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Tafty³³³ View member profile	29th December 2023, 05:00 PM Post #1
I found the love, I found the love in me Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 13 December 2007 Posts: 87,456 User: 5,042	lALMdJf6UUE I think we should have a thread for this. It's one of the most talked about movies right now ever since it's release to Amazon Prime on 22nd December. Just been gaining traction and hype ever since.


Tafty³³³ View member profile	29th December 2023, 05:03 PM Post #2
I found the love, I found the love in me Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 13 December 2007 Posts: 87,456 User: 5,042	Rosamund Pike is absolutely INCREDIBLE in this. Barry Keoghan manages to somehow top his 'The Banshees of Inisherin' performance... fantastic. It's not going to be for everyone, but if it works for you, I suspect it's going WORK FOR YOU. 3 key moments I see being talked about: - The bath scene. - The grave scene. - The end dance scene with Sophie E-B playing. It's just the right amount of wild and weird I can handle. It's delivered and executed extremely well. It deserves all the hype and praise it's getting. You think you've seen it all and then this movie comes along and...


UltraCruelSummer View member profile	29th December 2023, 06:00 PM Post #3
It's a cruel summer. Joined: 26 May 2014 Posts: 35,256 User: 20,947	Best film of the year x I NEED Oscar noms (especially Rosamund Pike, what a queen!!)


gooddelta View member profile	29th December 2023, 08:53 PM Post #4
Hello? Joined: 8 March 2006 Posts: 83,060 User: 116	QUOTE(Tafty³³³ @ Dec 29 2023, 05:03 PM) Rosamund Pike is absolutely INCREDIBLE in this. Barry Keoghan manages to somehow top his 'The Banshees of Inisherin' performance... fantastic. It's not going to be for everyone, but if it works for you, I suspect it's going WORK FOR YOU. 3 key moments I see being talked about: - The bath scene. - The grave scene. - The end dance scene with Sophie E-B playing. It's just the right amount of wild and weird I can handle. It's delivered and executed extremely well. It deserves all the hype and praise it's getting. You think you've seen it all and then this movie comes along and... And the ‘I’m a Vampire’ scene omg! A twisted but super gripping film. So many twists - some I saw (Oliver’s dad not being dead), many I didn’t (most of the last 15 minutes). I’m here for the 00s soundtrack though, especially the Murder on the Dancefloor renaissance - almost every selection is a gem, with Have A Cheeky Christmas a fun unexpected selection.


Linds. View member profile	29th December 2023, 09:33 PM Post #5
laugh 'til we cry Pronouns: she/her Joined: 29 August 2014 Posts: 13,713 User: 21,176	I watched this the other night since it's on Prime, I'd agree it's not for everyone but it's still definitely worth the watch - it actually wasn't as traumatising as people online were making it out to be, at least I thought so but maybe I'm a bit desensitised at this point The bathtub scene was gross but like okay he's a weirdo anyway, that's the point, by the time the graveyard scene came on I was like oh of course that's what he's going to do, I actually think the breathing tube was the worst Rosamund Pike was incredible in this, she was for sure the highlight for me!


Chez Wombat View member profile	30th December 2023, 01:26 PM Post #6
The owls are not what they seem Pronouns: He/him Joined: 11 July 2009 Posts: 37,133 User: 9,232	I recall this being released to not much fanfare and I didn't get round to seeing it, so quite taken aback by all this hype all of a sudden! It's great to see such a word of mouth hit, clearly the Amazon Prime addition really helped it. It was an enjoyable film, it looked beautiful and was extremely well acted from all corners, Rosamund Pike for sure was a standout but Barry Keoghan knocked it out of the park and Richard E. Grant was really wonderful if underused. Emereld Fennell is definitely on a roll with standout filmmaking after Promising Young Woman. It's definitely better watched if you know absolutely nothing about it and, I suppose I psyched myself up for them so I wasn't as shocked as I could be, those scenes were certainly memorable x As entertaining as it was, it lost me a little bit with its narrative decisions Once it was revealed that Oliver lied about his parents and he was actually quite well off, to me, it was clear that he was a bit of a sociopath, so the next 45 minutes where there's meant to be this 'big reveal' that he's really this evil, moustache twirling villain that explains his plan fell a bit flat as...we already knew that no? I don't normally guess twists, but it was really obvious to me that he killed Felix, there was something off about him right from the start and him completely changing his attitude around the women of the family earlier in the film clearly showed he was up to something. I feel the film would've been better if it ended at the grave scene honestly, as that left some ambiguity and presents him as much more complex (I know that means we would've never got the Murder on the Dancefloor scene though), it felt too quick moving between the obsession with Felix and him just changing his plans. I guess I'm getting a bit tired of the 'eat the rich' storylines as well, they've been done better many times and this isn't saying anything we don't already know, but I did appreciate that this time, it was someone who was very much middle class who just wanted more, true to life that there isn't always a rootable character that does this Not sure what basis it being in 2006 was as it didn't really play into the story much, but great soundtrack anyway if having some pretty glaring errors - Superbad came out in 2007, No Cars Go was from Arcade Fire's 2007 album and Low wasn't popular in the UK until 2008! I can't work out if those were intentional to present him as an unreliable narrator, impressive if so, lazy if not x


Jessie Where View member profile	30th December 2023, 07:42 PM Post #7
Break the tension Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 89,016 User: 51	The most relevant place I could think of posting this: I just love her so much


Rooney View member profile	5th January 2024, 10:15 PM Post #8
WINTER IS COMING Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 45,604 User: 88	Saw this when it came out in the cinema in November, so imagine watching some of those scenes on the big screen! QUOTE(Chez Ptarmigan @ Dec 30 2023, 01:26 PM) I recall this being released to not much fanfare and I didn't get round to seeing it, so quite taken aback by all this hype all of a sudden! It's great to see such a word of mouth hit, clearly the Amazon Prime addition really helped it. It was an enjoyable film, it looked beautiful and was extremely well acted from all corners, Rosamund Pike for sure was a standout but Barry Keoghan knocked it out of the park and Richard E. Grant was really wonderful if underused. Emereld Fennell is definitely on a roll with standout filmmaking after Promising Young Woman. It's definitely better watched if you know absolutely nothing about it and, I suppose I psyched myself up for them so I wasn't as shocked as I could be, those scenes were certainly memorable x As entertaining as it was, it lost me a little bit with its narrative decisions Once it was revealed that Oliver lied about his parents and he was actually quite well off, to me, it was clear that he was a bit of a sociopath, so the next 45 minutes where there's meant to be this 'big reveal' that he's really this evil, moustache twirling villain that explains his plan fell a bit flat as...we already knew that no? I don't normally guess twists, but it was really obvious to me that he killed Felix, there was something off about him right from the start and him completely changing his attitude around the women of the family earlier in the film clearly showed he was up to something. I feel the film would've been better if it ended at the grave scene honestly, as that left some ambiguity and presents him as much more complex (I know that means we would've never got the Murder on the Dancefloor scene though), it felt too quick moving between the obsession with Felix and him just changing his plans. I guess I'm getting a bit tired of the 'eat the rich' storylines as well, they've been done better many times and this isn't saying anything we don't already know, but I did appreciate that this time, it was someone who was very much middle class who just wanted more, true to life that there isn't always a rootable character that does this Not sure what basis it being in 2006 was as it didn't really play into the story much, but great soundtrack anyway if having some pretty glaring errors - Superbad came out in 2007, No Cars Go was from Arcade Fire's 2007 album and Low wasn't popular in the UK until 2008! I can't work out if those were intentional to present him as an unreliable narrator, impressive if so, lazy if not x I agree with this a lot, narratively the plot weakens a bit and becomes confusing once the first twist is revealed (which I'll be honest, I never saw). but all the other 'twists' are pretty much slap in the face. What's great is how much foreshawdowing there is in the film. The soundtrack is also pretty on point as well as someone who is a 2005-2007 indie kid. The Murder on the Dancefloor scene is iconic though, but at this point, the film had descended in to madness so it was quite fitting.


HausofKubrick View member profile	5th January 2024, 11:38 PM Post #9
⬛ Joined: 17 February 2011 Posts: 56,217 User: 13,007	I was very reluctant to even watch this soon because I tend to let hype die down for things before getting into it so i'm not swayed into biased opinions or expecting too much which inevitably leads to disappoint. But.. as my holidays are ending soon and I am trying to tick off all the big 2023 films, I gave it a go.. and thought it was incredible. The acting, well Barry Keoghan's, was insane - the same guy from Banshees of Inisherin the previous year and now this, how diverse and believable he is in all roles he commits to. His slow transformation from nerdy, quiet "dweeb", into crazed, frenzied obsessed maniacal lover was stupendous. Slight nuonces throughout that all make sense as the threads tie together and twists are revealed. Jacob Elordi was... not as strong an actor and quite wooden for the most part BUT~ his character was one we have all met irl and so it worked. The cinematography was brilliant. The red blinds being pulled down as the film descended into terror was great, but even throughout there were great shots of the scenery, the buildings, the staircases - everything was brilliantly shot! Dare I say that graveyard scene was one of the most aesthetically pleasing shots in the whole film too despite what was happening in the foreground The final scene rounded off a great film. I was really pleasantly shocked to believe the hype, which I rarely do with things like this! Also the soundtrack as mentioned in this thread was the real highlight. It captured a period of time brilliantly. I could say a lot more but maybe a rewatch is needed because I still think I missed loads from just one viewing!


Linds. View member profile	6th January 2024, 02:36 PM Post #10
laugh 'til we cry Pronouns: she/her Joined: 29 August 2014 Posts: 13,713 User: 21,176	I keep thinking about this film and how good it actually was, I might also need to rewatch it but I'll probably save that for when I'm with friends who haven't seen it so I have their reactions as added entertainment The soundtrack really is fantastic, glad to see Sophie Ellis-Bextor really riding the hype around her song being used


Jessie Where View member profile	6th January 2024, 09:14 PM Post #11
Break the tension Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 89,016 User: 51	I felt like I spent the first hour of this waiting for something to happen, that could have easily been condensed into 10 minutes. It definitely picked up in the second half, a lot of ridiculous shock value but very entertaining.


Iz 🌟 View member profile	6th January 2024, 11:23 PM Post #12
I'm a paragon so don't perceive me Joined: 3 February 2011 Posts: 37,421 User: 12,929	First of all, on point with the 00s soundtrack, the first phase of the movie felt very familiar and nostalgic almost so that was fun. The plot was... bold and yet familiar, we've seen the motif of 'replacing the rich' before, but not done in quite such a psychopathic way, the film felt mean-spirited in its class warfare from all sides really, the rich got the brunt of it and it was admittedly funny if on the nose but without really saying anything particular about class war, though they got close at one point with the scene where Farleigh calls Felix out on racism. On the thriller element, I've seen much better attempts at the whole 'and here's a bunch of things we didn't show you that reveals who the real culprit was the whole time' theme, partly because by the time they dumped that out at the very end they had both shown too much of what Oliver was doing that was very odd and had specific gaps in the viewer's knowledge at key points - my interpretation is that scenes like that are supposed to recontextualise earlier scenes in a completely different light and aside from the very first part of the film, it really didn't, as soon as that VERY ODD bathroom scene came up I suddenly started viewing the whole film very differently and was on guard the rest of it - and I agree with the above, the twist that Oliver wasn't poor was the main one that caught me off guard I knew some twists would happen when researching if I would enjoy it at all, but while it offered the main actors the chance to do a good bit of acting I honestly might have found it more believable as a narrative if the lines about the full moon had resulted in all the rich people being werewolves, a fleeting if bizarre thought that passed through my mind when that came up. People be weird sometimes but there's a... limit(?) As it was though, not perfect but I enjoyed watching it throughout as a trip into 00s decadence, really good acting performancs from particularly Barry Keoghan and Rosamund Pike and somewhat critical look at the lifestyles of old money. very glad I chose not to watch it with parents tho sheesh


Dobbo View member profile	9th January 2024, 09:51 AM Post #13
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 4 November 2013 Posts: 30,552 User: 20,053	I didn't realise until afterwards that the main guy was also in The Killing Of A Sacred Deer which is an all time fave of mine. Makes sense then that he was great for this role too!