Stoker

what the fuck...this was fucking brilliant. i did not expect this at all. it was so fun to watch but also genuinely good, like that perfect mix of a movie that gives you that weird addictive feeling but is actually well made. nicole kidman… so fucking good. she was cold, seductive, distant, and i hated her but also couldn’t stop watching her. every time she was on screen i hated her but i didnt want her to leave lol. and matthew goode as charles? unbelievable psychopath. i’ve seen him in The Imitation Game and he was great there, but this was a completely different level; i genuinely believe it’s going to be hard for me to watch him in anything else now and not see a psychopath. india, mia wasikowska, was really interesting. quiet, reserved, almost blank at first. it gave me Wednesday Adams vibes. then you slowly realise there’s something violent in her. and then you realise it’s not just something small, it’s really there. the attraction to her uncle genuinely surprised me. i didn’t expect her to lean into it, and i definitely didn’t expect her to kill him. i thought they were going to end up together in some twisted way. the whole incest undertone obviously reminded me of Oldboy since it’s park chan-wook, and apparently he explores incest themes in other films too, which is wild. visually it’s gorgeous. the cinematography is beautiful, almost like a painting. every frame looks deliberate. and it’s thrilling without being loud about it. once it hooks you, you genuinely can’t look away. the vibe is strange, eerie, seductive. and what i liked most is that every small critique i had while watching it kind of disappeared because the movie would address it or justify it later. everything felt intentional by the end. just an amazing experience. very weird, very dark, but so good.