@callmecatalyst I don’t think it’s a case of people in Hollywood think horror movies are beneath them. I think it’s just almost any movie that gets made the film creators are expected to make as much money as possible so any horror movies are toned down & pumped full of cgi graphics & monsters. They’re dumbed down to be watchable to teenagers & try & get that 15/pg13 rating. Hollywood absolutely prioritizes making more money over providing quality movies. Whereas in the 70’s at the time of Exorcist, Chainsaw massacre & that Burt Reynolds film where the guy gets raped they weren’t as greedy & money motivated. Film makers were given more freedom to just make goid horror films.
@@Fumblingthroughlifeonline I think it's a hard case to argue that this is the *particular* era where movies are expected to make money, unless you can add to that argument with evidence of some sort.
Is there a better, more likeable, more humorous, more knowledgeable and just damn all around more awesome a film critic alive than Mark Kermode? If it were humanly and physiologically possible, I would have that man's babies.
Ive been waiting for this movie since the reviews started to come out out of TIFF and Fantastic Fest last year. Zero chance it will come out here in South america so hopefully it will come out on VOD soon.
just saw it today. wow, what a film. I am already thinking how i want to rewatch it again. Just the entire film has been going through my head, well pieced together movie. What a film. Dang, i have to rewatch this again sometime.
Found this film very entertaining . The ending was a good surprise as well . Really can't fault it in any part . The part with the scissors was so well put together .
Mark I can tell you that a lady was escorted out of the theater I was at by paramedics, not sure if it's related to the movie though. Speaking of the movie, the cinematography and performances were great, some of the events were a little exaggerated like the college initiation and the students for example, but you quickly understand why the director told the story that way, the narrative turns a table on you because you expect the girl and her family to be a certain way until you discover otherwise.
More reasons for people to check out this movie I guess, didn't blow me away or anything like that as I'm not crazy of this genre, it reminded me of late night films shown on ARTE, as a French man you probably know what I'm talking about, and funny enough it was co-produced by ARTE, still worth checking out.
It's beautifully filmed in terms of photography and direction, the soundtrack is excellent, and Garance Marillier's performance is really superb, with strong supporting performances from Ella Rumpf, and Rabah Nait. But the film manages to feel too long despite not being a particularly long film. Its other problem is that what you expect to be frightening and shocking isn't, yet what ought not to be so, actually is. Beyond the first instance of cannibalism which was quite unsettling, the cannibalism doesn't escalate enough into anything frightening or especially shocking, not by the standards already set by films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs. The veterinary college life, on the other hand, which is genuinely unnerving in its extreme decadence, also has the effect of drowning out any sense of shock that might otherwise have been provoked by the central character's growing taste for human flesh. It's like witnessing a bloody murder take place in a blood filled abattoir; you're not sure which is meant to be more revolting, the murder or the setting, with both diminishing each other ultimately. And then there's the ending...
Man WithSword yeah, wasn't much of a fan of the movie. What the hell was up with that weird college? And curious... what is it you thought specifically of the ending?
Ready Player One! Loved the book and am scared and excited to see what Spielberg did with it and all the old and new movie game and music licences included.
@callmecatalyst Well, thats debatable. I love it for how awkward it is with its target audience. A lot of things done wrong but I never expected it to be a carbon copy of the book that I loved. The Shining scene was awesome and it has its moments. Just finished the second book. So maybe we can talk again in 3 years XD
Mark dosen't _want to say too much_ about the discovery of certain appetites she displays, after being bullied into eating a liver on campus. In a film called RAW. 😂
Raw was not to my taste. I kept wondering why I was watching it and never thought it would end. It is 'The Neon Demon' taken to the tenth power. I loved Neon Demon this not at all.
I like horror so didn’t really do it for me on that score as even though it is bloody it is horror lite but I think the director said it Is not a horror film and I agree. It was an interesting film with some nice direction, I really liked the bed scene, and I liked the music and kept me watching to the end, which is more than Girl on a train did, but for female coming of age horror Ginger Snaps gets my vote. I enjoyed it but not as much as Mark. When it comes to cannibalism I still prefer We are what we are, Grau version which I found weirdly moving, but an enjoyable film nonetheless.
Teetotaling girl goes to college. Has to drink. Becomes an alcoholic. Vegetarian girl goes to college. Has to eat meat. Becomes a cannibal. It is about ADDICTION. Anybody who has had to seriously deal with addiction would understand that. I don't think the director and screenwriter got that.
True, I never understand how people relate the cannibalism to "sex" when there is already sex in between. I find it its closer to young people taking drugs like Adderall and became ADDICTED to the point they started to act like an "animal", just like real life people act like animals when they take bath salts.
How can the writer and director not understand the meaning of their own movie?! are you demented? Addiction is such a basic interpretation of this film. It's about sexual awakenings ffs
In my view, some artists create sublime beauty in film and art that depict all kind of human emotion with subtlety and grace, this I think comes from the heart. There are some though, that feel the need to defile all sensibilities by vomiting up their creation like bile,....perhaps to shock or to seek peer approval or simply to get attention, this I think is artificially generated from within a spiteful mind. I saw this film as Mr Kermode said it is the best film in his view of 2017. This film reminds me of Emin’s ‘My Bed’, pointless garbage with no redeeming merit. Best forgotten.
It's not often that I disagree much with MK's reviews but I do here. The performances, cinematography, music, etc were all good but I did not care for any of the characters. I found the bullying, selfishness and lack of social awareness of the students in general more horrible than any of the gore or 'body horror'. Most of the film was pretty predictable and even the revelation at the end was telegraphed.
I didn't find 'Raw' that good to be honest. It's not scary and it's certainly not at all funny. It's a little bit gory, but this is handled in comic book fashion, so even as a vegetarian, I didn't find it realistic enough to induce much response. I felt that the filmmaker chickened out and produced a lukewarm result. As far as a deeper meaning goes, I guess you can read anything you want into it, but for me I was just left thinking, 'and the point of this is?'. The only thing that really connected with me was a reminder as to just how unhygienic university life was. It's not totally terrible, but was a rather underwhelming damp squib. 2/5
So Mark, despite all your claims how children should not be allowed see films rated above their age you applaud this director seeing Chainsaw Massacre when she was 6? You're such a hypocrite.
