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The director is the reason why this is interesting and I'm sure it'll be good.
Surprised this thread isn't more popular, given how divisive this film is proving to be!
Went to see it Friday morning and it completely bowled me over!
It's crass, overly allegorical and it's third act nearly gave me an anxiety attack, but I loved every second of it. Some will likely state that it's a load of pretentious drivel and maybe it is, but by god is it ambitious. Amazed that a major studio greenlit this.
Went to see it Friday morning and it completely bowled me over!
It's crass, overly allegorical and it's third act nearly gave me an anxiety attack, but I loved every second of it. Some will likely state that it's a load of pretentious drivel and maybe it is, but by god is it ambitious. Amazed that a major studio greenlit this.
Knowing who the director is, I came in to this thread looking for these words.... leaving satisfied.
Knowing who the director is, I came in to this thread looking for these words.... leaving satisfied.
Aha! Yeah he's pretty divisive these days. Can't deny his drive though. Making a movie like this takes guts, knowing that you'll get every type of flack for it.
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I think I'll wait to watch it at home, as I'm too much of a pansy to watch it on the big screen
I think I'll wait to watch it at home, as I'm too much of a pansy to watch it on the big screen
Tbf, it's not really as much of a 'horror' as the trailers would have you believe. There's some tame jumps up until the third act, and then the movie just... well, breaks. It's beautifully horrific in it's execution and I won't deny that there's one or two scenes in particular during it's last 30 minutes that made me feel physically sick, but it's more 'psycho thriller' then it ever is 'horror'.
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Tbf this movie doesn't seem like it'll be a 'fun watch' hence the lack of popularity. I'd be surprised if it did anything at the BO, but maybe I'm wrong.
edit - Just checked and it's done very poorly as expected.
Doesn't surprise me at all. Hasn't been marketed particularly well either.
The tragedy is that regardless of what you make of the flick, the fact it even got backed by a major studio is a miracle. The fact it's done poorly only serves to prove them right in there apprehension, and they're likely to get cold feet again for quite some time when it comes to backing this type of 'auteur', 'art house' film making.
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Agreed, I wasn't sure wth it was supposed to be about!!
Tbf, I'm actually OK with that. Trailers these days are ridiculous for revealing plot details.
I meant poor marketing in terms of like... not much at all xD
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True, it did just seem to pop up out of nowhere a week or two ago!
I read that Aranofsky didn't want it heavily marketed because he didn't want it talked about too much for fear of spoiling it.
It doesn't really matter. If you tell people it's an Aranofsky film in the vein of Requiem for a Dream then there is a crowd who will want to watch it no matter what, and a crowd who will be immediately put off. You can't really outmarket that.
It's a film that spends more than half its runtime looking at Jennifer Lawrence's face reacting to things. Only you know whether you can deal with that.