Initial thoughts.. What just happened?? It felt like I was watching a high budget erotica with gothic elements.
Robert Eggers, the director, already gave me high hopes because of the familiarity I had with his past success with “The Lighthouse”. His directing style contains gothic elements, dark dialogue, and a noir-like cinematography and characters.. This movie definitely had all of that.
One odd thing that spoke to me right away was Aaron Taylor Johnson’s acting. It felt like he was…