Other examples include the ring and more Im blanking on
So first off I watched this stoned out of my mind so that's gotta be kept in mind but the beginning was horrifying and the acting by the lead rivaled toni collette in hereditary when her daughter got killed
The rest is just fucking weird (edit: weird as in uneven, not as in a good kind of weird)
The first shrooms trip was good and well shot and appropriately scary and I like how there was stuff breathing in it just like in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, at least someone on the crew had done hallucionegens before.
But it wasnt scary at all, I usually love horror movies that are subversive and arent trying to be straight up scary that a lot of people who wanted a typical horror story are put off by it. Stuff like mother! For example
But hereditary was equal parts family drama and really really effective horror
The opening with the slow reveals and vagueness and secret brothers all seemed like obvious cliche red flags
Casting Chidi as a psych dude in this just made me think of The Good Place. Also him going back in to take pictures of the book? Come on
Theres also no reason for Reuben to look like he does and I feel like it was just an excuse to go "hey dont these people look unnatural!"
Dani's actress was phenomenal, Will Pouter was annoying but I guess that was the point,same with the main BF for for being such a shitty boyfriend and a huge gas lighter
But I didn't like Dani's heel turn well at all, I liked it more when she had realized what she had done and became completely disgusted but then coming around and smiling just makes it seem like Aster wanted to show everyone haha actually the girlfriend is the crazy one haha
Oh also my theater was fucking terrible, laughing at pretty much everything including but not limiting to a penis and suicides. I regretted coming into this showing and was contemplating walking out tbh and just catching the rest on digital or come late to another showing
It was at least shot pretty beautifully and some of the transitions were superb
I felt like at times it was really trying to hammer you over the head with references to modern day festivals i.e. the drugs, the cheating etc.
Idk there's more ramblings but yeah, basically I was disappointed it wasn't as good as Hereditary, falsely marketed as a spooky movie, I had a shitty audience, its heel turn made me angry and not just at the character and more
Prolly gonna get a looooot of shit for this threar though, I swear I usually love indie/artsy horror movies but this experience was just. Eh. And im sad/mad that I didnt enjoy myself more
So first off I watched this stoned out of my mind so that's gotta be kept in mind but the beginning was horrifying and the acting by the lead rivaled toni collette in hereditary when her daughter got killed
The rest is just fucking weird (edit: weird as in uneven, not as in a good kind of weird)
The first shrooms trip was good and well shot and appropriately scary and I like how there was stuff breathing in it just like in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, at least someone on the crew had done hallucionegens before.
But it wasnt scary at all, I usually love horror movies that are subversive and arent trying to be straight up scary that a lot of people who wanted a typical horror story are put off by it. Stuff like mother! For example
But hereditary was equal parts family drama and really really effective horror
The opening with the slow reveals and vagueness and secret brothers all seemed like obvious cliche red flags
Casting Chidi as a psych dude in this just made me think of The Good Place. Also him going back in to take pictures of the book? Come on
Theres also no reason for Reuben to look like he does and I feel like it was just an excuse to go "hey dont these people look unnatural!"
Dani's actress was phenomenal, Will Pouter was annoying but I guess that was the point,same with the main BF for for being such a shitty boyfriend and a huge gas lighter
But I didn't like Dani's heel turn well at all, I liked it more when she had realized what she had done and became completely disgusted but then coming around and smiling just makes it seem like Aster wanted to show everyone haha actually the girlfriend is the crazy one haha
Oh also my theater was fucking terrible, laughing at pretty much everything including but not limiting to a penis and suicides. I regretted coming into this showing and was contemplating walking out tbh and just catching the rest on digital or come late to another showing
It was at least shot pretty beautifully and some of the transitions were superb
I felt like at times it was really trying to hammer you over the head with references to modern day festivals i.e. the drugs, the cheating etc.
Idk there's more ramblings but yeah, basically I was disappointed it wasn't as good as Hereditary, falsely marketed as a spooky movie, I had a shitty audience, its heel turn made me angry and not just at the character and more
Prolly gonna get a looooot of shit for this threar though, I swear I usually love indie/artsy horror movies but this experience was just. Eh. And im sad/mad that I didnt enjoy myself more
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