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Quote from: Mooncat on January 10, 2025, 04:47:19 PMQuote from: Eoin McLove on January 05, 2025, 08:12:07 AMJust back from Nosferatu. As Mithrandir said above its a bit thin story wise, but that's fine with me. The Dracula/ Nosferatu tale is straight forward so I expected it to live or die on the atmosphere and visuals. And it was spot on in those respects. I loved how it reverted to looking like a black and white 1920s flick for the nocturnal scenes. It was stylish without being too heavy handed. It all looked like it was shot slightly out of focus as well which added to that sense of age and decay. The vibe was perfectly creepy and crepuscular throughout. I thought it looked like the perfect black metal or funeral doom video and no doubt it'll be plundered for samples and visuals. The overall sound I thought was incredible. It was cold, minimal and barren and heightened the creepiness. Orlok's vokillz were killer too. It sounds like Sarsgard had watched a few interviews with Atilla Csihar! The accent, the voice, the slow staccato delivery... perfect. Hard to fault it really other than the lack of kangaroos. I think there might have only been one or two in the whole film.
2/10
Saw it last night at last. The whole way through I was thinking how black metal it all looked so it's funny to come back and read you thought the same
I have slightly mixed feelings overall. The whole thing looked and felt incredible. The cinematography, sets, sound design and score were all utterly amazing. It had a dreamy/nightmarish quality throughout you could really get sucked into.
...And then get completely sucked back out of because I thought the acting was across the board terrible. A bunch of Americans chewing the absolute christ out of the scenery and failing to stick the English accent/Victorian nobility thing (why is everyone English despite the film being set in Germany?). Lily Rose Depp in particular I thought was awful in paying a loving tribute to the terrible acting of Keanu/Winona in the Coppola one (though she was actually pretty good in the possession scenes...). I'm also just not a fan of Skarsgard either. He's basically the grown up version of Jonny Depp (who I also hate), but with a touch more brooding and a touch less buffoonery.
Without giving too much away I did like the style they went with for the count bar one specific thing (the part that's actually accurate to the book funnily enough, but it just didn't look right to me). People have been praising the way he spoke, but honestly it grated on me.
Overall though I enjoyed it and would watch again just for the visuals and atmosphere. Still think the Coppola one is the best adaptation though.
Quote from: Anvil on January 09, 2025, 09:16:48 AMBunch of posers worrying about how people dress
Quote from: open face surgery on January 09, 2025, 12:01:30 AMYa, it's a god awful name. They look like spastics in the new promos as well. They look like substitute teachers. Bandwagoning onto the extra proggy buzz that's so "in"
Surely they can't have flogged many if them 
Quote from: Eoin McLove on January 03, 2025, 10:26:03 AMThere's arguably not much substance to the story in the first place. It's basic, so I think that if they get the atmosphere right then they're winning. I'm going to see it on Sunday and I can't wait. I haven't been excited to see a film in ages and I'm going purely for the spectacle.
Quote from: Sworntothecans on January 02, 2025, 12:46:13 AMLoved Nosferatu, Eggers absolutely killed it. Thought the design of the Count was rather cool and played into the whole Slavic folklore vibe. Looking forward to the Blu Ray as it's gonna have an extended cut of the movie.