Just like you, I go through the list as determined by the data, and I think some films are too high and others are too low but I understand their appearance and placement even if I don’t personally agree. I was always the odd man out when it came to The Cabin in the Woods. I agree that the meta section is where this movie stands apart. Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford have the great chemistry of a comic team who don’t know they’re being funny. They’re just on the job.
If the entire film stayed with them and kept the teens behind the giant monitors longer I would be a fan. The problem isn’t with the casting of the teens, it’s the way the performances are directed. They never find the balance between being cliche teenagers and tweaking the formula. So, Anna Hutchison is largely there to be sexualized by the men and by the camera, and Fran Kranz puts on a voice to make his stoner character even more fake than the line deliveries and affected posture.
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