killme89 1,278 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 It was amazing , I can’t get that final shot out of my head. 1 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roughhouse Dandy 9,027 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Gorehound said: yet in this movie it's so much more brutal and disturbing and I've never seem it been done like that before. Yes! Loved that aspect. This is the first film that made me scared of vampires. Usually the glamour extends to the actual biting and makes it all seem pleasurable, but the visceral tone here was so much more impactful to me while making the sexual undertones feel more (accurately) predatory. Plus, the Spoiler Killing of the children and depiction of n*crophilia made it all feel like the most Victorian thing ever put on screen lmao Masterpiece tbh Edited January 6 by Roughhouse Dandy This is my Hannah Montana™️ lipgloss. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavadour 2,043 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) Not seen yet. Looking forward how this one stands up against Murnau's and Herzog's... Not a fan of Skarsgård though. But I saw pics of Lilly-Rose and between her mom's cheekbones and her father's eyes I find her face really hypnotic. I also loved The Lighthouse. Such a delightful nightmarish game-like movie. So count me in ! Edited January 6 by Cavadour Late to the party but I got a diamond heart 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidsdaze 171 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I really enjoyed it, kinda camp. Lilly Depps over dramatisation in some scenes would really take me out of the experience and I’d chuckle lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 105,337 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) It's a 5/10 to me. The visuals were great but Eggers didn't really do anything with this retelling. Which begs the question on why this movie exist? It is not more interesting than the ones done by Dreyer or Murnau or Herzog or especially Coppola. Also, it devoid of emotion. The only actors that works their role was Dafoe, the rest of them doesn't seem to know how silly the material is. There was a scene by Lilly Rose that actually got me laughed by just how funny it is when it shouldn't. And the plotting issue, it just making the movie so tiring and relenting, everything that comes after leaving the castle felt like the director really tried hard to juggle what he set up, unsuccessfully. There's not enough here to be transformative, even if there's a reason to recommend simply because of its beauty. In short; Edited January 6 by RAMROD (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝐹𝒶𝒾𝓇 (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roughhouse Dandy 9,027 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 4 minutes ago, Cavadour said: Not a fan of a fan of Skarsgård though Well, the good news for you is between the vocal changes and prosthetics, it's basically not even him anymore lol That man could've been a nameless local actor and it wouldn't have made a big difference. This is my Hannah Montana™️ lipgloss. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Oliver 21,419 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) 1 hour ago, Roughhouse Dandy said: Less scary than I anticipated, but more disturbing. That was my initial thought as well! I saw it last Saturday and it was amazing. I agree there’s not so much going on plot-wise, I’d say, but I like that, the slow pace kinda allows us viewers to ruminate and delve into our own dark thoughts, idk if that makes any sense The people from that little village “plot” kinda went nowhere for me…? Were they killing other potential vampires? I was a little confused about that. I haven’t seen the previous Nosferatu movies Edited January 6 by Sneaky Oliver 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 71,461 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I definitely want to catch it in theaters 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorehound 4,017 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Sneaky Oliver said: That was my initial thought as well! I saw it last Saturday and it was amazing. I agree there’s not so much going on plot-wise, I’d say, but I like that, the slow pace kinda allows us viewers to ruminate and delve into our own dark thoughts, idk if that makes any sense The people from that little village “plot” kinda went nowhere for me…? Were they killing other potential vampires? I was a little confused about that. I haven’t seen the previous Nosferatu movies Spoiler Eggers is really interested in folklore and it was apparently common to see people in those regions perform rituals like that when they actually believed in vampires. They would dig up the graves of people they thought were vampires and drive metal stakes into them to pin them down so that they couldn't rise again. And the virgin on the white horse was believed to not be able to walk across the graves of vampires, so that was their way of locating them them. Edited January 6 by Gorehound I'm fine, Ta 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
princedeeblebleble 775 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 It was beautiful, in an disturbing way! I do wish there was something added to the story, like the folklore parts were nice aditions, but overall it was more of a vibey visual film, than a storytelling movie. Like none of the characters made me root for them or whatever. I was mainly just okaay where is this going. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookerOnAChurch 6,677 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Already best movie of the year! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletubby 138,263 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 @Rat Boy was one of 5000 rats they used in it 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEETHTEETH 1,572 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 The cinematography was beautiful. Fantastic cast. Loved the full frontal. But all that being said it felt so dragged out. I would’ve enjoyed it more if it wasn’t almost a three hour movie. Not my favorite from his collection of masterpieces Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowLoris 975 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) 3 hours ago, Gorehound said: Well does it really matter if the movie doesn't have anything particularly profound to say in concerns with modern day? Can't it just be an adaptation of a victorian horror story for sake of it? It's very faithful to the original book thematically and I think Eggers was more interested in simply depicting this iconic story in his unique style (which is often style over substance). It's a depiction of a story that is antiquated. It is very much art for art's sake but I don't see a problem with that. Not everything has to be political. And I think their attempts to curve the elements of misogyny in it were more just tools to help elevate Ellen's heroism at the end rather than to try and make a statement. I don't think art must be for a grand purpose. After all, I am on a pop forum. It's just my personal taste that I want to feel changed by the art that I consume with the precious time I have. I want to chew on it for days. And when a film bills itself as some kind of "arthouse" work for avid cinema buffs, and not necessarily for the grand public, I will gravitate there towards because I hope to get something that will give me a new point of view. This film was talked up by a bunch of pop journalists as an artsy fartsy work, but in the end the artfulness was mostly in the aesthetic. Which, of course, isn't "bad", but it doesn't align with my personal tastes in film. Some people don't require that to enjoy something, and that's completely fine. I guess I was just speaking from my personal taste in reaction to the discours being all about "this film isn't for people who don't like slow goth stuff". I love slow goth stuff and don't like it that much lol I'd give it 6/10 because it was very beautiful and captivating, but the story was just a repeat of something we've seen multiple times (book, AND 2 precedent films), which I wasn't really looking for. Edited January 6 by SlowLoris 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorehound 4,017 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 29 minutes ago, SlowLoris said: I don't think art must be for a grand purpose. After all, I am on a pop forum. It's just my personal taste that I want to feel changed by the art that I consume with the precious time I have. I want to chew on it for days. And when a film bills itself as some kind of "arthouse" work for avid cinema buffs, and not necessarily for the grand public, I will gravitate there towards because I hope to get something that will give me a new point of view. This film was talked up by a bunch of pop journalists as an artsy fartsy work, but in the end the artfulness was mostly in the aesthetic. Which, of course, isn't "bad", but it doesn't align with my personal tastes in film. Some people don't require that to enjoy something, and that's completely fine. I guess I was just speaking from my personal taste in reaction to the discours being all about "this film isn't for people who don't like slow goth stuff". I love slow goth stuff and don't like it that much lol I'd give it 6/10 because it was very beautiful and captivating, but the story was just a repeat of something we've seen multiple times (book, AND 2 precedent films), which I wasn't really looking for. Ye I get you that's absolutely fair. Tbh I'm very similar when it comes to alternative movies. But for Eggers I let it slide because I absolutely love his aesthetic and eye for design so much I don't mind if it sometimes lacks in message. Plus the story of Dracula is one of my all time favourites and I was happy to just see the typical story done again but in his style cuz he still added so much to it visually. I'm fine, Ta Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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