tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566232127184217154.post2061532741969618006..comments2023-09-06T02:11:11.415-07:00Comments on Extended Cut: Simon Abrams's Film Journal: 253) Orphan (2009)Simon Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16440079476839828366noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566232127184217154.post-83931349324083995542009-08-17T07:49:38.907-07:002009-08-17T07:49:38.907-07:00That's why I said "almost." I agree ...That's why I said "almost." I agree that were two or three times that I felt had to be knowing self-parody--the castration line--but it didn't go far enough for me to think much of it. Again, I feel the biggest sign of the film's pat, serious intentions is the way she's not a child demon but rather always acts like an adult child, which just isn't scary. That and the earnest representation of the family home as a fantastic bourgeois castle that the kid naturally has to shoot up by the films' end, which is foreshadowed in her "spooky" black-light drawing.Simon Abramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16440079476839828366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566232127184217154.post-16319029501689882352009-08-17T06:55:08.500-07:002009-08-17T06:55:08.500-07:00IMO this is a bit harsh. Really though, I think I...IMO this is a bit harsh. Really though, I think I enjoyed it (relative to other recent horror) because it could have been much worse, and I think there was some intentional over-the-topiness going on. I mean, a nun, with a hammer, that's the biggest wink you can get.J. Schnaarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12328405640218066166noreply@blogger.com