I saw this about a month ago (in Canada). I didn't love it, exactly, although it was extremely well filmed and acted. But it did make me think, a lot, in the days after I saw it, and I absolutely consider it a film worth seeing.
I've always found Dave Franco to be an unlikeable presence in films compared to James - ironic really considering that in real life Dave seems much more likeable and decent - so I found he was prefectly cast in this.
"Psychedelic expressionism", sounds like Mark has coined a new genre 😂 admittedly, I've not seen this yet, but was keen to see what Rose Glass did next, so will be booking tickets asap!
Seriously. Respect to Dever, but physically she is not the right person to cast, which is important to Abby's character. Seeing this exacerbated my take even more. Shame.
Hey, I know you. 🙃 I saw a fair few of those discussions end with the assertion that Katy likely couldn’t play young enough to be an Abby alongside Bella Ramsey. It does seem (to me) like she would have been perfect for such a role otherwise, though.
Doesn't it just. I would probably have seen this anyway as Saint Maud was one of my favourites of 2020, but Mark's eloquence and litero-cinematic profundity never fails to amaze and arouse visceral passion within me, even for films I hadn't even heard of before being exposed to them by him . I think he has a tin-ear for almost any comedy made for mass audiences, potentially as he lacks an appreciation for the actually anodyne roots of neo-populist art (but also, I acknowledge, because of an admirable progressive impulse not to 'let slide' any sources of reaction), but, nonetheless, I appreciate him dearly. Thank you for brightening my formerly dim filmic corner Dr. K!
Saw this today. There was something gritty about the whole story which made me think of older Tarrantino and Oliver Stone movies. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
The first Twilight was very indie and is very good. Then it became a huge hit, the sequels had money thrown at them and completely lost their indie charm. I absolutely get his love of the first one.
I was lucky enough to go to a screening and it is SO good. Mark said everyone in America should watch it, and I think everyone, everywhere should watch. Definitely Cronenberg vibes; little bit Boys Don't Cry and American History X too. I will watch again when it's out here in the UK.
@@blissedbren Came out Friday! And if you want to hear from the hair, makeup and wardrobe team I've got a podcast going out tomorrow. And I'm watching it again tomorrow.
Going to see this later and looking forward to it. But I see from the clip yet again, actors who don't smoke, and obviously never have. Why do they do this? Supposed to say something about the characters but what it does is draw my attention to here are two people acting. Is this too pernickety of me?
Really adore St Maud, it's up there in my top 5 horrors of all time. Went to see this in the States a few months ago when I was over there and was thoroughly disappointed. Such a pedestrian feeling, meandering, low-stakes little slice of suburbia with some random subplots branching off in bizarre directions. The magical realism towards the end feels like it's tacked on to justify the fairly standard experience of the rest of the film. I think that was my main takeaway from the whole thing - it's just very standard. The themes don't feel grand, the stakes don't feel grand, it has some decent moments but they don't really hit emotionally because all the characters just feel small (ironically) even when they're physically large. Shame. Not for me.
Looking forward to seeing Love lies bleeding. I saw Tangerine Dream’s Sorcerer album cover with that incredible photo of a lorry trying to cross a rather unsuitable looking rope bridge back in the ‘70s while buying Pink Floyd albums. I knew I had to see whatever movie that still was from. ‘Sorcerer’ or ‘Scorcher’ as I remembered it. Despite having my finger on the pulse movie wise, Sorcerer completely vanished. It was only in the 2010’s that I saw that incredible image again and finally got to watch the film and got to see how successful or not that precarious rope bridge crossing was.
There is a whole lot to enjoy in this definitely. Glass is clearly seriously talented, loved the atmosphere, performances and score but similarly to Saint Maud the underlying story is something we've seen a lot before and thus I found it a bit unengaging at times and sorta niggling at me as it went on. A cut above, without a doubt, but Mark is getting a bit carried away here too.
Safdie brothers vibe with elements of Cronenberg, Lynch, Fight Club, and even a Throbbing Gristle musical reference thrown in for good measure. Despite that, not half as transgressive as it should have been. Just OK.
@@ThinkingCog ah, nice to hear from someone like minded 👌 Yeah, I think a key difference between the two in terms of the third act was that ‘Joey Cusack’ Mortensen stayed the same human size when violence took hold 😄
Strong disagree, this is (to me) a huge step down from St Maud. Lou's reactions and decision making make zero sense, Ed Harris's character does NOT earn the amount of fear he seems to inspire in people, and all the 'magical realism' stuff feels really forced (when it was perfectly justified in St Maud). The movie looks great, but I was surprisingly bored and disengaged.
St Maud was a lot better than this. I was enjoying this movie until she turned into the hulk and started running through the clouds, hilarious but not in a good way.
I just finished watching this film. Having avoided all trailers and almost all press. Knowing that's how I went into Saint Maud. And to it's benefit. I remember reading a review, maybe on a poster, which described it with Coen Brothers. And it does have a touch of the Blood Simples about it. But I think it was far closer to the early work of Darren Aronofsky (specifically Requiem for Reefer Madness) and Julia Ducournau (specifically Titane). And It's funny, on the way to the cinema, I was listening to Brett Goldstein's podcast "Films to Be Buried With" with Kyle MacLachlan, and to the question "what's the least favourite film you've seen", and he says "Showgirls". So I had Showgirls at the back of my brain. It's funny that according to wikipedia, Glass used Showgirls as a sort of.... Statement of intent. For the film. But all these influences, it's never derivative or distracting.. Terrific film....
The premise of the film was interesting and could be cool. For me it was good up until 3/4 of the way through then it became like a dumb generic superhero film with her turning into the incredible hulk. It was all style with little substance. The ending was pretty generic. The critics are hyping up a pretty average film.
'Funnily' enough, I loved Saint Maude but kinda loathed this one with all its smug transgressiveness on almost full display. And yes, I get this is a heightened reality of sorts, but everyone being THAT monstrously flawed, come on now ... A 6/10 and I'm being generous here.
What's happening in America at the moment that would be impacted in anyway by seeing a lesbian action movie? Isn't the big story at the moment that Hamas has over run college campuses? It's difficult to see how this film would impact that. Good to see Kristen Stewart back again, personally I thought Underwater was deeply underrated
Think he meant that it might teach men to think twice about messing with women. Hollywood knows lots of people are easily led, which is why I think we get so much girl power in Hollywood films
