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the haunting , a film so confusing that it forgets the true meaning of a horror film : to scare us .
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if you've ever seen a movie , which you probably have considering you are on this website , you should know about all of the trivia they post before a movie .
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they have things like illustrations and you have to guess the movie or facts about the film .
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but , the one i always like are the " ; other name" ; joke that try and rename a particular film .
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for instance , the one playing before the haunting had different titles for the film , small soldiers .
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they had titles like little infantry and can i get those fatigues in a smaller size ?
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well , after seeing the haunting , i had a few particular names for it as well .
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unfortunately , i can only post one of them , otherwise , i'd be getting some pretty angry e-mails from overprotective mothers .
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that title would be the confusing .
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ok , that is a pretty bad title , but it fits this film perfectly .
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it basically serves up no purpose , and combined with dry dialogue and a boring and confusing plot , it completes the formula for a cinematic bomb .
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liam neeson once again gets wrapped up in a film without any depth , but at least the phantom menace was exciting and had some depth .
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the haunting is nothing but trash , but unfortunately , will still make a boatload of money .
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before i rant and rave about how bad this film is , let me point out the few , and i stress the word few , bright spots in this film .
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first , the house is great- looking .
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it looks beautiful , but this is also a dark spot .
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it looks so great that it is hard to be frightened by it .
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this is something that rears its ugly head at all points of the film .
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things look so great , that you are looking on in awe instead of being scared straight .
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haunted house films have to contain one element to even be slightly successful and that is being eerie .
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the hill house is not eerie .
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it is beautiful , but not the least bit frightening .
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ever heard of lili taylor ?
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before this film i did not , but i am glad that i do now .
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she gives the only satisfactory performance in the film .
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despite the dry dialogue and boring/confusing concept , she manages to light up the screen every time she appears , but unfortunately , her co-stars are usually following right behind .
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owen wilson , who plays luke , is the only other cast member even close to giving an admirable performance , other then taylor .
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he is basically there for the comic relief , and his character development is poor in all other areas .
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all of the characters are desperately underdeveloped .
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wilson had potential as luke , but it seems they just needed him to add a few laughs .
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liam neeson and catherine zeta-jones suffer from the dialogue and plot and should not have been in this film .
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their characters must suffer from wicked mood swings because in each scene they turn from ruthless to compassionate to scared to brave and whatnot .
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they just are not believable and this is the final nail in the haunting's coffin .
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the plot is terrible .
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the opening scene of the film is very important , but the director makes it too obvious by getting close-ups of all the things that will play a major role in the end of the film .
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as i sat through the film , i kept wondering what this film was trying to accomplish .
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nell , lili taylor's character , goes from the hunted to the savior .
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it makes no sense and the director gives the audience no reasoning for the ridiculous changes that take place in the film .
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he forces the viewer to make various assumptions and does not give any in-depth information .
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for instance , the beginning of the film gives us a sense of why nell is getting involved in the program .
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but , we get zilch for the other four .
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plus , two of them get wiped out in the first ten minutes .
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and the worst part : most horror films have killings .
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for some reason , they kill off luke at the end of the film .
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no reason whatsoever , just off with his head , literally .
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overall , the haunting is the epitome of a bad movie .
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bad plot , confusing storyline and a waste of good talent .
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hopefully , liam neeson can rebound and get into a good film and be used to his full potential .
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hopefully , lili taylor will be recognized for doing such a great job in such a bad film .
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and hopefully , other horror films , such as the blair witch project and the haunting of hill house , will not be as bad as this one .
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