So, as I was watching this time around, I thought about what bugged me about it the first time:
- Donnie Walberg - Not just him but how his character was written; I just thought he was unbelievable and unprofessional
- The procedural - There's a procedural/mystery element to the movie and for some reason I didn't like the that wraparound
- Overwrought direction - There's nothing subtle about the movie and I found it over-done...
- The story - I don't think that I was much of a fan of supernatural movies at the time (I think I was more into home invasion films)
THIS time around...
- Well, I might have been *ahem* excited to see Jason (True Blood), so that was distracting but oddly enough, but in a good kind of way
- The death scenes were fantastic - Creepy, gory
- Lots of jump scares, but I think they worked, and DAMN are the dummies creepy
- I bought more into the story this time around - I don't think it clicked with me that part of what this movie is doing is creating a new folklore around the dolls - I didn't buy into it the first time around but I liked it a lot this time around
All in all, I think it's a legitimately atmospheric, creepy film that creates its own legend... You need to be able to accept it in order to enjoy the movie but maybe people are less cynical than I was circa 2007.
