ben. Identical in appauling child acting as they are in appearance. Dylan McDermott and Penelope Ann Miller take on the roles as responsible parents wanting to get their family functioning properly again. The two, like Stewart, are lumped in poorly written and somewhat hypocritical roles. Why would the family man that is Roy Soloman immediately give a job to a stranger that shows up when all he knows is his possible name and that he's a gun-owner? Is that what we are expected to believe a character like his would realistically do? Anyway, portraying said stranger is John Corbett. His is a thankless role once again victim to the inept screenplay. Also starring is Dustin Milligan as Jess' new friend Bobby. He's in it enough to suggest he's above the travesty that was "The Butterfly Effect 2" even if we already know that.
Danny and Oxide Pang have adequately directed "The Messengers". The movie feels atmospheric and gloomy throughout, fitting for a movie of its nature. Don't make the mistake of thinking atmosphere immediately equals scares because with this 2007 dud that's not the case. There wasn't a single scare to be had in "The Messengers", mostly because we've seen it all before done better. And, in some cases, we've seen it before and it didn't work the first time around. Had more thought been put into the script than the Pang brothers would have had an easier job, but whatever competence they show with this product is overshadowed by a categorically flawed screenplay.
There's also been obvious meddling and editing of the movie too. Characters that have supposedly not met before appear to know eachother's names already and numerous other supposed continuity errors present themselves throughout that seem perhaps to be a direct result of misguided tinkering. All that being said, had the aforementioned editing not taken place then we'd have had more of "The Messengers" to sit through, and I'm thankful for the movie being mercifully short.
I went into "The Messengers" with an open mind, believing that far too many horror movies in recent times have been dismissed by default. However, it appears as though 2007's latest ghost story wasn't amongst those unfortunate many. Instead what we the audience are given is an unscary supernatural movie that ultimately cheats its audience with a pat, convenient and all too predictable ending that apparently doesn't even try to make amends for the travesty that has came before it. One to avoid, even given Kristen Stewart's starring role.
Customer Reviews:
reheated stuff.......2007-12-05
if you own the improjazz-dvd of Art Blakey and the jazz messengers from Tokyo '61 there are bonus tracks from London '65 with the same titles as featured on this new release.If you own the Quantum Leap-dvd by AB Live at the Vanguard Club,New York it also has the titles featured on this new dvd.So before you buy stuff twice:in my opinion there's nothing new under the sun here ,just some reheated,already released stuff.
Customer Reviews:
Kristen Stewart Stars in an Otherwise Derivative Mess.......2007-05-03
Having received a cold welcome from everyday moviegoers and critics alike, 2007's "The Messengers" has subsequently been labelled as a derivative, if atmospheric, rip-off of countless other haunted house and supernatural movies of its kind. What I felt about "The Messengers" when watching it was pretty much the same. Stuffed with bangs, loud music, shadowy rooms, corpse-like children and poor scripting; 2007's "The Messengers" steals from the likes of "The Ring", "The Grudge", "Birds" and "The Amityville Horror" throughout, something not even redeemed by any other qualities within this movie. Overall, this is a motion picture so unoriginal and bland that it lacks any personality of its own, ultimately becoming yet another forgettable motion picture experience only mildly worth watching for the performance of lead actress Kristen Stewart (2002's "Panic Room").
With monetary woes and issues with themselves and each other, the Soloman family have moved to a sunflower farm in North Dakota hoping to make a new start for themselves and possibly bury some of their own personal differences. Soon after their arrival at their new home things begin to get awry and sinister. Stalked and terrorized by a poltergeist when left alone in the house for a night, teenager Jess (Kristen Stewart) and younger brother Ben (Evan & Theodore Turner) soon realise that something's amiss. Alas, when Jess tries to explain everything that happened to her and her baby brother, her parents Roy (Dylan McDermott) and Denise (Penelope Ann Miller) dismiss it as a hoax and a lie. From thereon Jess attempts to prove that she's telling the truth and escape from the evil spirits living within their new home. Also stopping by is friendly Burwell (John Corbett), who Roy has given a job to help with the running of the farm.
Kristen Stewart is, as mentioned earlier, the best thing about "The Messengers". Her role as Jess, the mistrusted, haunted teenage girl missing her old life and finding little but horror in her new one is a tough one to play. Whatever flaws her character has as a result of the scripting are redeemed by one of the best young actresses today. Evan & Theodore Turner provide nothing but blank facial expressions and moronic smiles whenever danger's afoot or they're, well, on-screen as Ben. Identical in appauling child acting as they are in appearance. Dylan McDermott and Penelope Ann Miller take on the roles as responsible parents wanting to get their family functioning properly again. The two, like Stewart, are lumped in poorly written and somewhat hypocritical roles. Why would the family man that is Roy Soloman immediately give a job to a stranger that shows up when all he knows is his possible name and that he's a gun-owner? Is that what we are expected to believe a character like his would realistically do? Anyway, portraying said stranger is John Corbett. His is a thankless role once again victim to the inept screenplay. Also starring is Dustin Milligan as Jess' new friend Bobby. He's in it enough to suggest he's above the travesty that was "The Butterfly Effect 2" even if we already know that.
Danny and Oxide Pang have adequately directed "The Messengers". The movie feels atmospheric and gloomy throughout, fitting for a movie of its nature. Don't make the mistake of thinking atmosphere immediately equals scares because with this 2007 dud that's not the case. There wasn't a single scare to be had in "The Messengers", mostly because we've seen it all before done better. And, in some cases, we've seen it before and it didn't work the first time around. Had more thought been put into the script than the Pang brothers would have had an easier job, but whatever competence they show with this product is overshadowed by a categorically flawed screenplay.
There's also been obvious meddling and editing of the movie too. Characters that have supposedly not met before appear to know eachother's names already and numerous other supposed continuity errors present themselves throughout that seem perhaps to be a direct result of misguided tinkering. All that being said, had the aforementioned editing not taken place then we'd have had more of "The Messengers" to sit through, and I'm thankful for the movie being mercifully short.
I went into "The Messengers" with an open mind, believing that far too many horror movies in recent times have been dismissed by default. However, it appears as though 2007's latest ghost story wasn't amongst those unfortunate many. Instead what we the audience are given is an unscary supernatural movie that ultimately cheats its audience with a pat, convenient and all too predictable ending that apparently doesn't even try to make amends for the travesty that has came before it. One to avoid, even given Kristen Stewart's starring role.
Product Description
extra's
Exhuming the messengers, Trailers, Interviews with cast & crew
sound DTS HD Master Audio
extras 113 min: Featurette, behind the scenes & Webisodes
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- The Relic [1997]
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