Hey guys, still busy with film festival stuff, so this quickie is going to be edited fairly minimally.
So I just saw "Happy Death Day", and it was about as awful as you'd expect.
Basically the entire premise/gimmick of this film is that it's Groundhog Day, except it's a horror movie,
so now Groundhog Day is officially a genre, I guess.
The concept of experiencing the same day over and over is one that appeals to our human emotions,
much like time travel and science fiction, human beings are fascinated with this sort of what-if scenario.
Fascinated with this sort of what-if scenario. What exactly would you do if you experienced the same day over and over? Certainly not
What exactly would you do if you experienced the same day over and over?
Certainly not what the main character of this shitty film does!
What the main character of this shitty film does.
So basically, there's someone that kills her, and each time she gets killed, she wakes up again on the same day,
and she's like, 'I guess I have to find out who my killer is.'
But after the third time she gets killed, it's impossible to ignore all of these easy solutions that would be at her disposal.
If she just relives the third attempt the same way she already did,
then all she'd have to do is call up her dude bro friends and be like,
'Yo, there's somebody trying to kill me and I have them trapped in this room.'
At the very least, that scenario would help her find out who the killer is.
The biggest problem with this movie is that even with this dumb concept, it still could work,
but it presents itself in the absolute laziest way possible.
If it were more of a Tucker and Dale vs. Evil style comedy, that would be pretty great.
But unfortunately although this film shows some sense of self-awareness the sheer laziness of this film makes me
the sheer laziness of this film makes me unconvinced that this director could do anything else.
Unconvinced that this director could do anything else the film sets up rules that it doesn't follow on some days
The film sets up rules that it doesn't follow.
On some days, she'll spend a good few minutes waking up and heading outside.
She'll spend a good few minutes waking up and heading outside on other days
on other days, she would burst right out the door within 10 seconds.
And yet, every single beat and event that she experiences outside
Happens to her in the exact same way if she goes outside three minutes early shouldn't the events that take place outside
Happened three minutes after she's there?
You know the edge of tomorrow was a good fun film that contradicted itself in many many ways and although that
Particular film couldn't faithfully follow the very rules that it sets up for its own universe,
at least it wasn't fucking lazy!
Happy deathday is a film that either doesn't give a shit
Or has made so incompetently that there's no difference so instead of her waking up from an alarm
She wakes up from a call from her dad
But her ringtone starts singing some trash birthday song and so although this character apparently doesn't want anyone to know it's her birthday
People around her find out because of that stupid song that plays on her phone
But like did you change your ringtone for the duration of one day before you woke up is that the ringtone that plays every time
Your dad calls that annoying song coming from your phone would make a lot more sense if it were an alarm
Why would it be a ringtone the mask that the killer wears in the film is just plain laughable?
It's not scary at all and it looks stupid and the stupidest part is that it's not just the killer that wears this mask no
Apparently, this is the school's mascot and supposedly. They sell these masks at their football games or some shit
They never straight-up say it but are you guys the babies? Yeah go babies go Bayside babies?
Yeah, okay from the very moment this film started
I was basically cringing throughout the dialogue in this film is god-awful
One of the insults the main character throws is you shouldn't take a girl to Subway. It's not like you have a footlong ah
There's a useless professor character
That's thrown into the movie for no reason and you can tell from the script that it's supposed to be like oh
No, she's dating one of her significantly older professors
But apparently that information didn't get passed down to casting so they both just look like 26 year olds. He's like don't worry
It's okay to have feelings for older men like myself you guys look the same fucking age now
I found this film fairly entertaining because I knew what I was getting into before I watched it
I genuinely feel sorry for anyone who purchased tickets to this film for reasons other than to laugh at it
But this was also one of the most predictable movies ever made from the very beginning of the film you can pinpoint exactly
How she's going to treat each?
Character by the end of it I wonder if she'll ever sign that form I wonder if she'll ever
Start liking this guy
I wonder if she'll ever
Magically stop being such a bitch wow what a character arc because anybody who's been a total bitch their entire lives
Magically becomes a decent person as long as you experience the same day over and over again
The only part of this film that wasn't completely predictable was some
information that got revealed closer towards the end of the film and the only reason it wasn't
Predictable is because it made no fucking sense at all. This is a film that does not hold up
Well if you're going to think about it. Anyway. This movie is a piece of shit
I don't feel like my money was wasted because I had a great time laughing at it
But unfortunately comedy is not listed as one of the genres on IMDB
Honestly if lazy were a genre that would be more appropriate, and I'm giving this one a 2 or 3 out of 10
I can't decide but it's pretty fucking bad