"The Mysterious Forest" - reviews. Bryce Dallas Howard

This film belongs to the category of works that, once looked, you will not want to reconsider immediately. Guiding horror to the audience, he remains a worthy example of a quality thriller. What is the picture "Mysterious Forest"? Reviews of the audience, a brief summary and a number of interesting facts about the creation - in our article.

Author's approach

Among the works of the Indian director M. Knight Shyamalan are many good paintings. He quickly gained popularity in Hollywood, having worked on "Signs" and "Sixth Sense." The draft scenario appeared in 2003. At the same time it was planned to release another film, but with a similar title. As a result, it was decided to distinguish between "Dark Forest" and "Mysterious Forest". The description of the future picture Shyamalan presented to the company's management, and Touchstone Pictures gave a green light to the production. In general, the luck for the picture was the participation of Shyamalan. This person in each of his work is responsibly coming to the point, therefore the future of "Forests ..." was obvious.

Professionalism as the key to success

The shooting took place for two months. The location of the location was chosen Chester County in Pennsylvania. Here there is an action on the plot. Mystical direction required colossal work from costume artists. The key mysterious heroes - "those whose name we do not call" - are represented in red robes, although originally planned as a monster with a lion's head. The decisive point was set by the director. He wanted evil to be shown in a light garment, because of complex variations had to be abandoned. Creatures eventually turned out without an obvious natural prototype, representing something "average".

Bryce Dallas Howard (the main female role, which will be discussed in more detail later) was the only one who did not pass the casting. The daughter of director Ron Howard, she liked Shyamalan in one of her theatrical productions. The rest of the actors involved in the film include stars known at the time of filming. As, for example, Sigourney Weaver. Star "Aliens" considered the film "The Mysterious Forest" creepy in the history of cinematography. According to the confession, she was tortured for a long time, while the production process was going on over the picture. It is noteworthy that the village was not recreated by means of computer special effects. On the contrary, the director insisted on living scenery. As a result, Covington was built in a few weeks. The performers of the main roles Shyamalan forced before the shoots to stay in a special training camp with an atmosphere that is reminiscent of the 19th century.

The main intrigue of the film

Leaving the long preparatory details in the past, it's time to find out what the "Mysterious Forest" is about. The content of the painting takes us to the Protestant village of the last century. It is distinguished by the friendly atmosphere of local residents. They are located far away from civilization for a reason, considering that megacities are fraught with lust and debauchery. The boundaries of the village are marked by burning torches. Residents believe in the existence of mythical beings with whom a non-aggression pact has been signed for a long time. When one of the townspeople needed to go through the forest for medicines, he violated the rules of the community, which leads to terrible consequences ...

Top awards

The ceremony "Oscar-2005" did not pass by the film "The Mysterious Forest". And although he never received the statuette, the recognition was due to critical assessments and impressive box-office fees, which exceeded the budget fourfold. In addition to an interesting plot and realistic reproduction of the atmosphere of the countryside, an impressive cast was noted. Bryce Dallas Howard, for whom "Forest ..." was the first successful debut, could not have played a major role, since it was originally planned to give it to Kirsten Dunst. For the film, Bryce won the MTV Award nomination.

In general, it is natural to say that it was this film that became a powerful start in Howard's career. The following year, she replaced Nicole Kidman in "Manderlee", and then appeared in "The Girl from the Water." Notable remained Gwen Stacy in the third "Spider-Man" and Kate Connor in the next part of the "Terminator". Particularly popular for the role of the actress Victoria in the "vampire" saga "Twilight". In 2011, Bryce played a negative heroine in the drama "Servants."

Today Howard is a promising young actress. Among her recent works is the fantasy "Jurassic World". Bryce is married to a partner in the band "Handsome" Seth Gabble.

"Mysterious Forest": actors of the second plan

Bryce Dallas performed a key female character. In many ways, her blind Ivy Elizabeth Walker, who also challenged creatures from the forest, is not for nothing that she is prescribed this. After all, as the audience will notice later, it is blindness that allows us to preserve the main secret of the village.

What other characters are involved in the picture? The image of the ambitious and courageous Lucius, who leaves Covington, was written specifically for the Puerto Rican Joaquin Phoenix. Thanks to him, Lucius turned out charismatic. The role of the feeble-minded Noah Percy, the most, perhaps, mysterious character, was intended for Ashton Kutcher, but he was replaced by Adrien Brody. The veteran of Hollywood, Sigourney Weaver, was invited to a minor but vivid role.

Scare the horror better

What could I say about the movie "Mysterious Forest" that appeared at the box office? The comments of the first spectators who watched were inclined to the opinion that this is really an awesome picture. But not in the usual sense, peculiar to the horror films. By and large, mythical creatures-monsters do not cause fear, because they are not shown openly. A big surprise will be the final denouement, revealing the whole truth about the village, and giving rise to a lot of questions. On this "pleasant aftertaste" and probably made the rate of the author-director.

Heaven on earth

The artificially created world is the main message of the film "The Mysterious Forest". The comments of those who looked at the picture unanimously sing out attempts by local residents to shield themselves from the cruelty of the surrounding reality. It seems that the idea is not new, but its originality is revealed in the picture completely.

Covington reflects a wonderful atmosphere of mysticism and isolation. There is a feeling that you are transferred to this place. At the same time, the burning torches along the forest line and the sentries watching the posts give rise to a sense of security. In a word, as a spectator, you stand in line with the locals.

Mystical thick of events and unexpected ending

Involve and not let go - these are the goals that the "Mysterious Forest" set for itself. Reviews of the audience tend to the fact that this quality movie is not only an atmosphere of mystery, but also philosophical overtones. They are not difficult to discern at all, especially each frame will be shot "tolerably". Clinging from the first frame of the picture keeps in suspense until the final episode. And after - surprise and wild delight, not fitting into the head. It turns out that under the veil of mystery were incredibly simple things (including some characters), veiled so much that never before the viewing did not have a sense of deception, dirty trickery, hypocrisy. The picture turns everything upside down. If you want to keep this feeling until the final scene, refrain from annotations and synopsis, and immediately start watching.

Completeness of emotions

What else drew the audience "Mysterious Forest"? Reviews of the film once again mark an amazing feature "cling", characteristic, unfortunately, not all the pictures. The producer correctly distributed, where the plot flows evenly, and where the viewer should be frightened. Secondly, according to Sigourney Weaver from the script that caused the nightmares, this fear is sincerely-disgusting, which real connoisseurs of terrible thrillers did not experience. At the same time, M. Knight Shyamalan relishes them portion by piece and with extreme caution, as if afraid to harm his spectator.

Utopia of modern society

Should we agree with the opinion that the socio-philosophical aspects lie at the heart of the tape "The Mysterious Forest"? Reviews of the film - a confirmation. The mystical genre is the outer shell, under which lies a deeper message. In this vein, it should be noted that the picture should be chosen the correct name. It should be called "Village" (in the original - "Village"), and nothing else! After all, it, and not the forest, is the object of author's research.

What is the main idea? In a small corner of society, on a small stretch of land people live with their own beliefs and concepts. At the same time, their idyll, periodically broken by terrible screams from the forest thicket, is built on ordinary human fear. "Forest ..." is largely utopian. But even realizing this, none of the elders, who created their own world for so long, does not want to change anything. To preserve values is, perhaps, what one should learn from the film.