K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 9/10/2022...
Had it's moments.
Robert B. (rbrown) from STARKVILLE, MS
Reviewed on 4/22/2013...
Oh, but I thought that I was going to like this one. There's a moment in most films that hooks me, and I know precisely at that moment that I'm going to like the film. It's not usually a big plot point, either--the majority of the time, it's a tiny little inconsequential thing that suddenly gives me the feeling that I've got a personal connection with the filmmaker and that I'll gladly go wherever he or she leads. It happened with Polanski's REPULSION, it happened with A TALE OF TWO SISTERS, and I thought that it had happened with this film. The moment in question occurs very early in the film, at the big party scene near the beginning. There's a long involved shot that starts in one room on one teenaged couple, then moves to another room and another couple, and ends up on yet another couple. My thought was that this was a pretty ambitious camera move for a low-budget horror film, so my expectations went up mightily. But my instincts were wrong this time, and the film came crashing back down to earth pretty quickly. For me, there were two main factors that finally killed my interest in the film: an overly-complex script, and a stupid game chant that all the characters knew as children. I wasn't totally down with the whole "One, two, Freddy's coming for you" rhyme in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET because it seemed a little far-fetched...but the chant in this one was waaaaay unbelievable. "Release the one ignored by heaven"--really? "Forgotten souls erased by time?" No way. Kids just don't play like that. My final verdict: There's nothing in FORGET ME NOT that you won't forget--and soon.
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