The film is very slow and isn't really that interesting. Ok, it's based on true events but if this is what really happened, I think they should've focused more on the mystery behind this "Mothman". What is he? Is he an alien or some kind of mystical immortal oracle? Is he even a "he"?
Mothman looks nice and the acting is decent but I got bored on several occasions. Could've been much better.
In a strange town in West Virginia, people are seeing strange things and a moth like creature keeps appearing from the shadows. One man's girlfriend sees the mothman during a car wreck and he seeks to find the truth about what is really out there. Does the mothman really exist, or is he just going crazy from the stress of losing someone? Good acting by Richard Gere and Laura Linney. This movie is a little slow paced and you may find yourself wishing at times for things to speed up. Overall a good suspense movie.
there were a number of elements that never quite came together. For example, what happened to the mothman? We see him for a brief moment in the begining, but then later we seem to be dealing with some mysterious 8 foot dude. I wanted to like this, and I almost did, but I didnt.
I've only seen it once or twice, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It is suspenseful and rather creepy. But also confusing in some places, even after watching it, one still thinks that they need to watch it again to fully understand what it is about. And the fact that it may be true is something else altogether and really makes you think and even fear the mothman!
Based on true events and adapted from John Keel's novel , which is one hell of a scary read, The Mothman Prophecies is an engaging, strange, intense film which defies standard horror trappings. It's not really scary but really creepy. It's not gory but it can twist your stomach in knots with it's suspenseful gimmickry. It's for this very reason that this film works. It's understated and full of mood , small town atmosphere (where only these types of events can grab hold of one and take control ) and strange sightings of a "Mothman"-like creature being the local flavor in West Virginia. Despite some flashy photography that betrays Mark Pellington's music video resume (...Pearl Jam's Jeremy, anyone?) the film moves at a good pace and the low and quiet score adds intentional mood. Gere and Linney turn in very quiet but unnerving performances as they try to unravel this weird collective paranoia perevading this town only Rod Serling could dream up. Will Patton and Alan Bates are wonderful to watch as 2 men affected soul-deep by this otherworldy and enigmatic angel of death.
Above par, since it has a story which draws out some suspense and the intenseness the movie already had from being based on true events. Its something else, bringing this one alive.
This movie is really good and terrifying at times. Supposedly no one wanted to believe this woman about this Moth looking creature in this town. It's true, but because science can't prove it, they make the lady seem as if she's crazy.
Loved it although they could have picked a different guy for the part. It's hard to imagine the guy who hired a hooker is trying to communicate with the mothman
You know those Christmas presents that you are certain you are getting? You have a hunch that someone has bought you something in particular and you are really looking forward to it. Even the package that it is wrapped in makes it look like it is the present you desire. Then you open it - and it's not there. This other present is rubbish and you are very disappointed.
Bad analogy, but that's "The Mothman Prophecies" for you in a nutshell.
Washington Post journalist John Klein (Gere - "Chicago", "Unfaithful", "Autumn in New York") has his world turned upside down after he and his wife Mary (Messing - TVs "Will and Grace") are involved in a car crash. She dies as a result of her injuries and after her death, a distraught Klein discovers a series of mysterious and disturbing drawings that his wife left behind.
A few years later things get very bizzare. Klein, driving through the night to reach the Virginia capital, ends up getting stranded in a small Ohio town - 400 miles in the wrong direction. He discovers that something is very wrong when an angry local man (Patton - "Remember the Titans", "Entrapment", "Armageddon", "The Client") accosts him at gunpoint and accuses him of harassing him three nights in a row. Local cop, Connie (Linney - "The House of Mirth", "The Truman Show", "Dave"), tells Klein that ordinary local people have been behaving very oddly for some time. One of the strangest occurrences is a sighting of a peculiar winged-creature - the same one that Klein's wife had drawn two years earlier.
Something strange is happening and Klein, haunted by the memory of his wife's question 'did you not see it?', needs to find out why he has been lured to this small town and what it has to do with his wife's death.
"The Mothman Prophecies" is an intriguing premise, and indeed there is plenty to get excited about early on. But for some reason, this near two-hour film degenerates into a repetitive, boredom-inducing, series of deliberating scenes at the expense of real action and story progression. Diretor Mark Pellington, who was responsible for the enjoyable "Arlington Road", creates an independent feel to the movie by using a lot of high angles and fuzzy shots to portray confusion and an element of bewilderment. To that end, he's done well.
But the pacing of the movie is poor and it soon becomes a chore to keep interest as for large portions very little actually happens that influences the storyline. The acting is passable but I will admit to being quite impressed with the once maligned Richard Gere. His character is gentle and perplexed, deeply traumatised by his wife death, and driven to discover the secret behind what he discovers to be 'The Mothman'.
This is a TV movie wrapped in a big-name blanket, and one is advised to steer well clear.
'The Mothman Prophecies' was an interesting film to watch and what made
it even more interesting was that it was based on real events. I've
never really seen Richard Gere act before, but was impressed with his
performance. The story was well written and had its moments. It wasn't
the best thriller out there, was at least enjoyable.
Didn't get much out of this movie because the people I went with were sucking face the whole film and I was the most awkward 3rd wheel in the history of cinema. I do remember coming out of that movie feeling slightly strange.
I loved this movie cause it keeps you guessing threw out the whole movie. I am still wandering what "The Mothman" Is it is based on a true story. Its very weird bizarre and out there. Very strange movie for Gere to do. But I love Richard gere. This is definetly a supernatural horror movie. Not a psycho thriller. I even liked the short performance debra messing did in it even though I am not a debra messing fan. This movie freaked the shit out of me. The end was cool but it still leaves you wondering who is the mothman? It does remind me of Butterfly effect mixed with White noise mixed with what the fuck is going on? This shit trips me out cause its based on a true story and some of the same shit happened to me before.
Excellent dark atmospheres in this one. Slightly metaphysical, but by man's reactions, one cannot be sure. As for the "Based on true events": Who knows? Who cares? It's a movie.
This film was completely disappointing because viewers will spend the entire film waiting to see the mothman and never get the chance. The film centers mostly on one man trying to prove to a town that he exists, and by the middle of the film even viewers are beginning to doubt him. Very blah and forgettable.
This is based on a "true" event. Whether or not there really is a "mothman", I don't know. But, the story line does move along pretty good. It was an interesting film.
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