Apparition

FILM REVIEW
FILM: Apparition
DIRECTOR: polarisbanks
LINK: http://films.thelot.com/films/13701

PROS: Effective build of suspense through performances, lighting, and editing.
CONS: No true connection between the apparition and the end.

RATING: 4 / 5

COMMENTS:
A good film that effectively uses a barrage of techniques to build a suspenseful interest in what will happen around every corner. The ending satisfies only because it contradicts the expectation it builds but it doesn't satisfy any intellectual understanding of why the story takes place (why the apparition appears in the way it does). But when a film entertains it can get away with murder, so to speak, and that's what this film does: dazzle you so that you feel instead of think. Now am I saying that a good film shouldn't make you think? Absolutely not. A good film is one that moves you in someway, shape, or form. Ambivalence toward a film is the true sign of failure.