❝La Llorona. Your children, have they heard her crying? Have they felt the sting of her tears? They will. Soon. And she will come for them. You know why? Because I told her to.❞
❝You know, when my boys died, I didn't pray to God for their salvation. Instead, I prayed to her. I prayed! And I prayed! And I prayed to her to give my children back to me and take yours instead!❞
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I love the Conjuring universe, but while The Curse of La Llorona has some decent elements, in the end it does a horrible disservice to the Latin American legend. The plot actually had potential, but the pacing was pretty bad, and a lot of the action/fighting La Llorona sequences felt way too long and drawn out. Most of the characters were also kinda annoying, so I wasn't really rooting for their survival, which meant a lot of the intended tension didn't happen. Linda Cardellini and Patricia Velásquez were great in their respective roles, but they weren't enough to make the watching experience that much better. Overall, I don't think this film is good enough to revisit; I think I'll stick to the Buzzfeed Unsolved episode instead.
❝La Llorona. Your children, have they heard her crying? Have they felt the sting of her tears? They will. Soon. And she will come for them. You know why? Because I told her to.❞
❝You know, when my boys died, I didn't pray to God for their salvation. Instead, I prayed to her. I prayed! And I prayed! And I prayed to her to give my children back to me and take yours instead!❞
⊱ ─── . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ᯽ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁. ─── ⊰
I love the Conjuring universe, but while The Curse of La Llorona has some decent elements, in the end it does a horrible disservice to the Latin American legend. The plot actually had potential, but the pacing was pretty bad, and a lot of the action/fighting La Llorona sequences felt way too long and drawn out. Most of the characters were also kinda annoying, so I wasn't really rooting for their survival, which meant a lot of the intended tension didn't happen. Linda Cardellini and Patricia Velásquez were great in their respective roles, but they weren't enough to make the watching experience that much better. Overall, I don't think this film is good enough to revisit; I think I'll stick to the Buzzfeed Unsolved episode instead.
