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Jan 27, 2017Agrysen rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I really wanted to like The Forest. It is based on the legends of the Aokigahara Forest aka the suicide forest in Japan. The movie also has Natalie Dormer who acted in Games of Thrones. In the beginning o the movie the set up for scares was great. There were various flashbacks that connected me to the characters and why they felt compelled to enter the dark forest. However, mid way through the film there were very obvious scares and the movie became lack luster. This wasn't due to a bad setting (no pun intended), or bad acting it was due to the bad writing and directing. As I mentioned before it could have been a great movie. There is plenty of controversy regarding the Aokigahara Forest and that probably led to a lot of hype surrounding the movie but the movie failed to live up to its potential. Worth a watch with low expectations.