The Babadook (2014)

The Babadook

• Incoming hot take: this movie is seriously overrated. I’ve only ever heard good things about it, but man did I dislike this. I’m not even sure why, it just went on and on and on. Don’t get me wrong, the movie itself was pretty well made. The story was original and well put together. I just kept getting so bored. It took me several, several minutes to get into it, and even once I did, I just kept zoning out over and over. Although it’s only an hour and a half, it felt like one of the longest movies I’ve ever felt. It’s one of those movies that’s so awful, I don’t even want to write anymore about it. I know I’m supposed to give you insight on what I think, but I just can’t write anymore. I’ll sum it up quickly, then let you do other things: the story was well written, but horrendously boring, the acting was decent but all the characters were obnoxious idiots, and the antagonist was wimpy and not scary at all. There, I’m done now.