Good concept,, lousy directing
Everyone's seen this movie--a great concept, that of a car imbued with evil intent. Carpenter's direction is so (typically) lousy that it makes the movie a parody of itself. The people in the film rarely act even remotely as real people would under the circumstances (accounting for "suspension of disbelief" that is assumed to accept the premise)---the protagonists are often seen standing around waiting for Christine to do her thing, rather than reacting as any normal person would, and it becomes --- well, boring, because you wait with them. The camera lingers WAY too long on faces that are supposed to reflect horror, and you find yourself thinking "C'mon, get with it". This movie would be a good one for a course on how not to direct.
- dmcmaster-2
- Sep 22, 2006