A)In his movie "Dark water",
director Walter Sales is more reminiscent of - movie is more reminiscent NOT the director
B)
Director Walter Sales more like - Same reason as A. No mention of "Dark water"
C)Director Walter Sales' movie "Dark water" is more reminiscent of -
Correct and subtle.
D)
Director Walter Sales reminds one more of - Same as A. No mention of "Dark water"
E)Director Walter Sales' movie "Dark water" more resembles that of - Incorrect.
E) Director Walter Sales' movie "Dark water" more resembles that of Amenabar's cult classic "The Others" than Nakata's "The Ring"
Say "that" is refering to movie..
Director Walter Sales' movie "Dark water" more resembles the movie of Amenabar's cult classic "The Others" than Nakata's "The Ring"
Parallelism Error + Meaning distortion,
more X than Y
more resembles the movie of ABC's XYZ than resembles the movie of PQR's "LMN"
"the movie of ABC's XYZ" and usage of "resemble" is Soo wrong. Why would anybody use possessive to define movie, if they're specifically defining it with "the movie of" before.
The comparison in E is completely flawed.
P.S. I think I over-analyzed E.