Suspiria (2018)
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your gaslighting just totally worked, i definitely don’t see the edit and my name was obviously there from the start thank you
Ruth, when do you get to see this? I forget your last update.
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pretty positive it’s december 14th. what can i say lmao... at least it’s happening and maybe my word on this here will be the last one haha.
i can kind of occupy myself with old movies and tv shows for now. and uhm life, too
So this was definitely this year's mother!... moody first half with a crazy batshit ending. I definitely enjoyed this more though for two main reasons
General thoughts: I didn't see the 150 minutes passing by, I was glued to the screen, it's completely gorgeous and hypnotic. Amazing direction (COMPLETELY different than anything Guadagnino's done before), so-so script. Still a wonderful experience. It's in my top 3 of the year
OK soooooooooooooooooooooDreamPolice wrote: ↑November 9th, 2018, 8:01 pmfinally watching this tomorrow
y'all better get ready for my fiery as fuck take on it
I liked it. Ish.
I was definitely digging that 70s aesthetic and I enjoyed seeing the dynamic between the witches and students. Body horror stuff + the visions were also dope. But overall product didn't have as much as an impact as I thought it would. Also the doc/terrorist side stuff was a lil meh/too on the nose thematically.
Just got back. A few general thoughts (no spoilers until button obviously):
Why are people complaining about the length? This thing is longer than it needs to be, but, out of all the things to pick apart, the length is not one of them. Especially since the same people are often the ones complaining that Klemperer's story takes up half the film and it definitely does not come anywhere close to doing that.
I was impressed by how much the film held back compared to what advertisements/social media have people believe. It's got the disturbing stuff you go to see, but it puts craft before gratuity.
The shots are great (with a few questionable zooms), the score is great, the acting is good (see spoilers). The editing balanced the line between perfection and distracting, though. The film occasionally does this kind of slow-motion that I cannot stand - the kind that a student filmmaker would use with no better technology available - and it really took me out of the experience when it happened. Tons of filmmakers use it and why they continue to is completely beyond me.
Just about everything else, I dug.
EDIT: DreamPolice, I totally agree with the spoiler.
Why are people complaining about the length? This thing is longer than it needs to be, but, out of all the things to pick apart, the length is not one of them. Especially since the same people are often the ones complaining that Klemperer's story takes up half the film and it definitely does not come anywhere close to doing that.
I was impressed by how much the film held back compared to what advertisements/social media have people believe. It's got the disturbing stuff you go to see, but it puts craft before gratuity.
The shots are great (with a few questionable zooms), the score is great, the acting is good (see spoilers). The editing balanced the line between perfection and distracting, though. The film occasionally does this kind of slow-motion that I cannot stand - the kind that a student filmmaker would use with no better technology available - and it really took me out of the experience when it happened. Tons of filmmakers use it and why they continue to is completely beyond me.
Just about everything else, I dug.
EDIT: DreamPolice, I totally agree with the spoiler.
why do you think it was blurry and slow-motion?
-Vader
-Vader
Also....my screening never had the card at the beginning saying it was a 6 act + epilogue story. It just went straight to Act 1 unless I missed something. I found that weird, because everyone was saying it tells you right off the bat.