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They Came from the Ocean
by Boris Bačić
It's gonna be a no from me tbh
The writing style was very tell-y, repetitive, and soulless. Atmosphere wasn't atmosphere-ing because of this so I found it hard to get into the spookiness of it. Characters were bland and quite two-dimensional. Any time someone was going to die, we switched to their POV so we knew they were going to die, completely took away from the tension (also it was weird how we had their death's described in detail while we were in their heads ngl. Didn't work for me). Science was purely inconsistent - Raymond cracks his helmet and implodes instantly, which makes perfect sense. However, later, when Marco has a massive gaping hole in his suit through which one of the mermaids is eating his literal organs, he somehow doesn't implode? There should be nothing left of him for the mermaid to chew, no? On that note, I found it hysterical that the merpeople could come out of the water and stand up on their tales. That's not scary, it's comical. And my final point, Ellie doesn't feel like an active character in the story. She "becomes aware" of things a lot, and "realises" things often. She is just passively experiencing the plot with the label of "main character", barely seems to feel things when it counts, yet gets emotional about the past during moments of quiet. Didn't vibe with her.
Interesting concept and story, would have made a more interesting movie even without putting more heart into it.
The writing style was very tell-y, repetitive, and soulless. Atmosphere wasn't atmosphere-ing because of this so I found it hard to get into the spookiness of it. Characters were bland and quite two-dimensional. Any time someone was going to die, we switched to their POV so we knew they were going to die, completely took away from the tension (also it was weird how we had their death's described in detail while we were in their heads ngl. Didn't work for me). Science was purely inconsistent - Raymond cracks his helmet and implodes instantly, which makes perfect sense. However, later, when Marco has a massive gaping hole in his suit through which one of the mermaids is eating his literal organs, he somehow doesn't implode? There should be nothing left of him for the mermaid to chew, no? On that note, I found it hysterical that the merpeople could come out of the water and stand up on their tales. That's not scary, it's comical. And my final point, Ellie doesn't feel like an active character in the story. She "becomes aware" of things a lot, and "realises" things often. She is just passively experiencing the plot with the label of "main character", barely seems to feel things when it counts, yet gets emotional about the past during moments of quiet. Didn't vibe with her.
Interesting concept and story, would have made a more interesting movie even without putting more heart into it.