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I really liked this movie. I liked how slow burning it was and I really enjoyed a lot of the imagery and cinematography. The whole psychedelic effect throughout the third act of the movie, with people's faces distorting like a subtler version of the Black Hole Sun video, was really good. Funnily enough I saw it with a friend of mine who is a huge horror aficionado and it seems like the perfect movie for him. His favorite movie of all time is The Wicker Man and his favorite film of last year was Hereditary. He thought this was one of the worst movies he's ever seen. Go figure! My question: what was up with all the mirrors? It seems like every other shot during the scenes set in the U.S. was filmed with a reflection. Then that just stopped once we got to Sweden.
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BrendianaJones posted:I can get someone not enjoying the movie, but those kinds of statements about movies like this always feel like hyperbole. To be fair he refers to everything with hyperbole. I’m sure if I pressed him on it he’d give it like a 4/10. Plus he was insanely hyped for it so the disappointment is probably adding to the extreme response. My biggest gripe is that the characters were all paper thin. Part of why Hereditary was so effective and upsetting is that I felt for the family. This movie was about a group of assholes getting murdered (which I guess makes sense given that it was pitched as a slasher movie). But it felt sometimes like it couldn’t decide between being a fun horror movie and a disturbing, arty one. Henchman of Santa fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Jul 4, 2019 |
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Jul 4, 2019 06:56
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Criminal Minded posted:Sorry for caps, I'm copying and pasting my own comments from elsewhere, just gonna drop this all: I am glad I’m not the only one who got major Seth Rogen vibes from Christian. The way he delivered his line to Dani about how shocked he was by the attestupan sounded exactly like one of Rogen’s line reads minus the rasp.
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Jul 4, 2019 15:05
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I think every straight woman I know has dated a Christian and one of those women happened to be sitting next to me, seeming more anxious about that than the actual horror scenes. When Dani said “it’s my fault for not reminding him” the whole theater groaned.
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Jul 4, 2019 15:50
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I had a really good theater that were definitely laughing with the movie. Didn’t catch any walkouts but I was pretty focused on the screen.
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Jul 5, 2019 00:25
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veni veni veni posted:So if she hadn't won the dance off would she have been toast with the rest of them, or had the cult already decided they liked her? Someone was wearing his face. I thought it was Ruben because of the heavy breathing but it’s probably the guy who yelled at Mark about the tree. Not sure who the second person was. As far as the May Queen stuff: I thought from the moment Pelle said “I’m so glad you’re coming” that the plan was for her to be the May Queen the entire time. But I also assumed the May Queen would end up being sacrificed at the end, so when she gets a “happy” ending it kind of throws my prediction off. Henchman of Santa fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Jul 5, 2019 |
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Jul 5, 2019 00:40
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stratofarius posted:To people who have watched it: how actually scary is this movie? I'm considering going to an 11pm showing tonight and I'm really interested in it, but I'm not the best at horror movies (though I did fine at Us and Get Out). It’s very light on scares. There are some mighty disturbing images and some gore. Only one sort of jump scare and it’s telegraphed. I’m a huge baby and was fine.
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Jul 5, 2019 00:46
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Yeah Aster movies arent scary as much as deeply upsetting Hereditary is very scary in the traditional sense!!!
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Jul 5, 2019 05:09
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:The argument I’ve seen from a couple people is that if you grant the premise that the movie is way too long and something needed to be cut, the material covered by the, what, twenty minute pre-title scene could’ve been covered in like a five minute flashback with little change to the rest of the movie. That scene doesn't only set up the grief, it's the entire setup to how terrible Dani and Christian's relationship is!
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Jul 5, 2019 15:57
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:To be fair they hammer that particular nail a LOT over the running time Yeah but I think it's important that he should've broken up with her like a year prior to the murder-suicide and now he's still with her six months later because of that situation.
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Jul 5, 2019 16:10
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I think the problem is that Christian is presented as far more sympathetic in the beginning than he is towards the end, and there are a few moments of whiplash that sort of make it feel like the movie is trying to get you to root against him I don't know if it counts as cheating when you're under the influence of a cult and heavily drugged
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Jul 5, 2019 17:19
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Coffee And Pie posted:I definitely had that thought, but in it’s way TCM could be considered the base essence of a horror genre, having dinner at a house where they do things differently She looked like 15 to me, though obviously the actress has to be over 18. I'm sure they deliberately cast someone who looked convincingly young.
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Jul 5, 2019 21:14
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Dr. Red Ranger posted:So my gf and I are considering seeing this tonight because the trailer looked interesting and Jordan Peele's recommendation carries weight for us, but we have to ask; is this movie gruesome in a Hostel style gore porn way, or gruesome in an off screen alluded atrocity kind of way? The latter is always fun but the former is a deal breaker. Almost everything is off screen but there are a couple of really gross instances where people's faces are smashed in. The first time you will see it coming.
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Jul 5, 2019 22:16
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veni veni veni posted:Did anyone else laugh when the guy who was given the serum to "feel no pain" started screaming bloody murder once he started burning? I felt like the whole theater was laughing in unison for most of the weirder parts, but I was completely alone on that one. Imo it was one of the funnier bits of dark humor in the movie, but maybe my brain is broke. Yeah it was a very “I’ve made a huge mistake” moment.
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Jul 6, 2019 01:10
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Ape Agitator posted:Yeah, my reaction was very similar. It needed to go more bugnuts or tie somehow very darkly into Dani in a way more satisfying than infidelity. Which wasn't even hinted at as an issue so the ending just feels chocked up to "drugs made the choice". I did totally connect with the inclusion and sharing of her pain the the village demonstrated though. The second guy didn't bring anybody, he was just a volunteer and I don't think he had any significance otherwise. Ingmar brought Connie and Simon. Those two + Josh and Mark were the four sacrificed outsiders. Then the two volunteers + the elderly suicides were the four from the camp and Dani's choice makes 9.
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Jul 6, 2019 16:14
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I don’t think I ever saw a trailer for Hereditary. Just a review from Sundance calling it terrifying and then reviews before the wide release saying the same thing. Turned out they were right!
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Jul 9, 2019 15:37
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smallmouth posted:Initially. They even told him it was drugged in less words. No one held him down and forced it down his throat. No but if he's paying any attention at all to what's been going on around him his thought process could easily be "might as well do what they say if I don't want to be disappeared"
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Jul 9, 2019 19:57
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Bloodcider posted:Except the British couple who were the only decent folks in the film. The British couple have no characterization
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Jul 10, 2019 22:36
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The cult has already approved a mate for Dani https://twitter.com/imbobswaget/status/1150131796593598464?s=21
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Jul 13, 2019 21:20
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Apparently there are three scenes where Connie is heard screaming in the distance? Yeah that’s one of my favorite parts.
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Jul 15, 2019 03:35
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This thread is really hung up on whether certain characters “deserved” to die. It’s a horror movie. If it was all people getting their justified comeuppance it wouldn’t be horrifying.
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Jul 15, 2019 13:06
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Franchescanado posted:For further context: Just make sure you get the cheapest gift on the registry
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Jul 16, 2019 16:35
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Christian’s undersold reactions to the attestupa are very much intentional
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Jul 31, 2019 16:48
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Midgetskydiver posted:Watched Hereditary last night after seeing it discussed so much in this thread. Aside from the acting and they really excellent lighting I didn't find it to be very good. Some of the visuals were definitely creepy but the plot just didn't make much sense. The plot is pretty straightforward.
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It’s 2:27.
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Aug 31, 2019 02:42
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