The film wasn't good in the first place, but Nick Cage made me laugh out loud in the theater three times so it was at least worth the price of admission
Listen I didn't like the movie but I appreciate a take on serial killers that just portrays them as weirdos instead of the masterminds cinema has told us they are. The thing is, then the movie runs into the issue that it's presenting 12 premises for different movies even as there are only 10 minutes left in the runtime and it all suffers for it, it just can't decide what it wants to be
“So basically he’s a dollmaker who works for the devil to kill girls whose birthdays line up to make a special Satanic symbol, and the dolls have magic spheres in them, and I tricked a mom into dressing like a nun and giving the families the dolls on their birthdays so that they all kill each other” How am I supposed to take this seriously
Say what you want about his performance, but y'all know that if you saw this mf in real life walking down the street doing all of this, you wouldn't be laughing
@@cinemintits not shoehorned at all the entire plot revolves around it and throughout the entire film there are supernatural scenes with shots of the devil. The devil is in the whole film in the background of a lot of shots Edit: and he is a psycho he has no empathy for people the supernatural aspect doesnt remove that
@@cinemintI haven’t watched the movie, but what makes you think the movie portrayed the devil as a real thing? Wasn’t it just the acts of devil worshippers?
Once again, Nic Cage being the best part of a movie that you’d never remember otherwise. Gotta give the man credit, he knows how to take nothing and make it genuinely entertaining
What's so perfect about this performance, is that its both funny, and deeply unsettling. Like, Cage is aware of himself and how he's perceived. And somehow, he uses that gonzo aspect of his acting, to basically channel it all into a creepy and convincing portrayal of LongLegs. I mean, somehow, he took the worst aspects of his acting, and used them to create an effectively disturbing and completely deranged serial killer. I mean, if you laugh, you're kinda laughing with him. and then the laughter turns into discomfort. Brilliant. And I can totally see why LongLegs was able to get away with his crimes for so long. He's the village madman that people just avoid. The same madman that killed parents and children in the name of satan.
Little unknown fact: the first version of the script for "Londlegs" didn't feature the appearance of the titular character at all, then one day during shooting Nikolas Cage just barged in on the set and did all this.
Funny fact. Nic Cage didnt actually sign on for this movie. He was vacationing in the area and just walked on set to talk to the kid actors and they just rolled the camera
Thanks for the like. On a more serious note, I think Nicolas Cage was pretty amazing in the title role. Sure, I know, there's the criticism that he's over the top, but saying he's OTT with is acting is like saying bees make honey. Tell me something I don't know. Why I say he's amazing is that in one of his typical roles, people can enjoy it or not, but it's always more or less the same however one views it: It's Nic Cage playing a character who's pretty much a variation of Nic Cage. Like it or not, we've seen it before. But not the Longlegs character. The makeup is so heavy duty that we literally needed to be told that it's Cage in the part. He thus has to act through it, not being able to take advantage of his star power in the least. For the little bit of time he's on screen, he steals every scene he's in. It's one of his best and creepiest performances imho. That's in no way meant to be a slight to the rest of the cast, which is fine. Maika Monroe as Agent Lee Harker in particular stood out, as she seems to have been channeling Jody Foster's Clarice Starling in her delivery of lines, minus the Southern accent, and that's a good thing.
People find this funny but i swear to god i met people exactly like this People who needed psychiatric help but never got it, specially church ladies, and my aunt in particular
@@cinemintthey did? The Devil/The Doll giving her psychic intuition is the reason she gets put on the case and the reason her partner gets killed at the start, I do agree that the film kind of forgets about the psychic powers in the second act but it makes sense since she isn’t actually psychic and isn’t actively channeling her power - the doll is telling her “where to look” so The Devil can string her along to eventually commit matricide
Honestly??? The makeup for him was perfect. His face is so unrecognizable. Voice? Well yeah that's a given, that's him alright, but the face?? Perfect.
Tik Tokers these days hate bizarre comic characters like Pennywise and Longlegs, I'm stunned lol. I assume they want their ting ling characters saying loudly at 3am or some shit that they're scary and bad 🤣
I'm pretty torn on this movie, I feel like it has a genuinely great setup and some decently tense scenes in the first half or so, but once it shows nic cage's character's full face and more of him acting goofy it kind of lost steam for me. Also the ending felt kinda lazy with them just telling you everything that had been happening through narration.
I am seriously shocked that people take shit like this seriously and think it's one of the most terrifying films ever made, it's like seeing someone compare Skibidi Toilet to Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957)
did they seriously expect a goofy looking guy singing to be scary? you could swear he was a character out of a parody of pretentious, try-hard horror films🤣
I just watched it I thought it was overrated but nic cage kills it but it isn't scary. Unsettling at points yes. Interesting execution I guess. I saw the mom being involved coming. She was weird the whole time. Oh and maika Monroe is so sexy in a pant suit
