The Scribbler

...That was fucking awesome

I've never read the graphic novels, so judging it on it being just a movie, I think it was really cool. It was unique and kept my attention the entire time. While I do wish we got to see more about the characters, they were at least very interesting on the outside.

I guess this wasn't awesome. While the limited budget certainly doesn't help for the immersion it can work... just not with such a bad story (at least that is what I take away from this given that it's been adapted by the author himself). None of the character's have been fleshed out and are defined by their looks/cliché and the whole "Pusher" thing was so petty it was more funny than anything. Could also have done with a less 'edgy' approach to this.

Formulaic and clichéd, The Scribbler is an overly contrived supernatural thriller. Based on a graphic novel, a mentally disturbed girl is sent to live at a halfway house, and when people start dying she comes to believe that one of her alternate personalities called The Scribbler is responsible. The casting is pretty good, and includes Katie Cassidy, Garret Dillahunt, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Eliza Dushku. But the plot uses a lot of familiar tropes of the genre, and follows a fairly predictable path. And while the visual style creates an atmospheric tone, it’s also rather ugly and is distracting at times. A poorly made film, The Scribbler is incredibly trite and uninspired.