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The Visit (Review) ESP/ENG@mairene1949d
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  1. The Visit, REVIEW (ENG/SPA) (NO SPOILERS)@bethyjade998d

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    I have to say that few films keep me on the edge of my seat and the truth is that this film lives up to that expectation. On this occasion I'm not going to talk too much about technical aspects because the film doesn't have too many impressive elements, it works its magic only with its story and the structure it has, so that's what we'll talk about, although I'll make it clear that I won't make spoilers.

    Tengo que decir que pocas películas me mantienen al borde de la silla y la verdad es que esta película cumple con esa expectativa. En esta ocasión no voy a hablar demasiado de aspectos técnicos porque la película no tiene demasiados elementos impactantes, hace su magia únicamente con su historia y la estructura que tiene, así que de esto hablaremos aunque dejo claro que no haré spoilers

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    Speaking of photography, the film is made in a documentary format (something similar to The Blair Witch Project or Paranormal Activity) so the shots are not particularly special, the colour palette is rather simple, nothing particular, so let's get down to what matters: the story, performances and structure.

    Hablando de fotografía, la película está hecha en un formato documental (algo parecido a El proyecto de la bruja de Blair o Actividad paranormal) por tanto los planos no son especialmente especiales, la paleta de colores es algo sencilla, nada particular, así que vamos a lo que importa: La historia, actuaciones y estructura.

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    The story is about two boys who go to spend a week at the home of their maternal grandparents whom they have never seen since their mother never wanted to visit them since she ran away with the boys' father, in an attempt to reconcile, the mother uses the boys as a link and sends them to her parents' house while she goes on a cruise with her current partner, however, as the days go by the boys notice that their grandparents are not normal... they hide a terrible secret.

    La historia trata de dos chicos que van a pasar una semana en casa de sus abuelos maternos a los que nunca han visto ya que su madre nunca más quiso visitarlos desde que escapó con el padre de los chicos, en un intento de reconciliarse, la madre usa a los chicos como nexo y los envía a la casa de sus padres mientras ella se va de crucero con su pareja actual, sin embargo, con el pasar de los días los chicos notas que sus abuelos no son normales... esconden un terrible secreto

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    I have to say that at the beginning everything feels fine, normal, but with the first night of the niches in the house it becomes clear that all is not well. The film has a very good structure, as the scary scenes are escalating in level (as in all horror and suspense films), however, the first one is scary enough from the start. There are some scenes that are terrifying but then they are painted as normal, leaving you with the same sensation as the children, other scenes are made with the purpose of making you think that something specific is going to happen and in the end it doesn't, however they generate a lot of tension and as there is no expected outcome, the spectator is left with a feeling of danger. The director of this film really knows how to handle terror.

    Tengo que decir que al principio todo se siente bien, normal, pero con la primera noche de los nichos en la casa ya se va notando que no todo esta bien. La película tiene una estructura muy buena, ya que las escenas aterradoras van escalando en nivel (como en toda película de terror y suspenso) sin embargo, de entrada la primera de ellas ya es lo suficientemente aterradora. Hay algunas que son aterrorizantes pero después te las pintan de normales, dejándote la misma sensación que a los niños, otras escenas están hechas con el propósito de que pienses que algo en concreto va a pasar y al final no pasa, sin embargo generan mucha tensión y al no haber el desenlace esperado, el espectador queda con una sensación de peligro. De verdad el director de esta película sabe muy bien como manejar el terror.

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    The performances are 10, the children being terrified children, but the antagonists are absolutely spectacular, they are very good at conveying what they must, once you see them in their true essence, it is impossible not to see them with a look of terror on their faces, truly my respects to this pair of old men.

    La actuaciones son de 10, los niños siendo niños aterrados, pero los antagonistas son absolutamente espectaculares, son muy buenos transmitiendo lo que deben, una vez que los ves en su verdadera esencia, es imposible no verlos con un gesto de terror en la cara, de verdad mis respetos para este par de ancianos

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    Finally (in addition to the trailer below) I'll leave you with one of my favourite scenes, whose structure and handling of terror is excellent. It doesn't even use the soundtrack to generate terror, the scene has ambient sound and plays precisely with this to help us panic. Every movement of the characters sounds quite loud (the earth they walk on, their breaths, voices, etc) and it plays very well with the sounds over what you can see. It's a gem

    Por último (además del trailer que les dejaré más abajo) les dejaré una de mis escenas preferidas y cuya estructura y manejo del terror es excelsa. Ni siquiera se ayuda del soundtrack para generar terror, la escena tiene sonido ambiente y juega precisamente con esto para ayudarnos a entrar en pánico. Cada movimiento de los personajes suena bastante fuerte (la tierra que pisan, las respiraciones, voces, etc) juega muy bien con los sonidos por encima de lo que puedes ver. Es una joya

    I won't say more, I don't want to do spoilers but I do want to mention that it has an awesome plot twist that increases the terror even more, very typical of its director, M night Shyamalan, best known as director of masterpieces like Sixth Sense. Highly recommended, I'll leave the trailer below as a last incentive to watch it :3

    No diré más, no quiero hacer spoilers pero si quiero mencionar que tiene un giro de trama impresionante que aumenta aún más el terror, muy propio de su director, M night Shyamalan, mejor conocido como director de obras de arte como Sexto Sentido. Altamente recomendada, a continuación les dejaré el Tráiler como último incentivo para verla :3

    And well, people, that's all for today's post, I hope you liked it. Thank you very much as always for supporting my work, I welcome new readers, I love you all very much, I send you a hug and I'll see you in another post.

    Y bueno, gente, esto ha sido todo por el post de hoy, espero que les haya gustado. Muchas gracias como siempre por apoyar mi trabajo, le doy la bienvenida a los nuevos lectores, les quiero mucho a todos, les envío un abrazo y ya nos encontraremos en otro post

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  2. The Visit (2015)@andreseloy5811109d

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    This film, catalogued in the horror genre, has more suspenseful episodes than the previous one, but presents scenes and facts that undoubtedly cross the limit.

    I am not a lover of this type of productions because most of them present inconsistency in the logic of their plots or cross the limits by presenting an altered reality that forgets small details that can be noticed without much effort.

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    A friend told me that you have to remove your brain to enjoy them and personally I got several of these flaws, the most important without a doubt the fact that in the place there is no cell phone signal but you can make video calls with the laptop.

    The plot of the film revolves around a daughter who sends her children to spend a week with their grandparents in the house where she lived, located in a remote mountain village, so that they can get to know them and the place of their childhood.

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    They excitedly decide to record a documentary of this visit and everything goes as they thought it would until strange things happen and put the two children on alert, who with their curiosity activated begin to investigate and get a big surprise.

    Olivia DeJonge, an Australian actress who years later would play the role of Priscilla Presley in the biographical and musical film called Elvis, plays the role of Rebecca Jamison, while Ed Oxenbould, also Australian, is her brother, while Peter McRobbie and Deanna Dunagan, play the grandparents Frederick and Marja, being for the latter her second film appearance, after a career of several years in theater and television and Kathryn Hahn plays the role of Doris, the mother of the children.

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    The film was directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who years earlier was nominated for an Oscar for the film The Sixth Sense, being also the screenwriter of the same and being part of the group of producers that completed Marc Bienstock and Jason Blum.

    It was a low budget film, barely 5 million dollars released in September 2015 that had mixed ratings from critics and was nominated for the Razzie Awards as the worst of the year, however its box office gross was good, reaching almost 100 million.

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    For those who like the genre it meets the standards of the genre and will spend an hour and a half attentive to what will happen.

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  3. Steemitzombies: Movie Review - M Night Shyamalan's The Visit (2015)@vincentnijman2998d

    As described by my buddy @whatamidoing : "Steemit zombies is a community and a set of guidelines for encouraging the non-spammy reposting and curation of undervalued posts. Steemit zombies must use the #steemitzombies tag as a first tag, include a link to the original post, and be at least one month old with a suggested maximum of $15 payout on the original post. Come join the #steemitzombies chat in Steemit Community Catalyst discord."

    My Original Post

    Post date: 5 months ago Payout: $0.19 Commenters: 1

    I wrote this 5 months ago and it made a measly 19 cents from 12 votes. Most of those votes came from Dutch speaking community members, who were hanging out in the same Discord group as I. My believe is that this is a more than decent film post, worth recycling and it isn't worse than the average @adsactly 'Lessons from Movies' post, no offense @guyfawkes4-20 ;>)

    I'm not saying that this deserves to go trending or make 200 plus dollars but I just hope that some more people will be able to enjoy it. If I can buy myself some breakfast from the earnings, I'm happy.

    Now let the resurrection commence:

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    Saturday night - or should I say Sunday morning? - it was literally after midnight, a friend and I decided to watch a movie. We picked M Night Shyamalan's The Visit. The fact that I can spell the guy's last name, without having to look it up, can be taken as a sign that he has made a name in the film industry by now.

    Some might argue that Shyamalan had already done so at the end of the 20th century. Back in 1999, he directed the notorious The Sixth Sense, that was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Screenplay and Director. He was still pretty young by then - in his late twenties - but from that moment onwards, many put him on a list of filmmakers to watch. High expectations were followed by a number of films that are arguable good, mediocre and bad (depending on your taste and standards). These movies are, in chronological order:

    Unbreakable (2000) Signs (2002) The Village (2004) Lady in The Water (2006) The Happening (2008) The Last Airbender (2010) After Earth (2013) The Visit (2015)

    and most recently:

    Split (2016)
    The Next Sixth Sense

    People always seemed to be waiting for another Sixth Sense, which isn't fair at all. And, as is the case with comparing apples and pears, this often leads to disappointment. Although some tend to like apples more than pears - and vice versa - too many people have judged all metaphorical fruit that followed The Sixth Sense to be rotten.

    Especially after The Last Airbender and After Earth, trust in the future of Shyamalan's directing career must have been at an all time low. And that is when he did something clever: he went back to writing and directing the kind of childhood fantasy story that he seems to be so at ease with. Looking at the figures/ boxoffice - 65 million made on a 5 million dollar movie - this was exactly the right decision.

    In short, the guy seems to have found his groove again. The Visit appears to come right out of the imagination of a young teenager. It's full of these little fears and fantasies that we can all identify with, as we have all been kids. Fear of the dark, of other people, of sounds behind closed doors and so on.

    It isn't my aim to tell you about the plot, but here's the tagline, taken directly from IMDb:

    "Two siblings become increasingly frightened by their grandparents' disturbing behavior while visiting them on vacation."

    and here's the official trailer:

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    My Opinion

    Let me end this post by telling you that I was pleasantly surprised by this little movie. It reminded me of the kind of movies that Shyamalan directed at the start of this century - films like Signs, The Village and perhaps Lady in The Water. You might or might not like these (kind of) films, but I can tell you one thing:

    Shyamalan has his own unique style. And when he's in his element, this makes for visual stories that are often quite entertaining. The fact that my friend and I decided to watch the entire movie in one sitting - or actually we weren't sitting but laying down - struggling to stay awake (the movie ended after 2am), proofs that Shyamalan did a decent job.

    The (Next) Visit

    We also spoke a little about Split, which is - according to rumors - a pretty interesting movie. It seems like this director is in his element again and I guess that's a good thing for every human being. I hope to watch that film the next time I visit this friend of mine.

    What do you think? How do you like Shyamalan's movies? Have you seen the Visit and how did you feel about it? Would you consider Shyamalan an auteur, a filmmaker with his own unique style? Feel free to speak out in the reply section to this post


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  4. Movie Review - M Night Shyamalan's The Visit (2015)@vincentnijman3148d

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    Saturday night or should I say Sunday morning? - it was literally after midnight, a friend and I decided to watch a movie. We picked M Night Shyamalan's The Visit. The fact that I can spell the guy's last name, without having to look it up, can be taken as a sign that he has made a name in the film industry by now.

    Some might argue that Shyamalan had already done so at the end of the 20th century. Back in 1999, he directed the notorious The Sixth Sense, that was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Screenplay and Director. He was still pretty young by then - in his late twenties - but from that moment onwards, many put him on a list of filmmakers to watch. High expectations were followed by a number of films that are arguable good, mediocre and bad (depending on your taste and standards). These movies are, in chronological order:

    Unbreakable (2000) Signs (2002) The Village (2004) Lady in The Water (2006) The Happening (2008) The Last Airbender (2010) After Earth (2013) The Visit (2015)

    and most recently:

    Split (2016)

    The Next Sixth Sense

    People always seemed to be waiting for another Sixth Sense, which isn't fair at all. And, as is the case with comparing apples and pears, this often leads to disappointment. Although one likes apples more than pears - and vice versa - too many people judged all metaphorical fruit that followed The Sixth Sense to be rotten.

    Especially after The Last Airbender and After Earth, trust in the future of Shyamalan's directing career must have been at an all time low. And that is when he did something clever: he went back to writing and directing the kind of childhood fantasy story that he seems to be so at ease with. Looking at the figures/ boxoffice - 65 million made on a 5 million dollar movie - this was exactly the right decision.

    In short, the guy seems to have found his groove again. The Visit appears to come right out of the imagination of a young teenager. It's full of these little fears and fantasies that we can all identify with, as we have all been kids. Fear of the dark, of other people, of sounds behind closed doors and so on.

    It isn't my aim to tell you about the plot, but here's the tagline, taken directly from IMDb:

    "Two siblings become increasingly frightened by their grandparents' disturbing behavior while visiting them on vacation."

    and here's the official trailer:

    [source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_j1eFy0zp4)

    My Opinion

    Let me end this post by telling you that I was pleasantly surprised by this little movie. It reminded me of the kind of movies that Shyamalan directed at the start of this century - films like Signs, The Village and perhaps Lady in The Water. You might or might not like these (kind of) films, but I can tell you one thing:

    Shyamalan has his own unique style. And when he's in his element, this makes for visual stories that are often quite entertaining. The fact that my friend and I decided to watch the entire movie in one sitting - or actually we weren't sitting but laying down - struggling to stay awake (the movie ended after 2am), proofs that Shyamalan did a decent job.

    The Next Visit

    We also spoke a little about Split, which is - according to rumors - a pretty interesting movie. It seems like this director is in his element again and I guess that's a good thing for every human being. I hope to watch that film the next time I visit this friend of mine.

    What do you think? How do you like Shyamalan's movies? Have you seen the Visit and how did you feel about it? Would you consider Shyamalan an auteur, a filmmaker with his own unique style? Feel free to speak out in the reply section to this post

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