I honestly have to wonder how this was allowed to see the light of day. The script was absolutely horrendous - it was one bad, corny line after another. So much pointless dialog that went nowhere and added nothing alongside lots of ultra bland lines like " you have to get out before she kills you too" - seriously, was this written by a middle schooler? Somehow the acting actually rivaled the script in ridiculousness - not a single person in this movie provided anything that could be considered decent acting. The script has 0 depth, and doesn't provide any significant plot or development, so we barely know anything about these 1- dimensional characters and, as such, could care less about them and the supposed bonds they have with one another. Many character actions seem to have no rhyme or reason and the viewer is constantly left to wonder "why was that scene in there" / "why did they just do that?". After about 20 minutes my girl and I were laughing at almost every scene - this film works much better as a comedy, whether its awful performances; poor, nonsensical writing; over/under acting, or the awkwardly bizarre ghost encounters, this movie provides tons of unintended laughs. There are so many absurdities here, it's hard to choose the best, but I think my picks would include: 1. Misha Barton's characters name - some people call her Laura (lore-uh) and some call her Lara (lah-rah). wtf? 2. at one point someone dies in the apartment, yet in the very next scene the main characters are hanging out in it again like nothing happened - no police, no investigation, nothing. the dead person's significant other is one of the main characters yet this person is never questioned or anything (and there is good reason to suspect they would be involved). 3. the fact that in a movie with a multi-million dollar budget the film crew somehow could not be bothered to film an actual apartment balcony - in at least two scenes someone is on the balcony and both times everything around the balcony is CGI (baaad CG too)...one girl looks over the balcony and the view of the street is completely CGI. Seriously. So. Awful. Avoid this at all costs. I have to assume that there is no possible way the original is this bad and that they really butchered this. Whomever green-lighted this should be ashamed and removed from their job.
Review of Apartment 1303 3D
