Thanks! I don’t think i saw any of them. Will check them out.
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That was me lol. Yeah The Wailing is miles ahead of anything Eggers has ever done. I know lots of ppl like him and Ari Aster, but they’re wannabes imo.
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Tonight was The Northman night. Can a movie be any slower? It just goes on and on but to nowhere. Dark, whispering characters, and a plot that we absolutely know what will happen. At least give me bunch of unexpected deaths or some plot twists.
Also I’ve never heard this many drones since Dune? It just makes the movie feel even slower…
I think if someone cut a movie out of Vikings (TV Show ), that would be better than this.
Still watchable.
It’s not that I rate or like Eggers films in particular. For example I thought The Northman was hilarious but of course it’s not meant to be (or is it?) I enjoyed it but it’s not great at all. Also, Nosferatu is probably one of the most disappointing visits to a cinema in my entire life. There are a few scenes that I found beautiful but the dialogue was atrocious and the characters were 2D. There is a lot of repetition (also in dialogue) and it seems genuinely like they had no idea how to convey the storyline to make it in any way captivating, other worldly or fresh. All the more disappointing because there’s plenty to run with. Even Dafoe couldn’t save it. The hype got to me and my expectations were off the scale 
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Substance was like a really serious acid trip going a strange route … super intense but I was also relieved when it ended.
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The Northman is more of an anti-Viking movie, where the protagonist is effectively the villain. The message I took is that these romanticized historical legends look a lot different when translated faithfully, and the concept of “the hero” gets a lot murkier when you put them in a more modern context.
The Northman is just a retelling of Hamlet, though. It’s a fairy tale movie, and a damn good one at that in my opinion! I didn’t care for it particularly on my first watch, but just like The Lighthouse I came to appreciate it on a second viewing alot more.
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I hate to be a “well, actually” guy, but it’s the other way around. The Norse legend of Amleth was the basis for Hamlet. But I love the movie all the same. Naked viking battle at the Gates of Hell is the most metal ending of any movie, ever.
I was too damn confused about what was happening in my first viewing of The Lighthouse to realize how funny that movie is, but Dafoe is an absolute riot
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Oh I wasn’t aware of that, thanks for the correction!
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I did see the northman but it was a couple years ago and my memory of it is mostly that there were too many elements of a fever dream with lots of symbolism and unexplained supernatural things going on. I think it was well filmed but mostly I remember the hamlet parallels and thinking how the hell did this weird hermit survive living in the cave of fear and mushroom dreams, or whatever.
So in the present, I’ve tried to watch conclave a couple of times and just kinda got held up like 20 minutes in by the sheer amount of marble walls and images of Catholicism, but today I have successfully made it 3/4 of the way through conclave and it’s a pretty good film, although I will reserve judgement until the end which I may or may not make it to because I’ve been under the weather for like a week and my patience for people and movies is thin at best.
I’ll be sure to let everyone know if it turns to shit in the third act, although at this point in my life there are very few movies which I can’t predict the outcome of within the first 30 minutes and I’m pretty sure that I see where this is going.
The score is a really intense orchestral piece with a lot of violent string striking over more muted, tense progressions and is helping add to the claustrophobia of them being sequestered, which in my opinion is effective film making, but again we’ll see where it goes.
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Finished Conclave. Lot of “action” in the third act. Predictions were almost verbatim the final plot arc. Felt like a good film overall but maybe a little labored and, in the end, I was reminded that it was a hollywood film and thus I got more of the “what a twist” vibe than a genuine sense of meaning out of the (so to speak) moral of the story.
Sadly I saw the twist coming so really was mostly just seeing it as screenwriting rather than feeling immersed. Still worth a viewing if you’re on the fence, I’m sure not everyone ruins movies for themselves like I do.
Currently watching Crust 2024 directed by and starring Sean Whalen. Weird low mid budget comedy horror. Reminds me a little of The Greasy Strangler.
So far I like it but I lose interest easily so we’ll see where it goes.
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Just shot to the top of my list. Always nice to find someone else who’s watched Greasy Strangler.
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Did you see the director’s other film with aubrey plaza and craig robinson called an evening with beverly luff linn? It’s not as weird as the greasy strangler but still very weird lol
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Not yet, but I’m open to it. I really enjoy weird off-putting movies in general. If you also like them, although a different genre I’d say, Fried Barry is a fun one (it isnt nearly as grease-oriented as it sounds, given the context of talking about Greasy Strangler). I haven’t seen the director’s recent remake of Street Trash but it’s on my list.
A more hesitant recommendation would be one from the 90s called Bad Boy Bubby. It’s an odd mix of repulsive, heartwarming, occasionally problematic, often within the same stretch of film. It’s certainly a striking piece of cinema though. Incredibly has an audience score of 88% on RT, I am flabbergasted by this although I also liked the film.
Pretty surprised that I’ve never heard of it considering I did a tour at blockbuster in the 90’s. I do like oddball movies although not as much as I did in my youth I suppose, but I’m not huge on gross out humor. Weird is good though.
More mainstream weird but I liked gentlemen broncos a lot. Jemaine Clement is pretty funny most of the time.
I’m guessing BBB didn’t get American distribution at that time, it was Australian indie and (I assume) pretty low budget. Could be wrong though. If you can get through the opening half hour, I think it’s a rewarding watch. But it certainly won’t be for everyone.
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FlyLo is that you?
no idea why is it labeled as horror
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Cronenberg’s most depressing movie. I really liked the score.
Mickey 17 was good fun… a few unexpected brit actors appear , some nice cg, … though i do think he (pattinson) has a weird accent.
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