If you've liked the series then this would feel the same. But unlike the series the only negative part of the movie was how they skipped a few things in the end to lay emphasis on the last fight which ultimately created a few plot holes.
There was a bit of hype surrounding this movie, and it's actually more a coming of age movie than a straight cannibal movie. However , there's one particular scene to make you uneasy for sure, and some others in much lesser degree (or so this horror hound speaks).. It reminded me a bit of Ginger Snaps but with another horror palette so to speak. This still means you should see this movie! Fingerlicking good....
Red band trailer was nowhere near to the whole picture, the final version. Oh boy, that's something! It disturbed and disgusted me at some points, but it could balance it with funny and gorgeous moments. Mananged to merge a coming of age with a drug addict movie, however in this case drug was substituted with flesh. And the most astonishing feature was that kept surpising me in the whole runtime, altough I expected something wierd would happen, but even weirder did every time.
Like this one a lot. This is one of a very select few who I seen were able to put Bugs Bunny in his place and kick his ass. This is one of my most memorable cartoons watching as a kid. Them falling in the airplane is what stuck out the most - even to this day.
I am convinced that memory has a gravitational force. It is constantly attracting us. Those who have a memory are able to live in the fragile present moment.
after 30min: what the heck i am watching here ?
after 60min: ok, i got the story. So what now ?
after 90min: what?! Are you serious. That makes no sense. What a s****y movie.
after 120min: wow! just, wow!
after 147min: what a totally great movie. Typical Lynch, but it make much MUCH more sense than "Lost Highway".
Totally liked it. Rating: 8/10
I love this movie!
An audiovisual poem from a medieval poem. A personal vision that turns a knight into a normal man, whose brief moment of bravery changes his destiny for good. It is a beautiful film, which seeks in aesthetics the visualization of the transformation process of Gawain, who renounces the traditional narrative to rise to dreams and fantasy. It is, therefore, a film to be absorbed, which aims to seduce rather than tell.
The film starts well (first half hour) and ends well (last 30 minutes), the rest is mostly filler scenes. The cinematography is original and polished, and the story follows the original epic poem more or less faithfully (but it takes some licenses too). It is a good choice for lovers of Arthurian/Medieval stories with a touch of philosophical meaning, but for the rest it will make for a slow and overly long film.
Edit. I forgot to comment, it's a movie to watch with headphones, because most of the dialogue is done almost in whispers.
The Green Knight is a transfixing transformation of a great epic poem into a perfect art film.
If anyone was gonna adapt 'Dark Souls' to film, this would be the team to do it.
"Now... off with your head."
'The Green Knight' is a Christmas movie! Live with it or live in denial.
David Lowery is now a director to keep an extra eye on, in terms of his next project.
It's rare these days that we get these super weird adult fantasy movies that feels like 'The Princess Bride', but more...well, adult.
Everything on a technical and production level is flawless. Protection design, costumes, make-up, score, visual effects, Dev Patel's jizz, and the cinematography.
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays everyone!
Great film, in cinematography and storytelling, but I struggled with how much of an idiot they portrayed Gawain to be for most of the film.
Of course we wouldn’t have any story if he had listened closely to what the green knight had said and not taken the entire head off, subsequently pushing himself into the deepest pits of despair, believing his life would be forfeit if he went in the journey… but that also made the story.
What a weak character he starts out as. Silent even when the woman who loves him asks a crucial question. And too trusting of strangers in the wood… not even taking his sword when he runs. That was entirely too silly. Not at all convinced his journey makes him any stronger or better. Sure, he does find some courage in the end of the film, but not after having been a coward all his life.
Although a cool cinematographic trick, panning the camera around and showing his bones in the future, I’m so far confused as to what purpose it served. It seems a little useless. A moment of confusion and “oh is that it”, but then it’s taken back?
I liked the “are you real or are you a spirit?” - “what is the difference? I just need my head.”
As it becomes striking that he is on a mystical journey and this is not a common story at all, it was increasingly well received. The fox in his colours, the beautiful books, impossibly deep springs … I am not familiar with the original tale but I was suspecting him to have been the green knight and it being a circular story. At the very least for him to having freed the old and becoming the new. But it seemed like his mother had called the knight to begin with, so many questions arising as watching.
Be wary of promises where you exchange gifts. She might give him a child. I really wanted him to interact with the blind lady on his own. I wonder what she was all about. Was she symbolic him? Blind and mute?
Absolutely adored that the lady in the castle in effect made a photograph of him. That was terrific.
“Red is the colour of lust, but green is what lust leaves behind after, in the heart. In the womb”
Love how both Gawain and his fox were in a trap by the two in the castle.
A wonderful mystical journey and stunning images. Worth the watch.
Luca
Definitely not one of the best pixar movies, but not the worst either. It's an enjoyable film, with excellent animation but with a story too simple to be a Pixar film (especially after their last work, Soul).
There are a lot of references to movies, music and Italian actors (the fantastic Mastroianni hanging in the Vespa they created) that symbolized the so-called "Italian Golden Age", which starts in the 50s and ends in the early 70s. In addition, the film succeeds in representing what was the Italian dream of the young people of the time: the much admired Vespa.
However, as I said at the beginning, the plot has nothing special, so it didn't keep my interest threshold too high.
[-] The plot is too simple; there is no real climax
[+] Excellent animations, nice quotes that make us dive more into the Italian 50's.
6/10
Being a Colombian I can tell you that it was set in a perfect way.
The colors, the cultural diversity, the music that represents us, the typical foods, the personalities, everything. You could even say that the background on the violence is very well done. In Colombia we have a big problem that is forced internal displacement, so much so that we are the number one country in this. The fact that they gave a few little moments about this conflict ... brought me to tears, but I really appreciate it.
It is the perfect tribute to my beautiful land. I loved it.
In addition, I feel that it is very easy to connect with the characters and give each one a little development, considering that there are so many.
I have a little criticism for the movie though. I feel like a little more explanation was needed as to why Mirabel could not receive the miracle when she was a child and the specific reason why Casita was cracking. Maybe they could make it a bit longer to explain this, but overall I liked it.
Pd: Lin Manuel Miranda never disappoints, I'm his fan 4eveeeeer
Like a forgettable Thanksgiving dinner, there was a lot going on but not as much drama as you expected.
This is basically a soundtrack album because there are a lot of decent songs but there isn't really any conflict. In the absence of a 'bad guy', the film lacks grandeur and stakes. Each problem that pops up is resolved in a couple of minutes so there is little here to hold the interest of anyone who's successfully graduated puberty.
The best that can be said about this movie is that it has... "charm." But for the most part it seems like a loose repetition of already known elements: songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda that seem taken from "In the Heights", the colorful design that we have seen in "Moana"... But compared to the other Latin Disney movie, "Coco" (2017), is much less creative and the absence of a clear antagonist flattens the story too much.
the movie is good, but something was missing. the script is kind of confusing and without climax, besides the characters are poorly developed, I wanted to see more of the rest of the family, mainly from Bruno, who should be more like a second protagonist. the songs are great and the animation is so beautiful. far from being a bad movie but it ends up being forgettable, i hope they make a series about the madrigal family
Vampyr (1932) is a German gothic horror movie that was directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
It tells the story of Allan Gray, a man who takes up lodgings in a small inn in the village of Courtempierre. Gray has a particular interest in the supernatural. Shortly after arriving at the inn, he starts to feel uneasy as if a sinister force is descending upon him. In the middle of the night he is suddenly awoken by an old man who tells him ‘she must not die.’ The mans daughter, Leone, has been bitten by a vampire and in order to break the curse, Gray and Leone’s sister, Gisele must find the sire vampire and drive a stake through its heart.
The atmosphere of Vampyr, partnered with its visual effects, make it one of the creepier horror movies from the 1930’s that I have personally seen. With minimal dialogue, the tone of this movie stayed extremely intense for almost the entirety of its runtime.
I would recommend this movie to anybody who enjoys gothic horror or creepy, dark movies.
Am I the only person that thinks the main character resembles H.P. Lovecraft?
First 45 minutes were not so good, middle was great, ending was a bit odd.
A must-watch for anyone. The story is still applicable with all the racial profiling nowadays. Especially, but not only, in the USA. The movie is beautifully done and gives hope.
[IFFR] A journey through the desert to reach the village where father and son live, it becomes a representation of the family, patriarchal power and the division of the sexes. Despite a drunken and violent father, the son follows him (perhaps he will also become a drunken and violent father). There is good handling of the camera (in the long shot in the village), but the length is long for the scope of the narration.
In all fairness to my dislike for Gaspard Noé, I probably liked this one because I misunderstood it.
The ineffable Béatrice Dalle plays the director of a film about witches starring Charlotte Gainsbourg. The first act of Lux Æterna is a dialog between these Queens where they discuss witch moments in the past that affected them. That's when I understood Noé is telling us modern day actresses are treated now like witches were historically.
I won't go into spoilers but I will say there's a male DOP at the end of both this film and and the film in the film who would've fit in well with the inquisition. (Is this character meant to represent Noé? Could it be a confession of his own misogyny?)
If the film really is what I understood it to be, then it's an excellent condemnation of the treatment of women in the film industry. If I got all this wrong, then Lux Æterna is just another shiny bauble in Noé's bag of tricks.
[Filmin] Possibly the film in which Gaspar Noé most clearly shows his concept of cinema. The shooting is hell, even more than the staging. The need to challenge the comfort of the viewer (in the images and in the narration) is again present, in the different points of view. His vision surrounds the campaign of a fashion brand with mystery, which continues with the short film "Summer of '21" (2020), starring Charlotte Rampling. Only a director like Gaspar Noé can turn witches into Yves Saint Laurent models. "Sexocide: the genocide of the witches".
A very typical Noe film. His films are always pretty extreme but this time it genuinely wants to be as unwatchable as possible. It took me a little bit to get into this. At 49 minutes, it's visually painful but also an oddly hypnotizing experience about the thrill and stress of filmmaking. I can’t imagine watching this in a theater. It starts with a calm note and the situation becomes increasingly chaotic as the film goes. The split screen feels gimmicky at first but it's where the stress builds as you don't know what to pay attention to. This is one that's going to stay with me.
This movie is my definition of the phrase "WTF did i just watch".
So understated, so subtle. Yet so powerful. What a masterpiece this is. Without a doubt the best superhero movie ever made. You ask 50 people what their favorite superhero movie is, Unbreakable will probably not even be mentioned. But that 51st person, the one who says "Unbreakable", that's the one who really knows about movies.
Gun Fu, Gun Porn, Stylized Ultra violence, call it whatever you want, but, one thing is certain, John Wick 3 delivered it all, and then brought you second and third helpings. Tom Cruise gets a lot of cred for doing his own increasingly elaborate stunts for each M.I. installment, but I'll see you EVERY stunt the couch jumping Mr. Cruise has done his ENTIRE career, for the first two action sequences in this movie ALONE! Also, Keanu Reeves isn't just harnessed to a plane or rappelling down the side of a building and leaping across roof tops. Reeves weapons handling and combined intricate fight sequences aren't the result of Steven Seagal style quick cuts, Fast and Furious edits, post SFX, or tricky camera angles to disguise whats actually happening. It's VISCERAL, because the camera lingers on the mayhem so that the viewer can savor each strike, slash, stab, and gunshot, and ALL the accompanying carnage. Not in Sam Peckinpah slo-mo, but in real time, yet, somehow, one is still able to take it all in, and then the sequence would end, just about the same time you remembered to BREATHE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=20&v=nrawit53W7s
Yes, it's over the top, but this is the world John Wick inhabits. A culture of hired assassins, an entire society, existing just beneath the surface of the one you and I can see, the one the rest of us inhabit. A society with rank and file members, management, service, and executive classes, and RULES. And it is the rules, which have kept order from devolving into chaos for hundreds of years, that have made them "different from the animals".
For the love of his deceased wife, a car, and a puppy, John Wick reached his proverbial "last straw". (John Wick 1) For his loyalty to a blood oath, which was broken, he violated a cardinal rule, and was marked for death. (John Wick 2) Yet, using those same rules and oaths, (and his particularly unique set of skills) he was able to braid for himself a life-line, tenuous as it was, but a life-line nevertheless. The powers that be cannot allow that to happen, and seek to intimidate, punish, and if necessary eliminate each of those who extended him a thread of that line, even if they technically only "stretched" the rules. What they have failed to realize is that John Wick's reputation as the "Baba Yaga", the proverbial Boogie-man, is not only well earned, but, if anything, it is UNDER stated.
Those who were paying attention saw that we actually DID get quite a bit of origin/back story on the eponymous Mr. Wick, as well as a glimpse into the world of the contract killers, as to how the contracts are put out, and the hierarchy that pulls the strings behind the scenes. I look forward to seeing this expanded upon in future installments
Kudos and Props this installment to Iron Chef Mark Dacascos and a host of other Asian Martial Artists as the closest thing John has to true competition, yet, they are at the same time fanboys who geek out at getting a chance to fight him.
To Halle Berry, for NAILING her fight sequences, then being a trooper and not quitting when her scenes cost her a couple of broken ribs. Her character obviously has some issues with the menfolk, considering how many she shot in the "kibbles and bits. Also props to the trainers of her two pups, and the stunt men for allowing same said puppers to gnaw precariously close to their kibbles and bits until she shot them. OUCH!
In case you doubt me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=66&v=xa2RJPrY2Og
To Laurence Fishburne, for making sure that Neo still has Morpheus as a Mentor, even if you "sometimes have to cut a Mo Fo".. All we need now is Carrie-Anne Moss' Trinity to show up in the inevitable Part 4, and all will be right in the Universe. (make it happen writers)
10 out of 10 - Best of the 3 so far IMO
Better action movie than Endgame. Fite me.
