i'm thinking of ending things | Netflix 9/4 | (Charlie Kaufman's New Psychological Horror)
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Json
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This is a weird movie.
Movie definitely fits into the mundane horror genre like Get Out or Midsommar.
Movie definitely fits into the mundane horror genre like Get Out or Midsommar.
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Json
Superstar
Okay I finished it. The ending kind of ruins it. Felt like something someone trying too hard to be poignant would do.
I get it. It ain’t that deep.
I get it. It ain’t that deep.
The opening car sequence ruins it. As this reviewer says, it is not even a question of whether you get it or not; it is a question of if you even care about it
Put this on while doing some dishes so I mostly listened to the dialogue while catching brief glimpses of them in the car. Had no idea this was a horror film. I must've missed a lot of foreshadowing.
The girlfriend is so unbearable. Her inner monologues make me hate her so far.
Nevertheless, still intrigued by this film. They just got to the house, and I've got no idea what to expect.
Getting slight Eraserhead vibes with this dinner scene. Unhappy or uneasy couple, unsettling family dinner.
Toni Collette on 11 with her craziness right out the gate.
The girlfriend is so unbearable. Her inner monologues make me hate her so far.
Nevertheless, still intrigued by this film. They just got to the house, and I've got no idea what to expect.
Getting slight Eraserhead vibes with this dinner scene. Unhappy or uneasy couple, unsettling family dinner.
Toni Collette on 11 with her craziness right out the gate.
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WakandanPride
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This is not a movie for everyone. Like all of Charlie Kaufman movies, this one is interesting if you have the patience. In fact, I wouldn't even call it a horror movie because it's a psychological drama.
All the performances were excellent with Jessie Buckley and Toni Collette being the standouts.
Your average person will absolutely hate this and turn it off.
All the performances were excellent with Jessie Buckley and Toni Collette being the standouts.
Your average person will absolutely hate this and turn it off.
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Json
Superstar
I actually like the car sequences.
After being on this site and seeing how movie discussions or comic discussions can turn into subject knowledge bashing, I really like how it’s basically an intense trivia game.
Json
Superstar
It’s still feels horror.
its like Saw if every person in the room was the same person just split up. I clocked what was going on by that Robert Zemeckis scene. At that point I knew it was basically a guy talking to himself. I just didn’t know why
A better version of this movie was that Frailty
A better version of this movie was that Frailty
The axe murderer
For I am death and I ride on a pale horse
shyt at first I thought the op was thinking of committing that
Nah, that was after Synecdoche, New York
TheDarceKnight
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I just watched this. Spoiler free thoughts below.
I don't know if I liked it. There's clearly a ton of talent involved. Good acting, good cinematography, some very stylish choices. It gave me some existential angst, which I think was the point in many places. And I like hard to follow movies, but this one was hard to follow even for me. I'm interested in seeing if anyone struggles with it. I think I got it figured out, but the execution was just kind of..boring to me. Like, this is a long movie, with some long scenes that IMO could have been cut down. There's an extended sequence about 1/2 to 2/3rds of the way through the film that I thought could have serious chunks of dialogue stripped away, without the overall story losing any significance.
One of the strangest movies I've ever seen. I don't know if anyone here knows a lot about well-known musicals (I know I certainly don't) but if you do, you'll probably appreciate or get more out of the film.
Also, I never felt much horror. It did often feel like something truly horrible might happen, but by a certain point I realized that it probably wasn't going to. I won't say whether anything horrible does or doesn't happen, though.
I don't know if I liked it. There's clearly a ton of talent involved. Good acting, good cinematography, some very stylish choices. It gave me some existential angst, which I think was the point in many places. And I like hard to follow movies, but this one was hard to follow even for me. I'm interested in seeing if anyone struggles with it. I think I got it figured out, but the execution was just kind of..boring to me. Like, this is a long movie, with some long scenes that IMO could have been cut down. There's an extended sequence about 1/2 to 2/3rds of the way through the film that I thought could have serious chunks of dialogue stripped away, without the overall story losing any significance.One of the strangest movies I've ever seen. I don't know if anyone here knows a lot about well-known musicals (I know I certainly don't) but if you do, you'll probably appreciate or get more out of the film.
Also, I never felt much horror. It did often feel like something truly horrible might happen, but by a certain point I realized that it probably wasn't going to. I won't say whether anything horrible does or doesn't happen, though.
I normally try to appreciate Kaufman's pieces for what they are; taking what he reimagines onto the screen as art, and not something that I have to scale or judge. But unfortunately, after reading the novel not too long ago (which gave me some idea of what I could expect going into it), and after watching this, I was left severely underwhelmed and puzzled as to why he took the direction he did. For me, the third act completely undermines the tone it builds throughout and most importantly, the source material - if you've read the novel, you'll know exactly what I mean.
TheDarceKnight
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I haven't read the novel and sadly, the movie doesn't make me want to.
