Curt McGirt Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 That guy is fucking crazy. I would love to just sit down with him and shoot the shit. 1
zendragon Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 I thought Nosferatu was great but don't have really anything to add you guys covered it 1
Eivion Posted January 1 Posted January 1 Caught Cuckoo Saturday night/Sunday morning. Thought it was pretty solid as a whole. First time seeing anything with Hunter Schafer. Her character was annoying but understandable with the confusion and grief she was dealing with. I do kind of wish I would watch something where Dan Stevens isn't evil, crazy, an asshole, or some combo of those. Makes who the bad guy just a pinch predictable though he does do all of that so well.
elizium Posted January 1 Posted January 1 8 hours ago, Eivion said: Caught Cuckoo Saturday night/Sunday morning. Thought it was pretty solid as a whole. First time seeing anything with Hunter Schafer. Her character was annoying but understandable with the confusion and grief she was dealing with. I do kind of wish I would watch something where Dan Stevens isn't evil, crazy, an asshole, or some combo of those. Makes who the bad guy just a pinch predictable though he does do all of that so well. There's always Downton Abbey. The first 2 seasons are good, especially the second season which occurs during WW1. After that it is diminishing returns, but Dan Stevens left during the third anyway. 1
(BP) Posted January 3 Posted January 3 I watched Cuckoo today. I liked it, even if it feels underdeveloped. It’s true that Stevens as a villain is a bit obvious at this point, but I liked the detective character being his tweener counterpoint so that the showdown between them and Schaefer has a Good/Bad/Ugly dynamic. It kind of feels like an editing chop job because there’s a few dropped threads, but there’s still plenty to admire. I caught an early New Year’s Day screening of Nosferatu, so maybe I was just wiped, but it wasn’t a home run for me. The production is marvelous, and I think Lily Rose Depp and Scarsgard are both phenomenal. The Orlok design rules. Maybe there’s just an inevitable rote quality to such a canonical story that I couldn’t look beyond. The Orlok scenes are affective, but I think the movie truly comes alive during the scenes where Ellen is being afflicted by her connection to him. It’s where Eggers seems most comfortable building out the story and playing with themes; to me, his take on the story has a lot to do with the long history of women being dismissed with diagnoses of “female hysteria.” Anyway, I think it’s the third best version, but that it’s quite good, and there’s no shame in placing third to Murnau and Herzog. 1
Curt McGirt Posted January 3 Posted January 3 I need to see Herzog's again but man I remember it being depressing as all get out. And then there's knowing the even worse history of Klaus Kinski than what showed up on My Best Fiend nowadays.
Curt McGirt Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Razorbladekiss mentioned that he thought The New York Ripper was gorier than it is and that reminded me that there is one scene that I still do not know how it was filmed: Spoiler The eyeball of the lady ROLLING as the straight razor sliced it. 1
Travis Sheldon Posted January 3 Posted January 3 35 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: I need to see Herzog's again but man I remember it being depressing as all get out. And then there's knowing the even worse history of Klaus Kinski than what showed up on My Best Fiend nowadays. I don't know if Kinski was being reverent in his role or what, but all the time you're waiting for him to go crazy and he's low-key as hell. But, yeah, Herzog's Nosferatu is down from the opening scene.
(BP) Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Kinski plays Orlok as a human being trapped inside of a monster, so it’s a lot of self loathing and ennui. I think the brilliant counterbalance is that Herzog has such a light touch with Thomas and Ellen, and it’s the best version of that relationship in any Nosferatu/Dracula adaptation. There’s a warmth and romance at the beginning that doesn’t seem to have interested Eggers. You get the sense that Orlok ruins theirs live out of pure envy for what they have. 1
zendragon Posted January 3 Posted January 3 4 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: Razorbladekiss mentioned that he thought The New York Ripper was gorier than it is and that reminded me that there is one scene that I still do not know how it was filmed: Hide contents The eyeball of the lady ROLLING as the straight razor sliced it. https://ironreagan.bandcamp.com/track/eyeball-gore I can't remember if I saw the 1920s or the 1970 Nosferatu 20 years ago on IFc
Recommended Posts