The curiosity of The Lighthouse aside, I really can't get into Robert Eggers films. Whilst my friend was basking in the murky gothic atmosphere, I was just bored. The choice of the camera moves and the sound design & score were all appreciated, but that's as far as it goes for me. Which is a shame because I enjoyed most of it until Orlok left the castle. It just seemed to drag beyond that point.
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Us 2019
The best performance? Basil Exposition 9/10ths of the way through. You know you’re fucked when the compromised big bad has to poorly explain the entirety of what you’ve just watched.
It’s utterly nonsensical. A film truly lost in the edit and probably ill-conceived on the shoot. Throwing everything at the dartboard never works. Not a sliver of this stands up to a modicum of scrutiny.So bad it makes you question the goodwill generated by his previous film.
Holy plots Batman!
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Army of the Dead 2021
Of course there was zero chance I was going to like a ZS film, but when he was named as DoP in the opening credits I knew there was an utter car crash on the way.
So it’s a $70million film shot wide open on the lens (which has no narrative relevance), like a student’s first work. All that great 1999 CGI constantly out of focus, as are the cast. I couldn’t watch it in one sitting as the thing is bloated to 2.5 hours by awkward emotional convos every 15 mins.
This is lazy, pompous & fucking terrible film making.
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