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interesting. pre-release twitter impressions for indie darlings are just as vapid as the ones for big studio tentpoles. learn something new everyday
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it's the kind of too clever by half stuff critics do and you can only really get away with it if it's paired with actual analysis, which obviously can't be done in one tweet. we get the joke. it's still stupid.
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bort posted:Was there anything symbolic about Connie's body? I don't remember much about it, but all the others stand out. I don't see a reason for how Simon was trussed up, but do we get an idea how Connie died or anything? haven't seen the movie yet but in the script she's dressed the same way as a small boy was for a ritual that wasn't part of the finished movie. the conceit of that ritual was the boy resolving to sacrifice himself to the river and the assembled community begging him not to; basically a theatrical show of will that doesn't result in any deaths. but then connie becomes that sacrifice so it's implied that ritual really DOES require someone to die.
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surf rock posted:The cult's pair of suicide volunteers are given a yew stick or something to lick before the building is set on fire, and they're told it'll prevent pain and fear. But the non-Ingemar guy starts freaking the gently caress out when he catches fire. I wasn't sure what to make of that. Is the idea that they lied about the yew doing anything and that the cult members are also kind of getting hosed over? Or that the guy regretted his decision to volunteer? That few seconds really confused me since everyone's real committed to this cult stuff and there's no indication of any of them batting an eyelash at literally anything else they do. And this guy probably also did the exchange-student thing; he's been out and about in the world and knows that he's volunteering to die. the fire sacrifice is the capstone and the thing that only happens once every 90 years, so for everyone except those with knowledge of the ritual it'll be their only time seeing it. whatever objections some might have won't matter since everyone who saw it happen will be dead the next go-round.
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Hot Legless Cats posted:I don't think it's a stretch to see Pelle's interest in her joining them as being relatively innocent - he knows a place where everyone is family, the olive garden?
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