nah who the fuck was this movie feeling like

it was definitely going for that lynch uncanniness, but with characters so impressively uninteresting, bafflingly tedious pacing, and the often nauseating production surrounding that, it falls short in every way. i rarely ever feel so detached from a movie. 

the music, while i’d say some of its pretty okay in a vacuum, was egregious in context of accompanying scenes, more often than not further shitting on whatever tension might’ve been. 

oh and the kid was ugly. so persistently ugly and annoying it was pissing me off. “daddy’s wearing hot dogs” was the last straw i actively wanted a child dead. and then the dog caught a stray instead. okay

fuckass movie

nah who the fuck was this movie feeling like

it was definitely going for that lynch uncanniness, but with characters so impressively uninteresting, bafflingly tedious pacing, and the often nauseating production surrounding that, it falls short in every way. i rarely ever feel so detached from a movie. 

the music, while i’d say some of its pretty okay in a vacuum, was egregious in context of accompanying scenes, more often than not further shitting on whatever tension might’ve been. 

oh and the kid was ugly. so persistently ugly and annoying it was pissing me off. “daddy’s wearing hot dogs” was the last straw i actively wanted a child dead. and then the dog caught a stray instead. okay

fuckass movie

The opening sequence suggested a level of camp that the rest of the film did not follow through with (I completely get why though), and I think the flashbacks could have been interwoven better. However, I do really like how this deconstructed itself as the most 80s film to ever 80s. Great cinematography and nice use of colors too.

The opening sequence suggested a level of camp that the rest of the film did not follow through with (I completely get why though), and I think the flashbacks could have been interwoven better. However, I do really like how this deconstructed itself as the most 80s film to ever 80s. Great cinematography and nice use of colors too.

Kind of becomes predictable at a certain point, but the ending was fucking crazy.

Kind of becomes predictable at a certain point, but the ending was fucking crazy.

“i’m never gonna let you go.”

damn. i feel really conflicted about this one but i DO like it, or rather i liked the start. the beginning of the film is super giallo, and then you just kinda never get that again, which is unfortunate. the movie has a lot of really great camera shots, particularly the close-ups of the eyes, and some other rather dizzying shots, and the score too is pretty great. sometimes it’s synthy and brooding, other times it’s thumping and wistful, but where the movie ultimately fails is in it’s story telling and delivery. it starts too many things and then doesn’t develop them, and it goes in too many different directions. the movies haphazardly introduces characters with no intention of developing them further and gives you no reason to care about them. the structure is super weird and uses this weird sort of like flashback narrative that you don’t even understand is happening until the last half hour. i guess what i really want is for this film to better than it is, and i feel like if it had cut the awkward time jumps and just focused on the thriller narrative it was spinning at the beginning it would be remembered more fondly. super insane ending though so kudos for that! watch this for pretty spectacular performances from david keith and catherine moriarty and not much else.

“i’m never gonna let you go.”

damn. i feel really conflicted about this one but i DO like it, or rather i liked the start. the beginning of the film is super giallo, and then you just kinda never get that again, which is unfortunate. the movie has a lot of really great camera shots, particularly the close-ups of the eyes, and some other rather dizzying shots, and the score too is pretty great. sometimes it’s synthy and brooding, other times it’s thumping and wistful, but where the movie ultimately fails is in it’s story telling and delivery. it starts too many things and then doesn’t develop them, and it goes in too many different directions. the movies haphazardly introduces characters with no intention of developing them further and gives you no reason to care about them. the structure is super weird and uses this weird sort of like flashback narrative that you don’t even understand is happening until the last half hour. i guess what i really want is for this film to better than it is, and i feel like if it had cut the awkward time jumps and just focused on the thriller narrative it was spinning at the beginning it would be remembered more fondly. super insane ending though so kudos for that! watch this for pretty spectacular performances from david keith and catherine moriarty and not much else.

thats the last time i’ll listen to a movie recommendation from tik tok

thats the last time i’ll listen to a movie recommendation from tik tok