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<blockquote data-quote="TiQuinn" data-source="post: 1258455" data-attributes="member: 4871">Pacing and just plain bad dialogue are what killed this movie.&nbsp; The best parts of the film are early on when the crew first boards the Event Horizon.&nbsp; At that point, the film doesn't go for quick jolts and cheap scares.&nbsp; It takes its time as the crew explores the ship and you just get this sense of foreboding.&nbsp; When you first see the spinning gravity drive...the scene just gives me chills.&nbsp; It's alien-looking, seemingly innocuous, but at the same time, demonic.&nbsp; And absolutely nothing has been thrown at the audience from the side of the screen to cause us to jump.&nbsp; If only they had kept it up, and let the suspense build.But of course, it all goes to hell.Nobody needs to be told that there is something seriously wrong with the ship, yet of course, the script has at least 3 or 4 different characters say it.&nbsp; When the crew starts to be bumped off, it happens quickly and predictably.&nbsp; Was their any doubt in anyone's mind that [SPOILER] as soon as Miller tells Weir that he plans on blowing up the Event Horizon, Weir is going to go insane, sabotage the ship, and start killing everyone[/SPOILER]?&nbsp; I don't know...even the worst director in the world knows how to create a suspenseful build up.&nbsp; What they don't know is how to deliver effectively on that build up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TiQuinn, post: 1258455, member: 4871"] Pacing and just plain bad dialogue are what killed this movie. The best parts of the film are early on when the crew first boards the Event Horizon. At that point, the film doesn't go for quick jolts and cheap scares. It takes its time as the crew explores the ship and you just get this sense of foreboding. When you first see the spinning gravity drive...the scene just gives me chills. It's alien-looking, seemingly innocuous, but at the same time, demonic. And absolutely nothing has been thrown at the audience from the side of the screen to cause us to jump. If only they had kept it up, and let the suspense build. But of course, it all goes to hell. Nobody needs to be told that there is something seriously wrong with the ship, yet of course, the script has at least 3 or 4 different characters say it. When the crew starts to be bumped off, it happens quickly and predictably. Was their any doubt in anyone's mind that [SPOILER] as soon as Miller tells Weir that he plans on blowing up the Event Horizon, Weir is going to go insane, sabotage the ship, and start killing everyone[/SPOILER]? I don't know...even the worst director in the world knows how to create a suspenseful build up. What they don't know is how to deliver effectively on that build up. [/QUOTE]

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