First impressions for Alex Garland's MEN starting to roll in
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I'm usually happy to share if someone asks, but I can't with this one sorry.
Same. I've loved everything he has done. Yes even when he wrote 28 Weeks Later.
I think I'll wait to watch it at home. Feels like I'll enjoy more in my own space.
Love Ex Machina, hated Devs. Annihilation was a visual masterpiece, but the novel was a better told story.
..then again away from directing The Beach was life changing for me and means he'll always get some kind of pass with his projects 😅
Love Ex Machina, hated Devs. Annihilation was a visual masterpiece, but the novel was a better told story.
..then again away from directing The Beach was life changing for me and means he'll always get some kind of pass with his projects 😅
I think Garland is a really good director but his writing can leave a lot to be desired. Great eye for visuals though.
I like "Annihilation" more than "Ex Machina" and I actually liked "Last Night in Soho" and "Promising Young Woman". So I hope I'll like this one too. This is Garland, so I think it will be interesting at least visually. And his projects usually have a cool sound and soundtrack.
i loved Annihilation and Ex Machina, but man, Devs was… too much everything. I've been meaning to go back and watch it, but I remember it just not working at all.
holy shit The Last Duel was written by Nicole Holofcener? TIL. i remember studying Friends With Money at uni as our lecturer was a huge fan who lamented that her writing and directing went under-appreciated. it's cool to see she was so integral to such a great recent film. i should really watch more of her stuff
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If people are saying this has a dose of von Trier thrown in for good measure then count me in! Antichrist comparisons are interesting, but the dark comedy insinuations makes me think more The House that Jack Built rather than Antichrist.
Regardless, I'm in for anything Garland. His style is perfectly attuned to my tastes.
If anyone hasn't seen The House that Jack Built, I highly recommend it. Matt Dillon is really fantastic in it.
Regardless, I'm in for anything Garland. His style is perfectly attuned to my tastes.
If anyone hasn't seen The House that Jack Built, I highly recommend it. Matt Dillon is really fantastic in it.
He's credited as story supervisor anyway, if his involvement was miniscule compared to Tameem then I rescind what I said just noted he was involved with the game's story.
His involvement was pretty minimal, as is usual for story/script supervisors. Tameem wrote the story.
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Tameem wrote and directed DmC. Garland was far, far more involved with Enslaved.
Reviews are coming in...
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Men | Rotten Tomatoes
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed...
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Men is a thrilling, deranged horror masterpiece
In Alex Garland's surreal third feature, a grieving Jessie Buckley fends off a multi-tasking Rory Kinnear
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'Men' review: Alex Garland’s surreal thriller is maddening in the best way possible
Alex Garland's 'Men' is a harrowing, maddeningly surreal journey into the English countryside that will give viewers plenty to argue about after the credits roll.
Men review – Folk female trouble withers on the vine
A woman reeling from a personal tragedy embarks on the holiday from hell in Alex Garland’s underwhelming folk horror film.
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'Men' review: Welcome to Alex Garland's gender nightmare
'Ex Machina' auteur Alex Garland dips into A24 horror in 'Men,' his confounding but beautifully crafted mood piece.
‘Men’ Review: Alex Garland’s Most Emotional And Abstract Work Is Also His Most Challenging To Decipher
Men writer-director Alex Garland is fascinated with creation and rebirth.
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A24’s ‘Men’ Review – Alex Garland Unsettles With Surreal Folk Horror
Director Alex Garland established a distinct penchant for surrealistic genre fare in just two features, Ex Machina and Annihilation. In his latest, Men, the filmmaker tries his hand at more straightforward horror, imbuing folk horror with his distinct style. It results in a more elusive effort...
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‘Men’ Review: Alex Garland’s Gender-Upender Fails to Earn Its Intense Body-Horror Finale
Alex Garland puts the 'Men' in 'menacing,' conjuring a town where the locals threaten a woman trying to escape a bad marriage.
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Men review – Alex Garland unleashes multiple Rory Kinnears in wacky folk-horror
Garland’s latest is like a scary-movie remake of Dick Emery, with excellent performances from Kinnear in a number of different roles, and Jessie Buckley
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So I just came back from seeing it. This is probably the strangest movie he's made. There's so much to unpack with the imagery in this, but it also feels weirdly on the nose? The whole movie lives in metaphor. I definitely liked it a lot.
Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear put up a hell of a performance
Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear put up a hell of a performance
Reposting what I said in the other thread:
Just saw this. Definitely really liked it.
Having sat on it a bit and discussing it with my girlfriend who didn't see the movie, I appreciate it a ton.
Just saw this. Definitely really liked it.
my audience was definitely turned off by the ending and didn't really "get it". Lots of guys at the theater being smartasses about it.
Having sat on it a bit and discussing it with my girlfriend who didn't see the movie, I appreciate it a ton.