Temple

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Expect around 15 mins of action/"scary things" to happen in this film - the rest is boring and mostly meaningless It's a beautiful scenery but that's the only good thing, I have to say about this movie. And omg... There wasn't a boy???? I could have told you that the first time we met him in the store...

a couple of minor spoilers are included, but just so you know, i assure you that it's IMPOSSIBLE to further spoil your enjoyment of this movie. I know people have said it many, many times before but while not actually at the top, this is now on my list of the worst movies ever. it's yet another movie about a group of arrogant tourists to a foreign land - japan this time, ignoring a mass of actual warnings that they're about to do something terribly stupid, do it anyway, and pay the price. i only wish i had heeded the warning given by the terribly low score here on IMDb before i decided to watch it anyway. you may also choose do so if you wish, and i won't "spoil" the movie for you, but just so you know: the movie doesn't have an ending, it looks like it's been abandoned, possibly in frustration, which i would totally understand. do stay and watch after the credits kick in as you will be treated to a totally necessary last minute revelation. also, note that this must be the only horror movie EVER where nobody dies... well... sort of, there are certainly a few injuries here and there, but death? on screen? nope, not a one. although due to the nature of one injury we can safely assume that one person died offscreen. on the other hand they were in a hospital... "a kind of hospital" (you'll understand if you choose to watch it) and there were both a brave nurse and a cowardly doctor in attendance, so he could also have survived. Yep, it's THAT bad! to be fair, there are a couple of decent bits and you'll know them when you see them; both involve eyes: the tale of the eyes with the tangerines as a prop was a good one, but if I understood what the guy was saying, and i don't speak a word of Japanese, how could he fail to is beyond me. the 2nd is, what happens every single time you meet a Japanese shapeshifter, which apparently is also all-knowing and has been on these people's trail before they even got to the temple in the first place (watch carefully and you'll spot it's hands failing to menace the guy with the camera). finally, note that while the "wise locals" were smart enough to figure out that staying away from the temple would be good for their health, they were effing dumb enough to kill the poor innocent guy that lived in it, starting the curse in the first place. this is especially true considering that AFTER the curse got started and people began dropping off (in theory, because they actually don't, they just return with... injuries) , they were still dumb enough to allow the temple to stand, where a few matches and a few hammers (for the statue) would have solved the problem once and for all. yay wise locals!

How many more movies are Hollywood gonna make about dumb American tourists traveling to Japan to either look for a sister (The Forest, The Grudge 2) or looking for thrills?? Three unlikable Americans travel to Japan, because the woman wants to see temples. One of the guys, a Ryan Gosling look alike, is the woman's boyfriend, the other her childhood friend who is only there, because he can speak Japanese. The boyfriend is jealous because he's never known a girl that wasn't his girlfriend. The couple screws right in front of the guy who is clearly a third wheel. And allows him to film them. This is not normal behavior. The woman is a real bitch who likes the rivalry between the two guys and them fighting for her affection. They go to the temple and ignore all warnings not to go there. Some ghosts show up and kill the bitch and her boyfriend and leaves the Japanese speaking guy alive and disfigured. Dumbest movie I've seen in a long time. Even worse than The Forest. Avoid it.

This movie had great potentials. it looks like a typical Japanese thriller which is great, and cinematography is good but that's where the fun ends. the acting was dreadful. Kate was so out of character and flat. Chris was okaying , so is the boyfriend. the story though lost it's closure. and no this is not the typical way of Japanese thriller. they leave a mystery but don't simply cut the story right when you think something is going to finally happen. the end is terrible and confusing. you don't know who killed who, why did Chris attacked the translator and did he escape or what happened to him. is there a ghost or is it only Chris. what happened to the children. was the monk bad or good. why would Kate decide to look for her bf in a mine while he was going to town. more and more questions that we needed to know but the film makers were so tired maybe and decided to end it prematurally. forget about all those fake 10&9 stars rate. there is no end and that's really terrible.

I am a fan of You're Next, i enjoyed Frankenfish, VHS 1 and 2 and to a certain extend Dead Birds. I really tough that Temple would be good and i was expecting something a lot better then this dumb love triangle drama. This movie takes forever to get moving, and when its all said and done you are left wondering what the hell just happened..... with all the illusions, did the monster kill them,,,, or did the guy who was so called possessed do this.... at the start of the movie he is wheeled in on a wheelchair all disfigured and at the end he escapes killing a police officer and you never see him again... In other words this movie is horrible...... i never give such low ratings unless the movie is bad and this one was really bad.

This is a far cry from Simon Barrett's work with Adam Wingard. A running time of 78 minutes would be okay if those minutes were packed with meat, but this bone is padded with empty fat calories. The storyline is like a stretched out short story. Character development is minimal. The payoff is pathetic. The camera work is nice during the set-up scenes in the city and daylight but once the "scary" stuff starts we are literally in the dark, annoyingly so, for long stretches with whatever is finally happening taking place in short bursts in near pitch darkness. One major "surprise" is obvious right from its initial setup. If you think you're in the mood for this, I'd recommend watching The Forest instead, even if you've already seen it.

So three friends travel to Japan and go visit a temple that all the locals warn them against going near. Folks never learn do they, if the locals say stay the hell away then *Drumroll* stay the hell away. Character development was spot on from the outset so I expected something a bit better. Instead the movie plods along up until the half way point and then turns to crap. It all falls apart to such an extent that it becomes almost unwatchable. Our heroes arrive at the titular temple and well I'm sure you can pretty much work that one out for yourself. The end has an ambiguous "Twist" but that does nothing to save the movie from its fate as a mediocre mess. The Good: Beginning is interesting enough The Bad: Loses steam at around the half way mark Ultimately is just an all round mess Things I Learnt From This Movie: If folks listened to the warnings of the locals these movies might actually be better A better title for this movie would have been Friendzone, scary stuff

I really dont understand the overall rating of this movie?? So just to be differnt, i am giving it a full rating. It has suspense, good acting and a good plot. I reminds me of the films like Ringu and Ju-on. Not that they are alike, but the feeling i had when i watched those two movies, are the same as watching this one. This film dont deserve the rating it got. It is far better.