The Lighthouse

ive been kinda going back and forth between this and nosferatu as eggers best ever since i saw it on friday, and today my dvds that i ordered from the a24 website came (this and midsommar directors cut) so i rewatched this to make up my mind. and after my 4th watch, ive confirmed that this is eggers masterpiece. the lighthouse represents the power struggle between the 2 men. willem dafoe (theyre both named thomas so im gonna refer to the characters by the actors names) has control over the light, so he has control over robert pattinson, and pattinsons desire for control over the light corrupts his mind and leads into his descent into madness and resentment towards willem dafoe. that, accompanied by his guilt over what happened to ephraim winslow and his loneliness and sexual desires (represented by the mermaid) cause him to take action against willem dafoes character, and i believe his actions lead to him being "punished" by the lighthouse and that leads to his death. thats just how i interpret it tho, but theres multiple ways to interpret it, which is what makes this movie so great. another thing is the cinematography. some of the best b&w imagery to ever be put to screnn. also, some of the best preformances of the last 10 years. im gonna put it simply: robert pattinson shouldve won that oscar instead of joaquin phoenix, and the fact that he wasnt even nominated is criminal. but what should we expect from the same people that didnt even nominate toni collette for hereditary. also the sound design is still amazing. the constant noise of the lighthouse contributes to the whole unsettling and eerie vibe weve come to expect from robert eggers. top 3 horror for me. absolute masterpiece