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retourpresdetoi · 7 months ago

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now i did not like Nosferatu (2024) for a variety of reasons. but let me tell you. seeing the purity-centered, pearl clutching, absolute disgust-first opinions dominate negative reviews has me feeling like i watched a different film. "this movie is for deranged sex-perverts" my biggest criticism was that it didn't go far enough! all that for a 2hr 12min movie and it was boring!

#like?? it was so tame! i was so disappointed!#there were some good things #set and costumes were beautiful #and the PRACTICAL EFFECTS (the pigeon in particular was amazing)#but otherwise it was just kind of eh?#i feel there were few attempts at meaningful characterization #and the bits of character that were there felt somewhat inconsistent scene by scene #so when shit hit the fan and terrible things started happening #it was just sort of like “oh. ok” because there. weren't really characters to care about #one of the two women in the main cast (arguably actually) gets killed alongside her children in what is supposed to be a horrifying attack #but neither her or the children have much character #so its just sort of like 'aw darn thats a bummer. anyway'#and ellen. the dialogue she says HINTS towards a woman with complex feelings and a rich inner life #but it is hardly ever elaborated on. she never fully gets to be a character #speaking of dialogue #the dialogue was awful its like 50% of the reason i ended up not liking it #the victorian-speak was actually okay #it was the content of the lines themselves that were just so bad #just deeply corny and heavy-handed #and not in the typical gothic literature fashion of being corny and heavy-handed mind you #but yeah. very much no characters poor dialogue #so nothing felt meaningful or deserved #by the end the feeling was 'well okay i guess but what did we do any of this for?'#oh and the acting was middling #good in some places (loved the scenes at orlok's castle)#ok most of the time #did not like lily rose depp's performance (the freaky shit she can do with her face is impressive though)#or aaron taylor johnson's #willem dafoe as always is willem dafoe #also what is it with robert eggers and not casting poc? 4 for 4 man?

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