Review of The Woods

The Woods (2020)
6/10
Not bad and different, could have been a lot better.
18 September 2020
To start with, it's a good, solid story. I actually wanted to give it a 6.5. It's better than just a passing grade, but there are too many issues with it for a mark of 7. I found the acting to be quite good, the subtitles and dubbing, on the other hand, were horrible. In every scene the spoken dialogue and the subtitles were different and in some instances they actually contradicted themselves! Sometimes the spoken dialogue was better, sometimes the subtitles described the scene and emotions more accurately, so I found myself trying to figure out whether I should be listening to the actors or reading the subtitles. I could not do both and found that very frustrating. I also felt that some of the scenes didn't make sense, as if we were not given enough information to know what was going on. Some of the flashbacks were done in such a way that I had a hard time figuring out whether I was watching the present or the past. Another minus is the cinematography. There are a LOT of long, (really) slow scenes (dluzyzny) and it made the whole thing drag. I don't know if this is a new trend in film making, but it's annoying and doesn't add anything to the story. I also thought the setting of the "camp" somewhat strange. I mean, what teenager wants to go to "camp" with their parents??? Who came up with that idea? But in the end, it was enjoyable and different and I'm glad I saw it.
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