There's really two sides to this movie for me.
I really liked the idea, the movie set in these suicide woods. And Nathalie Dormer is great in it.
It also managed to set a right tone, get me into the right mood. It is scary at times.
But also they took this interesting story with a great tone and decided to make it one of the most mediocre movies ever. There are so many ways they could have gone with this movie but I feel like this is the safest, most boring way they could have gone.
This movie could have done completely without annoying jumpscares. It doesn't have lots of them, but they all feel just out of place, just pushed in to get more of a reaction?
And the ending was one you could see coming from miles away. I expected this ending the minute she decided to go find her sister in the woods. While watching I got ideas for at least 5 different endings that would have all blown my mind. Yet they decided to go with the most normal one.
All that hate aside, it is still a fun movie for the most part. Like I said it actually manages to be kinda scary. So it's not all bad.
I'm rating The Forest 2.5 out of 5 stars, it's really right there in the middle and I'll probably forget about it sooner or later (probably sooner).
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