Final Destination: 4 - "It's A Trap"

[The Apatow Crew]

I remember on the dvd there was a mini-doc saying it was a "dead teenager movie" , lol. I never heard soembody say that before but you had 15 minutes of cast/crew saying it repeatedly.

Roger Ebert came up with the term talking about all the movies in the 80's.

 

[Jolly Rolly]

A really good movie though it felt like everybody getting their turn to die was being rushed but I wasn't bored one minute, the FD movies work I believe because each movie starts off with a new cast that there's no need to have watched the previous ones.

Krista Allen who I don't have any idea what she's famous for was hot and so was the red headed chick that gets

Spoiler

mangled by the escalator

.

 

[Sloth7d]

Why God? Why must films like these make money and continue?

I never understand comments like this. You don't have to watch it.

 

[CashforStash]

Final Destination 4-"ITS A TRAP.....for your money"

 

[CelticPredator]

I never understand comments like this. You don't have to watch it.

I dont watch the Saw movies, but I still dont understand how a human being can physicaly watch it.

I exclude the first...and 4, to a certin extent.

 

[Sloth7d]

That's one thing, and I know there are certain movies which I don't understand the appeal of also, this being one of them. But why whine about it if you're not going to see it anyway? Let everyone else have their fun.

 

[Soggy]

Not much comparing to the first three movies, lacking characters you remotely really care about (minus George) although the deaths are still imaginative to say the least, a little bit of fun and much more enjoyable to watch than many horror movies nowadays which just throw gore at you in a completely unmemorable & dull way, Friday the 13th remake anyone? And in 3D wasn't too bad at all, make you jump at least once.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

I work at a theatre and I saw this movie. I feel the first Final Destination was the best one. Mainly because I liked the idea of the film being based around one preminition and everyone is trying to figure out how they're going to die.

This one was based on too many preminitions and it hurt it in my opinion.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

Yeah, it had too many fake outs in it.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I think the problem was they were trying to hard to throw people off but it doesn't work.

The ending was great in FD3. Probably the only good thing about it. The clever thing was, we expected the premonition in the beginning, but the end we didn't.

 

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

I think the problem was they were trying to hard to throw people off but it doesn't work.

The ending was great in FD3. Probably the only good thing about it. The clever thing was, we expected the premonition in the beginning, but the end we didn't.

Mmhm, I agree. FD4's deaths were kinda predictable. I hated the ending to this one. The one in 3 was great like you said.

 

[bullets]

I think the problem was they were trying to hard to throw people off but it doesn't work.

The ending was great in FD3. Probably the only good thing about it. The clever thing was, we expected the premonition in the beginning, but the end we didn't.

I actually thought FD3 had a good story and elements were there to make a better movie. I think it might have been some of the actors and it just seemed STV quality , so it didn't work for me.


Also , Tony Todd ... He's awesome but all he did in FD3 was voice the ride. I'd like more of a hint at him being the grim reaper .

 

[The Apatow Crew]

He was also the voice on the subway at the end.

 

[The Dark Defender]

I remember on the dvd there was a mini-doc saying it was a "dead teenager movie" , lol. I never heard soembody say that before but you had 15 minutes of cast/crew saying it repeatedly.

Yeah, and that's the films problem, it's one of the most intentionally cliche'd films ever made.

It doesn't even have actual characters, just ridiculous parodies of every teen stereotype out there.

 

[CelticPredator]

That's one thing, and I know there are certain movies which I don't understand the appeal of also, this being one of them. But why whine about it if you're not going to see it anyway? Let everyone else have their fun.

If someone's bashing of a film, ruins it for them, then they should just stop being such a baby.

 

[SuperAl]

Final Destination honestly had the opportunity to make a nice little trilogy but they killed off Devon Sawa without every showing it on film. What they shouldve done, is have him survive and every time someone had a premonition and managed to break deaths plan, he would be reinstated at the end of that new chain and he would have to find these people in order to break the chain again to protect himself. The first film was awesome, the death scenes were done very well, it actually created suspense, was done in a none gory way also. They could've officially ended it in a 3rd movie with Devon's character dieing doing something courageous, saving a child maybe, then he dies realizing he was meant to survive and endure to save this child.

Instead they just turned the movie into kind of a pointless plotline that always just ends in the same way, they all die. Theres no real point the any of the stories. Also why the hell is everyone made of butter in these movies, seriously, people dont turn into mush when they get hit by a van. They bounce off and generally die from internal bleeding. The black dude just blew up all over the van. Tho there was one good part in teh movie, where the black guy cant kill himself, i laughed

 

[bluedragon77]

somebody correct me if im wrong please, but this was the first 3d movie ive seen in the theater and honestly the 3d is what made it worse for me.. it cheapened the whole movie.. im starting to think that it might have been a bit better had it not been in 3d.. what do you think?

also the black guy was halarious that part was really funny.. and there was two really cool scenes in the movie the escalator and the car wash.. so i'll give it that..

 

[Retroman]

I went to see this on Friday. We first wanted to see Taking of Pelham 1,2,3 but my theater didn't get have movie because Pathe (the biggest theater chain the country) were given the preference of the prints. And to add insult to injury we found out after we bought tickets that they didn't have the 3D version of FD4.

During the film it was obvious that many of the shots that were designed to be shown in 3D.And although at first i was disappointed not to see it in 3D by the end those feelings had changed radically because IMO this was the worst entry in the franchise.

The interesting thing about the series is that the characters have an enemy that we never really see.Starting with a big premonition the characters try to stop the inevitable. In this installment the formula has just become too repetitive.

It has some funny moments (i laughed at the tampon gag) but most of the acting is terrible and though the accidents/deaths were spectacular and gory it didn't have as much impact because we weren't give much reason to care for most of the characters.

4/10

Not much comparing to the first three movies, lacking characters you remotely really care about (minus George) although the deaths are still imaginative to say the least, a little bit of fun and much more enjoyable to watch than many horror movies nowadays which just throw gore at you in a completely unmemorable & dull way, Friday the 13th remake anyone? And in 3D wasn't too bad at all, make you jump at least once.

Yeah George was actually interesting. Besides being subject to racist abuse we find out he's a recoverng alcoholic whose family died in a car crash.

 

[Golgo-13]

1 and 2 were the only ones i liked. 3 was forgettable.

 

[CelticPredator]

The Avatar trailer was with this??? WTF????

 

[The Dark Defender]

Well they wanted audiences to get to see the trailer in 3D, this was a good opportunity.

And I'm rather shocked this had good enough legs to maintain #1 for two weeks straight.

 

[Jolly Rolly]

Doesn't the *****ebag jock Nick Zano remind everybody of the *****ebag jock Travis Van Winkle from Transformers and Friday The 13th?

Nick Zano

Travis Van Winkle

 

[CelticPredator]

Yep. Thats basicly who he was. Exacly. Had the same *****y smile too. *****e stealin another *****e's *****ieness....what a *****e.

 

[Prison Mike]

That Travis guy is the perfect *****e. I don't know if it's because he's an actual *****e in real life or somthing but in Transformers and Friday the 13th, he played the *****e character perfectly.

 

[CelticPredator]

I'm sure he's one of the nicest people.