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MCT:November 9, 2008The Last Winter is alot like someone whos only half good at picking up. Theres the look, the anticipation, the sense of mystery, and the relevant environment. But when crunch time comes, and the deal-sealer that is supposed to make everything else work finally arrives, it massively under delivers. The deal sealer in this movie was supposed to be the actual creatures, but unfortunately only one (count 'em) one genuinely unnerving moment is credited to them, the rest just leaving your face plastered with a screwed up "what the frig kind of crap was that?' expression.
The creatures in question are Wendigo's, which, given the fertil horror soil in which the Wendigo is rooted, should make for some truly scary and plot worthy cinema. But it just doesent. The plot has a very good angle and an interesting concept, but the creatures just suck too badly to make anything else in the movie work. All the desperation and cabin fever mentality goes right out the window when you dont think the people have any reason to be trapped and terrified.
Its definately a movie to think about, just dont think about it from a movie perspective too much.
Justins Best Bit: Blair Witch style self recording trudging through the Tundra, then having something lurch out..... -
MCT:October 27, 2008
This movie took a fresh approach to horror film making - nice. Great acting... sorry, have to say that Zach Gilford looks amazing!
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MCT:September 4, 2008
Like a modernized remake of "The Thing" that falls between mediocre and just bearable.
If you need a "small team lost in the snow surrounded by supernatural/alien creatures" movie, this has that. The creatures aren't impressive, but some of the acting hits stride at moments. -
MCT:September 3, 2008I found this quite boring and fought to not stop it, as hopedf forsomething interesting to happen. I must have missed someting as I see others very much like it.
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MCT:July 20, 2008I was not expecting this to be anywhere NEAR good. Larry Fessenden directed it and I fucking loathed that self-indulgent piece of shit Wendigo. It looked like ass and was written about as well as you'd expect from someone who sniffs paint. Honestly, my friends and I just picked it up as a laughable horror movie (along with that treasure Marronnier).
But surprise! The Last Winter is a fine film. Not a very strong genre effort, as the movie is pretty thin on the scares until its last 15 or 20 minutes, but it is observant and intelligently written. One may view the environmental messages as a bit heavy, but I looked at them as an allegory for the apocalypse, which is a concept this film deals with very uniquely. Fessenden trusts his viewers' intelligence here, leaving room for implication but providing plenty of compelling narrative bits to nibble on as well. The acting is solid and the characters are fascinatingly restrained - emotional exposition is much more controlled than it was in Wendigo, which was stuffed ad nauseam with HAPPY FAMILY FOOTAGE to better underline the upcoming tragedy.
I think The Last Winter loses a lot of ground with some really fake-looking animal ghosts which were supposed to be spooky but instead took me out of the movie. I know that it's a limitation of the budget, but this movie gave me enough faith in Fessenden's abilities that he could have developed something not as visual. Sure, nature had to strike back somehow, but did it have to do it with shitty CGI deer?
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