Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this video. Receive a 2 month free trial by going to skl.sh/chrisst... Chris Stuckmann reviews The Lighthouse, starring Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman. Directed by Robert Eggers.
*Great movie but you won’t receive a nomination for an Academy Award.* Dafoe: I gave up a role in Mr. Bean’s Holiday 2... DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I SACRIFICED?
"Robert Pattison? You mean the guy from The Lighthouse?" This is what he deserves now. Not Twilight. He has catapulted himself into one of my favorite actors and am very excited to see what he does from here.
It’s a movie that you need to see multiple times. The most important thing you need to do when watching this movie is listen closely to everything they said
@@KevinContreras2013 I can't wait to see it again Spoilers You hear Winslows accent changing constantly throughout the film. It's not on accident, it shows how unreliable he is from the beginning. Too much to hide. He even admits in the beginning of the film that he doesn't like talking much. "Why'd ya spill ya beans?"
Robert Pattinson and Adam Driver need to work together in a movie helmed by a director who knows his/her stuff. These guys are some of the best young actors working today.
Honestly Adam Driver isn't that great of an actor. You can see his shortcomings and somewhat stiffness in Martin Scorsese's Silence. There, Andrew Garfield completely outshines Driver in every scene they're together. You can see the natural talent and charisma that Garfield brings into every scene as opposed to Driver's dullness.
Why this movie is worth an Oscar: Thomas Wake: Yer fond of me lobster aint' ye? I seen it - yer fond of me lobster! Say it! Say it. Say it! Ephraim Winslow: I don't have to say nothin'. Thomas Wake: Damn ye! Let Neptune strike ye dead Winslow! HAAARK! Thomas Wake: Hark Triton, hark! Bellow, bid our father the Sea King rise from the depths full foul in his fury! Black waves teeming with salt foam to smother this young mouth with pungent slime, to choke ye, engorging your organs til' ye turn blue and bloated with bilge and brine and can scream no more - only when he, crowned in cockle shells with slitherin' tentacle tail and steaming beard take up his fell be-finned arm, his coral-tine trident screeches banshee-like in the tempest and plunges right through yer gullet, bursting ye - a bulging bladder no more, but a blasted bloody film now and nothing for the harpies and the souls of dead sailors to peck and claw and feed upon only to be lapped up and swallowed by the infinite waters of the Dread Emperor himself - forgotten to any man, to any time, forgotten to any god or devil, forgotten even to the sea, for any stuff for part of Winslow, even any scantling of your soul is Winslow no more, but is now itself the sea! Ephraim Winslow: Alright, have it your way. I like your cookin'.
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An interesting tidbit of that scene is how Winslow gets up and fills his cup with water to toast with which is also bad luck. Cool poke at his counterpart there.
Can’t lie tho best acting display I’ve ever seen. shooting a movie with a cast that small the acting has to be impeccable & they achieved that. we literally saw 2 men go insane in process.. shit got wild
If look at trivia on imdb the director said all of the scenes with the rain and terrible weather were real. No wind or rain machines. He said 3 or 4 nor'Easters came through while filming. Thats fucking film making right there. No sfx, no studio warehouse. In the shit, getting amazing shots
Francois Roewer-Despres I just don’t get Chris sometimes. This movie has fart jokes, it gets an A+. The Secret Life of Pets gets not only fart jokes, but also a rabbit pooping in full view of children, and he gives it a, “...this is a dumb Toy Story rip-off”. Only one explanation... he’s becoming woke and recognizing that fart jokes and the kids’ movies that shamelessly use them have rights, too.
HE HAS GIVEN THE ALMIGHTY A+... How long has have we been on this rock (with no A+)? Five weeks? Two days? Help me to recollect. Ps, I agree, the movie rocks.
In my opinion, its not that big of a deal. Like its his opinion, and I feel like people forget that he loves tons of movies in 2018, he just simply doesn't find any of them masterpieces. Also big fan of you and your reviews
I’m glad that a film like The Lighthouse is capable of being made in 2019. Horror films that actually demand some level of thought from viewers are depressingly in short supply these days. I’m happy that this film can exist and be great.
Most audiences are dumb asses who don't understand films like the witch, hereditary, midsommar or the lighthouse, they would rather watch garbage like the conjuring franchise.
Though I definitely wouldn't call it a horror film, I'm really glad original films are being made. I wasn't a fan of this one, but I love what it was trying to do.
@@creativeperson5858 lol very true. I just finished watching this film as I'm commenting now and there were these 2 old ladies in front of me saying it was horrible. I personally thought it was very intriguing.
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I love how, despite having 2 famous and extremely recognizable actors in the lead, the movie makes you forget who they are, and they just sort of fall into their character. Before i watched it i was like "oh, robert pattison, the twilight guy. Great". But as i watched it i almost forgot who i was watching. I wasnt watching the twilight guy act like an insane man, i was watching an insane man.
If you want an entertaining night, watch the commentary of Twilight with Pattinson. He hated the role and spends the whole time fun of himself, while the director acts as though she was filming Shakespeare.
sleeping gorilla He May have hated those movies (and I don’t blame him), but those movies have allowed him the freedom to pretty much do whatever interests him, instead of having to take bad movie roles in order to simply make a living.
@@Eidlones that extended monologue of Dafoe cursing him was actually genuinely terrifying. But yet also hilarious because something so intense was being said because Pattinson said he didn't enjoy his cooking lol
Yup. After End Game I'm officially done with MCU movies, I'll catch the rest at redbox. I want to see real creative features now like that movie about Brooklyn Edward Norton is in. It really shows his range as an actor
you need to watch Van Gogh. willem does a great job, and its very arthouse/independant. made by ppl who appreciate and value good filmmaking rather than millions of dollars. i rented if from redbox a while back and was struck by how good it was.
@@sclogse1 While I agree that it is perfect as a film, I just wanted to point out that it is a theatrically-based movie (both Eggers and Dafoe had their start in theater) and it could totally work as a play.
There are some similarities to the 1930's play, 'Thunder Rock' -- but that story has an optimistic conclusion, unlike the harsh ending of'The Lighthouse.'
I LOVED the scene where it suddenly gets quiet and there’s a shot of the door/doorway and willem is hauntingly saying “why’d ya spill her beans” over and over, probably my favourite scene along with where pattinson goes out and sees himself and his clone and him turn around and willem is there naked with the the beam of the lighthouse coming out of his eyes
I have at least 5 different interpretations of this myself. The Greek mythology interpretation is pretty blatant but I think it's more layered than that. Robert Pattinson's performance was absolutely amazing!
Yeah.....it wasn't even that disturbing. Just uncomfortable to watch. I walked out of theater saying to my friend "I thought that was supposed to be a horror movie." It really wasn't.
@Fritzy Nesta I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. I really like film and usually the more artsy films but even though I can appreciate what this movie technically did right I think the film itself is dogshit. Having an ambiguous ending doesn't make a movie good. This movie took all the twist and turns I expected from a movie in this genre and did nothing new.
I am clearly not a writer, but I wanted to share my thoughts on The Lighthouse. And all opinions are welcome to help me further understand this crazy movie Holy… shit. Okay so I watched the Lighthouse and I haven’t been too fond of anyones interpretation so far, so I felt like I might as well share mine. I literally hate reading and writing, but this movie was so deep I couldn’t help but speak on it. What does it all mean? Simply put, Robert Pattinsons character is in purgatory. He murdered the real Winslow, and was sent to live in purgatory for as long as he could last. The island is his final stop before eternal hell. And the island is set up with conditions that are designed specifically for him to lead to his inevitable demise. He is murderer, and is sentenced endure the life of a grunt, doing lighthouse chores while being patronized by an old man, until he can handle it no more and murder the old man, touch the light, and advance on to eternity of being eaten alive. Its brilliantly fucked up if you think about it. Everything he is surrounded by is supposed to push him to his unraveling, theres nothing he can do about it, its only a matter of how long he can last. The fact that the movie is in black and white reaffirms this even more. Because he is dead, in hell, no color left in his life, no life. Just Dull grey and colorless and hopeless. So I think that his purgatory was set up for him to fail, and its just a matter of how long he can withstand the torture. He was told not to kill a seagull or itd be bad luck. Then the seagull antagonized him constantly. Mermaids are bad luck, yet his only form of a female fantasy he has to cling on to Is a mermaid. Also, he clearly had some sexual issues, and what else would be a perfect torture, other than having a beautiful woman top half, but a disgusting fishy scaly bottom. it was suggested that the previous sailor left it behind, but ive gotta say It seems like a specifically designed torture method. Lastly his biggest temptation is the Lighthouse its self. He has to do all of the grunt work every day and isn’t allowed up to the light, while watching Wake, worship it every night naked. And when he finally does touch it, he experiences every emotion at its highest, simultaneously, then screams with pain pleasure confusion clarity and madness, and then is sent to his hell of being eaten alive for eternity. He lays in a dried up ocean, no eyes, stomach open, being eaten, and is clearly alive still. I think they made this shot to show he is finally in literal hell. Naked, no need for clothes, unable to die, because he is already dead, being eaten by the “souls of sailors” and you see a sky full of seagulls “souls” up above. My interpretation of whats on the surface On the surface/My interpretation Winslow is at the light house voluntarily for work to earn a wage. Perfect set up for a prison designed for him to fail. He believes he is there to earn money, so It will keep him motivated to do chores. He has to follow Wakes orders because Wakes controls if he gets paid for his work. It doesn’t matter however because this is purgatory and you can take solace in working here for eternity with no end opposed to being eaten alive by sailor souls for eternity. Wake is a mad man and curses Winslow for insulting his cooking Wake is a mastermind, sea god, who is just torturing Winslow. He lets him know his fate to further increase his gloominess on this isolated island. Wake is able to handle the light on a nightly basis, he is powerful, not just a crazy old man. Winslows snapping point. I believe when Winslow finally saw Wakes books and records he was keeping on him, he finally realized he was in purgatory and just decided to accept his fate of damnation. He read the book and immediately punches a clock. I think its to say he realizes theres no such thing as time where hes at and that fucking clock on the wall is just there to fool him. He sees that his reviews are all terrible. He was forced to drink and written up for drinking. He slaves day in and day out and takes insults assuming it means he is completing his job. But once he sees it has all been for nothing this far it clicks to him that this is his own personal hell. He comes from the trees and the forests, so what better place than be surrounded by water. He calls out Wake for being a sailor parody. Which is exactly right, Wake is just playing the part of everything Winslow would hate about a person. Winslow realizes this has no end, fully aware of the other option because Wake gave him a clear description of his damnation when he insulted his cooking. So he buries Wake, and goes to touch the light to get the ultimate reward for his eternal horrid destiny. I think this is what happened because Eggers style. The witches ending only showed her smiling and floating to the sky, but her ending is not happy at all. She got a delicious reward for the eternal damnation of her soul. Just like Winslow, who was sent to this purgatory for murdering the real Winslow. Specific torture The island its self Winslow said himself he wanted to settle down up north. With the trees and green lands. So an endless raging sea on a desolate rock is pretty much the exact opposite. Howard himself A farting insulting, patronizing smelly old man. Embodying everything Winslow hates deep down. He literally cant stand him, yet he is stuck there with him in claustrophobic living quarters. Being constantly berated and labored. The mermaid sculpture Winslow definitely had some sexual issues. So they planted a mermaid toy to be his only form of female fantasy. He has a nasty old man, and a mermaid. So he masturbates to it, but his sexual fantasy is of having sex with a disgusting fishy mermaid bottom. She has a beautiful face but only has a terrifying grimace and screech. His best form of comfort is still a conflicting mental mess. He even breaks down crying while masturbating. Although he did see his murder victims face too so that could have something to do with it. The seagull Being constantly warned not to kill a seabird or it will bring bad luck. The seagull antagonized him constantly through out the movie. That is pure psychological torture. It stayed within hands reach, while pecking at him and squawking at him every day while he has to do lighthouse chores. The bird was literally there for him to kill and antagonizing him to kill it, but if he kills it he will be damned. The light Just like the seagull, he will be damned if he touches the light. The light is like the ultimate temptation accompanied by the ultimate damnation. Once again this island is just his alternative option to hell. He can remain a man, that gets to walk and talk, eat and drink, speak, think, fantasize, essentially live. However, this life, will have no clear pleasure. You can eat but it will be shitty, you can drink but it will be alcohol or sludge water, you can jerk off but it will be to a screeching fish woman. You can have a companion, but you will loathe him. You can live, but you will work tirelessy in harsh wet conditions. But if you kill a seagull it will get a lot worse here. And if you touch the light, you will be eaten alive in a dried up ocean for eternity. Once Winslow reads Howards book, he figures out his situation, and chooses the light.
Holy crap that's the best interpretation I've read of the film so far, along with its references with Greek mythology. Excellent man I'm gonna see again hoping to gain more appreciation from it.
Your interpretation matches mine a lot of ways, but with some key differences. I think he really IS lying there dying at the end, though his manner of punishment does indeed evoke the Greeks' Prometheus. Thomas's crime in life was to covet the lives of others. Feeling chained by his own sordid past, he killed a man and stole his identity. At some point after, I believe he DOES set off to become a lighthouse keeper, but maybe gets shipwrecked and eventually dies. The events surrounding the lighthouse are a fever dream produced in Thomas' last moments, as racked with guilt he contemplates his past. Like you elaborated, all the events of the film are symbolic. I believe, however, that Wake for one represents Thomas' father. Thomas even compares them outright, believing both worked him like a mule and never gave him his due. When Thomas discovers the journal, I equate this to a manifestation of the inequity he felt in real life, which led him to steal the life of Winslow. Continuing the analogy, my interpretation is therefore that the "Light" represents the brilliance and shine of the "good life," and just as in real life, in Thomas' purgatory he kills another to take what is not rightfully his. I believe Thomas' displays of lust in the film aren't necessarily sexual, but a representation of his covetousness. For example, when he envisions the mermaid for the first time, he initially believes her to be a dead woman. Does he help her? No. He brushes aside the seaweed and begins to fondle her. To his horror, she awakes and begins to scream in madness. This parallels two key points of the narrative: one, Thomas' ecstasy and madness at finally seeing the stolen Light, and most importantly, two, Thomas in real life not helping Winslow, but letting him die and taking his life for his own. The eventual madness is symbolic of the pervading guilt.
I agree with you, but I believe that even if the island was made to antagonize him, it was more of a challenge rather than his fate. Maybe if he could’ve resisted temptation till when the boat came in he would have been saved, it is purgatory, where heaven can still be achieved. But once caved in, he failed and was set on a path down to his fate.
@@TakeOffYourBoots I wrote this interpretation hoping a more educated person could come and give me the legit explaination i needed! this is that explaination! thank you for this, and thank you for reading my extremely long comment and giving a thoughtful response. What do you think was in the light? and do you think Dafoes character has any ties to any actual diety?
This is why I wait for these type of dialogue heavy films to come out in home video, so I can watch them with subs and zero distractions for full immersion. I can see myself getting insanely annoyed seeing it at a theater with strangers that may be interrupting the experience.
@@Dr_Nuclear-sloth see that would've taken me out of the experience and gotten me annoyed for the rest of the movie. Definitely will wait for home video release. I have my own theater room at home and it sounds way better than the standard Digital showings at mt local theater chains which sounds like they use 3 speakers only even though there are like 15 around the damn room.
@@fullmetal1666 I've been watching since his original channel and still say "we" didn't do anything. kinda like when Reddit says they did something. social media commenters think too highly of themselves.
For those wondering about the mythology: Immediately after I finished watching this movie I thought of the Greek Myth of Prometheus. Here is the overall basic summary of the myth (if you haven't seen the movie this might be spoiler territory). Essentially, Zeus takes away fire (light) from humans as punishment for disobeying him. Prometheus, a Titan, decides to steal this fire from Zeus and return it to the humans. Humans use this light for both cooking and creating weapons. As punishment, Zeus chains Prometheus to a rock and has a bird come and tear out his liver each day. For those who have seen the movie these are some striking parallels: the fire IS the lighthouse and the ending of the movie is precisely what becomes of Prometheus. These are my thoughts!
@@jeremiahjohnsen1711 In my opinion, I view Winslow as Prometheus and Wake as Zeus. Wake is forbidding Winslow from going to the top of the lighthouse, to which Winslow disobeys and is ultimately punished. My view of it is that the Light represents some kind of knowledge or ability that Wake fears has the potential for negative uses, hence not wanting Winslow to see it. Again thats just all how I read the film
