THE OTHERS

This movie was okay, but it’d be hard for me to recommend it. Something was missing, aside from the ghost-children’s daddy. For me, at least, it was the way the movie began, it was like an apparition arriving out of thin air. It seemed to lack a normal structure, and for some reason that bothered me. Sure, there were a few exciting or suspenseful moments, but because the whole situation was a mystery it was hard to invest in. Nicole Kidman’s character didn’t seem to have much of an objective…other than keeping the house dark and yelling at servants. And nobody else in the movie had a known goal.

Spoiler Alert: For the thousands of fans who read this blog, I’m going to spoil the movie now. So, continuing on from my thought above, there weren’t any real goals for the characters. It was like watching a vignette, or a moment in time (That I’ll never get back). They threw a couple cute kids into the mix to make us worry a bit, and then: “Wait for it….wait for it…..wait for it….they’re ghosts!”

 Why didn’t the old staff members just tell Nicole Kidman that she was a ghost? Why did we have to go through all the curtain closing and door locking?

However, I’m not going to lie, I enjoyed the Sixth-Sense type twist at the end of the movie. I thought that was well done and it almost made the movie worth watching.

I never got to know the characters’ situation well enough to care very much about what was going on, and because I’m a chicken, if I had been a single mother living with my two children in a haunted house I would have run for the foggy hills.

The lady who played Ms. Mills did a wonderful job. She was creepy and calming, and she dropped some great hints during the movie, which, if I had been paying better attention, I might have picked up on and solved the bloody mystery.

I’m guessing this movie was made because of the great success of the Sixth Sense the year before? Having said that, I believe Downton Abbey was probably inspired by this set, so this movie definitely did one thing right.

Overall, I wouldn’t recommend the movie, but I do think it had its creepy moments and portions of it were entertaining. At least it was under two hours.