foutainoflife
This is not bad but nothing to rave about either. The story is somewhat predictable but most things are these days. I'm still trying to work out a few of the details. Was she a ghost? Some sort of vampire? Maybe a mix of the two? We never saw marks on Lucy's neck so was she killing her by draining her of energy? She walked in daylight, yet was sleeping in a trunk indicative of a coffin so that cancelled out vampire right? I don't know. I would've liked more of her backstory. It kinda fell short of being a horror movie. It is a drama with paranormal elements. No scares at all.
vivienne-white96
The Moth Diaries had a great storyline, I really likes the idea. However a few scenes in the movie would be very triggering for someone struggling with suicide and self harm. There is no prewarning about this, as some movies have, and personally a prewarning would have prevented me from watching it. I am however acknowledging that The Moth Diaries is the genre horror, and there are many gory scenes in many horror movies which may become triggering, but The Moth Diaries is specifically graphic and unsettling. In other aspects of the movie I found there to be no real building of the tension. Things would happen and new information would be revealed but as a viewer there was no real anticipation or suspense. The acting seemed fake and unrealistic.
TheSquiss
The Moth Diaries is bad. Not bad in the Movie 43 way that necessitates a long, arduous rant. Just bad in the 'why would you bother?' kind of way.There's a smidgen of sexiness.Actually, that's a lie. We're just given a glimpse of a naked tit and a couple of girls and a bathtub. To be honest, The Moth Diaries is only titillating if you've never got past first base.There's a hint of vampirism.Nah, not really. There's nary a spiky tooth or a pointed thumbnail. The only horror on display in The Moth Diaries is the shocking lack of acting prowess, the dire script and the utter lack of reason. Oh, and the clumsiness of the direction. And the blood that, when it finally arrives, is the wrong colour, wrong consistency and clearly dyed water. Mind you, it fits perfectly in the film as everything is diluted beyond value.Periodically we are treated to pained expressions from the 'actors' but, though they probably represent the sum total of the mastery of their craft, they are nothing compared to the agony my companion and I suffered.The Moth Diaries isn't even so awful it's good (in a Gigli kind of way). It just stinks.It's not worth the effort to rant and I'm sure as hell not going to waste time telling you about the actors, director blah blah blah. If, unfathomably, you're intrigued then flick through the trailer but don't blow 82 minutes of your life on this tosh.To be fair, it's possibly the best film ever (since The Host) as long as you're a lobotomized twelve-year-old girl.For more reviews from The Squiss, subscribe to my blog and like the Facebook page.
Mrssmiff
I collect/watch films that have been adapted from book, whatever the genre so next on my list was The Moth Diaries. I enjoyed the book and finished it yesterday, then decided to watch the film.In my opinion, the movie remained true to the book, apart from being set in modern day, which the book was not. I liked the look of the film and I thought the acting was decent throughout. Personally I think the main characters could have been developed more throughout the film than they were.I think that anyone watching this film might not appreciate the full story as told in the book - I know that the story has to unfold within the usual 90 mins or so - but I feel that having just read the book before watching the film, made things a bit more coherent or me. Another viewer coming straight to the this film without having read the book, may struggle to make sense of some of some of it.It is is no way a bad film, just a bit disjointed in places.
AD
