Robert Eggers is for all the girls who were goth pre-teens. The amount of heart and passion that went into this film are evident in every frame. Incredibly researched, no detail is left untouched. The cast was perfectly suited for each role and embodied their respective characters down to an almost cellular level.
The decision to make Ellen the main character of the entire film (as opposed to just the third act as in Murnau’s 1922 original) was brilliant. Additionally,…
Just a horny, less interesting version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
From the start it’s derivative and quickly becomes the exploitative pornographic fantasies of a teenage film bro. It’s clear by his treatment of the only present female character.
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At best she’s supplying the men of the movie drugs and sex at their every whim while cooking and serving them topless because they can’t care for themselves. She then is reduced to nothing but severed head…
Disappointing and full of lose threads and missed opportunities.
There is a title card at the beginning of the film stating that Turkish and Georgian are both gender neutral languages. The film follows a retired Georgian schoolteacher’s journey to find her trans niece in Istanbul and, in the process, gain some understanding of her trans lifestyle The English subtitles do use pronouns which makes it a bit confusing. In English, misgendering someone deliberately is an aggression so, when everyone is…
