Good story, Not enough for a whole film

A Disappointing Continuation

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

0 stars. I actually went to the cinema to see this garbage. Michael Keaton is a good actor, no question, but this film is absolutely terrible. No plot. No story. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. A couple of years later, my local cinema had the gall to show White Noise 2. So what, you ask? Well, they showed the sequel to the original steaming pile, instead of 'The Last King of Scotland' which was released the on the same week. Several emails of complaint were sent, only for Cineworld to reply with a retort, that made me vow to never set foot in their cinema ever again. "The last king of Scotland will not be shown, as we feel it would not suit the audience of Chesterfield" The last king of Scotland won an Oscar later on. White Noise didn't.

After the loss of his wife Anna, played radiantly by Chandra West, architect Jonathan Rivers beings to receive ghostly messages from her. When he is contacted by and electronic voice phenomena (E.V.P) expert Raymond Price things become unsettling as not only are the dead communicating but also people who have not yet passed over.Firstly there's creepy opening titles consisting of noise and static that is followed by the joys of family life and you know something bad is about to happen. Director Geoffrey Sax is not scared to leave quiet moments in and build up a festering tension. He is effective at creating a passages of time. There's a fitting orchestral score, excellent sound effects and great camera work. Sax's on location shot adds credence to the film, it's sharp, crisp and perfectly lit casting strong shadows which gives it an edge and interesting look.White Noise is only dated by the use of VHS tapes and the films premise and ideas are engaging, ghostly phone calls, answer machine messages from the grave, mediums, images and such. However, it's let down in a key scene by a cut and past photo of Price (Ian McNeice) and his son. Grief stricken Michael Keaton gives an excellent stand-out and a truthful performance as widower Jonathan Rivers. That said, co-star Deborah Kara Unger, as Sarah Tate, for the most part is uninspiring.White Noise is at times is unnerving and has some effective scare moments. Midway through it begins getting chilling when the evil spirits make an appearance. But quickly the subtly, tension and effectiveness is lost due to the overuse of special effects and an unnecessary convoluted spirit driven serial killer plot. The story was already intriguing enough. That's said, Keaton's performance keeps you interested but to an unsatisfying conclusion.Wonderfully shot and acted but flawed, only Keaton makes it worth watching.

I am one of the many who believe that there are such things as ghosts. This film delivers its first large impact in the beginning when you see that a husband and wife were very close to each other and in some accident, his wife dies. The concept of EVP is very believable seeing as how real paranormal investigators use EVP the same way as presented in the movie. I also like Micheal Keaton as a choice for this movie. Every actor is different and I think Keaton's performance during his mourning period is very believable. I also like Keaton's performance once he is introduced to EVP. His first visit to the EVP guy's house is more of a "I'm still skeptical but these things are happening and I want to know why" kind of visit. Once he listens to his wife on the recording he understands this isn't some joke and that he can communicate with his wife from beyond the grave. If you get past the horror aspect of the movie, the entire plot revolves around Keaton and West's love for each other.

White Noise is a movie directed by Geoffrey Sax where an architect Jonathan Rivers (Michael Keaton) loses his wife Anna Rivers (Chandra West) in a disastrous car accident. Because of this he turns to the dark, frightening world of electronic voice phenomenon (E.V.P.), communication to the dead. But as he begins to examine the mysteries of E.V.P., Jonathan makes an appalling discovery, once the gates to the otherworld is opened, there's no telling what will come through it. He learns this lesson the hard way despite the warnings he got from the many people he met in the movie. (Sax, 2005)I believe the theme of the movie White Noise is, "Don't mess with things you don't understand, no matter what the reason." Jonathan Rivers was so desperate to speak to his wife Anna again despite the warning he got from the psychic he met who told him to stop medaling. He decided ignored her and still did whatever it took to see his wife Anna again. He ended up staring at a fuzzy TV for hours and even ignoring his own kid, but in the end he ended up losing his own life and leaving his kid behind the person who needed him the most now without both parents. He just ended up getting consumed by EVP. (Sax, 2005) An instance where the director uses angles in the movie is at the very end where Jonathan is looking up at the ghost in the warehouse. I think the director Geoffrey Sax was trying to say the ghosts are more powerful than Jonathan and he is in over his head. Also the warehouse was dark which I believed was a representation of danger, meaning that Jonathan needed to stay away from the warehouse and leave things as they are. Living his life with a dead wife and paying more attention to his son. Another thing I believed the director did is connect the rain with the ghost and the static. It seemed like every time it rained someone was trying to speak to a ghost through EVP. (Sax, 2005) I think Michael Keaton did a great job of playing Jonathan River. He did a great job of making the movie seem believable. I believe if a person loss someone close to them and they knew of a way to communicate with them again they might try to talk to them despite warnings if the two people were really close. Love is very powerful and would make a person do things they normally wouldn't do.