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The Witch is one of my favourite horror films of all time and I really like the lighthouse too, so was fairly excited for this. The trailer did not do overly much to me, although I liked them. Appeared too actiony for my taste, and the viking themes are some I dont enjoy much usually. But man, it ended up having all the classic Eggers traits I wanted, which the more trailers did not show that much of... and then some. Really surprised to hear him suggest he didnt have full creative freedom. and other people/press call it tame/watered down when it comes to gore and so on. There was some pretty brutal stuff that made that got to the people in the cinema. The guts falling out, that sword through the nose, the whole village including kids getting burnt alive, the torture, killing his own mom/step brother, and hell, his own mom trying to seduce him.... And uhm, am I out of my mind, or did we see Anya Taylor Joys chinchilla when she showed she had her period? Enjoyed every moment of it. Felt like a good fitting run time too. The only part I didnt love was the last 10 min or so.
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I think at my showing, there was a lot of people who didnt quite realize what it was going to be. Which judging from the trailer, I can kind of understand. Especially the young couple who brought one of theirs mothers seemed to be a bit confused, but they all sat through the whole thing.
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The Kingfish posted:The Northman purposely leaves his children fatherless so he can kill his own mother, nephew/brother, and uncle in a Nordic murder-suicide. He’s a raider and a slaver. I don’t think he does a single decent or kindhearted thing the entire movie. If I had to guess, his line about not killing women was added by the studio. Possibly the self defense killing of his nephew/brother as well. He does set the other slaves free, telling them to do what they please or something like that. But it's true, the good be does is very minimal
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Apr 24, 2022 10:45
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Drunkboxer posted:I also get not digging it because the plot is simplistic, I mean it’s literally Hamlet but more pared down. The visuals, the choreography and all the screaming really carried it for me. Really liked the screaming valkyrie, the screaming berserkers and when Taylor-Joy’s character summons the wind (by screaming). Same for me. It's a very simple story (I mean, it's probably more the Amleth legend than Hamlet right?), but that is all I needed when I got that setting, visuals and classic eggers scenes in between.
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Apr 25, 2022 15:52
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It's 'out'. Rewatching right now
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