Saw it - It is legit. worth watching in a theatre, preferably with someone that appreciates subtleties and cinematography. 9 out of 10
Nicholas Hoult Says Bill Skarsgård's Prosthetic Penis From 'Nosferatu' Is Framed At His Home https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nosf...-robert-eggers_n_676b3dd8e4b05a0a34083911/amp
I love Eggers, the Witch is a masterpiece but this was exactly what I feared it would be from when I first saw the trailer, Eggers doing Eggers to a fault. It felt like the same scene 100 times in a row. It’s not a piece of sh*t or anything - it’s just on the nose as far he goes. I could feel him “directing” to the point it kept pulling me out of the film, at times forcing the production design down our throats instead of letting it all organically happen more like in the Witch. It’s the worst feeling when I leave the theater thinking, I’m not sure I ever need to see that again. I look forward to more of his original content but from a filmmaking perspective he needs to take a step next time out.
I kind of agree with you and just saw it yesterday. I wanted to love it, but it was so much like watching an overwrought play, looking at my watch, sighing. Some of the scenes work really well, but it felt bloated and super repetitive to me. Maybe you just can't give this guy a budget and an all-star cast, The VVitch was nearly perfect in its economy and story-telling. Nitpicks and then things I did like in this movie: Spoiler * Nosferatu himself is just not scary, and I can't understand his dialogue very well when he speaks English. The moustache was definitely a mistake, and the wheezing was nearly campy. * Loved his assistant's madness. Probably the best Renfield or whatever that I've ever seen on film. * Loved misty snow scenes, a lot, and there are a lot of them. But they were just ends in themselves. * Hoult's arrival and visit to the castle, early in the film, are wonderfully told and genuinely creepy. * I thought the film really went downhill once they decamp to the main characters' coastal home town with the plague and all that. * Dafoe seemed to think the whole movie was camp. He was entertaining, but kind of like being the one character in a play who's in on the joke. * I wonder if they included one Christmas tree just so this one can join the Christmas movie debate, haha. * the blood spurting scenes were kinda silly and felt like Monty Python to me. Overall, meh. Probably getting too much hype.
To quote Jon Waters - "I believe if you come out of a movie and the first thing you say is, 'The cinematography was beautiful,' it's a bad movie."
Well, he would say that! (I really like his movies and think Pecker is his overlooked magnum opus, haha.)
Ireland largely sided with the Germans in WWII. Thinking a weakened England would allow for a united Ireland. Just sayin.
I pulled up this thread after we went out for dinner. Got the 10:30 pm tix. Whenever we go out its always an alamo type theater. Left halfway through because was passing tf out and just far too uncomfortable. After a new era of watching at home/ home theater projector setups its hard to do normal cramped theaters will eventually finish the 2nd half. Felt like an artistic piece, not sure if it was actually scary though
Saw it yesterday, it was decent to good. I would give Bram Stoker's Dracula an A+ so this was a B or B+ Was kind of meh and desensitized to the beginning and it got better with more character development and the Nosferatu's opposing forces entering the show. It ended strong and overall was good.
