The Forgotten

[Hand of Vecna]

So.... it's Dark City?

Not that that's a bad thing, since I really like that flick.

 

[Fast Learner]

No, not really. I mean, yeah, there's some shared stuff there, but

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the aliens in The Forgotten are more... in the background, and we don't see the manipulations, just the results of them.

I hadn't considered the similarity, though... there's certainly something to that.

 

[Darth Shoju]

I thought the film was allright. It was a nice "try and figure it out as you go" film and you don't necessarily know who the antagonist is right off the hop. Even as you start to get an idea of what the characters are facing, it is a fairly non-traditional approach to the genre IMO. The only part of the movie I really didn't enjoy was the very end. It felt a little too contrived and convenient for me. As far as the performances, I thought Julian Moore's was solid and engaging, although I can't really say the same for the rest of the cast, who came across as a little flat. One one hand this does have the effect of making the whole piece a little more sureal (sort of like Moore's character's bad dream), I found it distanced me a bit from the film and kept me from truly becoming engaged in the story. Gary Sinese was adequate but didn't have a large role. I saw one critic on RT describe it as an average episode of the X-Files, which in retrospect is an accurate comparison as far as I'm concerned (although that didn't occur to me while I was watching the flick).

On a scale of one to ten, I'd say I'd give it a 6. Some good startling moments, an interesting premise and fairly creepy atmosphere, anchored by Julian Moore's capable performance. A weak supporting cast and contrived ending brought it down for me however.

All IMO, of course.

 

[Fast Learner]

To me it was a good episode of the X-Files.

The only thing I disliked about the ending is that

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Moore's character seems to still remember the whole series of events -- afaic she should have had all of that stuff wiped.

That would have made the ending much creepier, too. I suspect they were concerned that folks wouldn't "get" it if they did that, though.