The Raven (2012)

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best movie i've ever seen.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The film is a mystery featuring Edgar Allen Poe. When somebody out there commits crimes like in his writing, he helps to stop a serial killer who kidnaps his beloved Emily. The story is quite interesting at times. I felt the darkness and sickness of the criminal's crimes to be depraved. The depraved serial killer uses Poe's writing to commit crimes to attract his attention. The film is shot with darkness and with a period feeling in early eighteenth century Baltimore, Maryland.

Could have been great, it's got interesting story and the actors did a great job. But it's executed badly, it's not suspensful one bit, and you don't end up caring about the characters really. Worth the watch on a rainy day.

Trapped by your own stories The movie" The Raven" is a thriller adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's stories. The film is about a serial killer who is inspired by Poe's works. Hereby, the protagonist is a master of horror and a drinker who is falling in love with beautiful Emily. The story begins with the murder of a mother and her daughter. The police detective makes the connection between the murder and Poe's stories.The intriguing part of the movie is when the police investigator consults Poe to solve the mystery. Next. a man is discovered sliced two, just as in Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum.To challenge Poe even further, the killer kidnaps Emily and buries her in a grave. Indeed, the detective and Poe try to find clues to prevent another meaningless murder but the killer is always one step ahead of them. During the movie we see Poe who realizes that his darkest imaginations can influence and motivate a sick man to kill people based the details his stories. In the end, Poe successfully solves the puzzle and find the killer. But he must drink a poison and sacrifice himself to rescue his beloved Emily. Maybe this kind of end mentions the cause of Poe's death which is in reality something ambiguous. some of his masterpieces like The Cask of Amontillado, Annabel Lee and The Raven are featured in the movie. The portrayal of Poe is absolutely fantastic, John Cusak did a great job in the movie. Sometimes we see on the big screen bloody and heartbreaking scenes which are the flawed part. I personally do not like such movies.

FROM PENCIL TO THE BIG SCREEN "The Raven" is a film adapted from many short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, and the title was taken from one of his most famous poems. It premiered on the big screen in 2012 and starred John Cusack who portrays the renowned American writer of the XIX century. It is an intriguing story characterized by suspense, in which the director (James McTeigue) and the screenwriters (Hanna Shakespeare - Ben Levingston) developed the film based on a series of murders caused by the same person, who followed in the footsteps of the Poe's tales.From there, Inspector Fields, played by Luke Evans, begins to investigate the crimes with the help of the writer.Clues from the different murders come from stories such as: The cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale heart or the poem titled Annabel Lee.In my opinion, it is difficult to find any flawed point in the film as it frames very well the visual effects, sound and the different dialogues that represent the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. It is entertaining and well elaborated. I give it a score of nine out of ten.