Wow. I just finished this one. Just now. Wow.
1. I don't think so at all. The entire movie, even the more enjoyable scenes were very rote going into the third act, so when the movie shows its hand and starts killing characters left and right, and then that final set piece where someone just said "CINECAST! it, let's have some fun", really breathed a lot of life into this piece. Glad the tension didn't just setup something as generic as it could have. Instead, Dan Stevens turns into Jason Voorhees.
2. Didn't see You're Next, not super into horror movies, but I might go back and look it up now that I've seen the guest.
3. Wasn't too into the soundtrack. I like the genre, but it felt forced into the script. I will say, when David popped his CD into the player at the party, I did start to really enjoy it.
4. Very attractive man. Wow. Also, pretty tremendous actor. Actually very surprised how much I liked his performance.
5. Great scene. Felt like I had seen it before, just not executed quite as well (actually how I felt about a lot of this movie).
6. I think my favourite scene has to be David negotiating with the principal. Very well directed, and pretty funny.
7. I really like what Wingard was doing, though i think he could benefit from some consideration of staging and framing, but that's only if i wanted to be super critical. As for the writer, I didn't think this script was all that great, except maybe if it were trying to purposely be familiar for two thirds (it's possible.. I haven't decided yet).
So yeah, I guess I'm one of the people who liked The Guest.
Do I get a jacket or something?