Overall, a lazy story focused on keeping the animatronics offscreen unless completely necessary, the saving grace is the animatronics when they appear.
Maybe budget? Maybe trying to build a deeper story but I got so tired of the kidnapped brother storyline, I get how it's important but did not need to take up that much time with it. It felt like a cop-out for production not having enough money to have the characters in more scenes. The constant flashbacks to the same scene ruined it for me.
That said, the animatronics were incredible, just scarce throughout the movie, and not in a "keeping the scary stuff unseen" way. I like the characters, but especially the cop's story fell apart at the end. She can't be good and not tell them what's going on.
Overall, a lazy story focused on keeping the animatronics offscreen unless completely necessary, the saving grace is the animatronics when they appear.
Maybe budget? Maybe trying to build a deeper story but I got so tired of the kidnapped brother storyline, I get how it's important but did not need to take up that much time with it. It felt like a cop-out for production not having enough money to have the characters in more scenes. The constant flashbacks to the same scene ruined it for me.
That said, the animatronics were incredible, just scarce throughout the movie, and not in a "keeping the scary stuff unseen" way. I like the characters, but especially the cop's story fell apart at the end. She can't be good and not tell them what's going on.
Overall, a lazy story focused on keeping the animatronics offscreen unless completely necessary, the saving grace is the animatronics when they appear.