Wasn't a huge fan to be honest. I think Christopher Nolans style works well in action movies where theres a clarity and cleanness to the image. Think its just felt bland in this case and the film felt very formulaic. I'm not meaning to be too critical of either element, they weren't bad, just stopped me really enjoying it and rating it higher.
I liked the book, so now I have to see the film again. I think my problem with it was that it's all mood (and very depressing as such) and zero conclusion or resolution, and that's often not something that works well for me. But maybe I'm misremembering. I'll find out!
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I have heard the same from others and you do make fair points, I was put off with the 3 hours at first, but thats some vanished, it was 3 fantastic hours for me, a never a dull moment.
People only lived to 45 back then, so it makes sense.
I will be honest I did not believe you, I do now.I was straight on to Wikipedia when I saw it
This was a fecking awesome watch, it's so proudly and unapologetically camp, and embraces its silliness so wholly, it's wonderful. I'm not sure whether it's voluntary or not, but it's great. For the genre, it's a thoroughly enjoyable romp.The Pope Exorcist
Friedkin both started and ended the serious the exorcist film. So Julius Avery decides 1980’s post punk Europe is the next best destination.
Watching Russell Crowe drive a Ferrari brand scooter to We Care A Lot by Faith No More is truly cinematic. In fact he drives that scooter all the way from the Vatican to Spain without stopping.
Importantly the film makes the correct choice of saying all Christian mysticism is true. We spend a total of 5 minutes in a hospital trying to use nerd science before it’s right back to good old catholic demon fighting.
The supporting does a very solid job but
Crowe as the former WW2 partisan turned priest really makes the film into something great. There’s a moment where the camera just holds on a 59 year old overweight Crowe floating in mid air and it’s a really unique sight.
For what the film is trying to do it doesn’t get much better than this. A great way to spend 2 hours. Oh and the books are good!
9/10
Part 2 completes the original book, so don't worry about a cliffhanger.
Ahh, ok. That sounds good. I thought I heard that it was initially meant to be 2 films, but they stretched it out to 3? I might have this wrong.
Nice! Glad you liked it. It really does tread a nice line of playing respect to the source material and realising how silly it as at the same time.
Will have to add this to my watch list. I love old Malick stuff like Days Of Heaven and Badlands but haven’t seen anything post 2000.
He played the Green Knight in the movie too. Lovely deep, dulcet tones.
It's both true. Part 2 completes the first book, which can stand alone. But the end of Part 2 changes something from the book, creating a transition into a part 3 (based on the second book - which won't need to be split into two films). I don't think the film ends in a cliffhanger though. It's fine if the story ends there; as in so many films, they stop where you can kinda imagine the rest. (Of course, in an actual Part 3, there will be twists and turns to that rest; but that doesn't change how Part 2 ends.)
Thats one of a few of their films that have just blended into one and i cant remember which is which. Kiki's delivery service and the one about cats are mashed in amongst about 3 other films along with this.
Cheers. I had no idea. The guy has got a pretty great voice.
And he's still the voice of Davie vehicles.
Same. Really liked it as well. It‘s been some years..might watch it with my daughter probably soon. I‘m a bit careful with Ghibli movies and her, as they have proper dark sides to them imo - as real fairy tales should - and can really freak one out. She knows Kiki Toroto and Arietta so far but Laputa is a addition now I think.
Yeah, they're not like most current or Disney kids movies. They're not actually dark though, although that also depends what your kids are sensitive about. Lupita would be great to watch with my kids, but unfortunately my Netflix only has it in English and Japanese.
Think it‘s the reverse for me, Nausicaa was one of if not the very last Ghibli‘s I’ve watched back then and it just didn‘t catch me like all the others did. Happens.
How about My Neighbor Totoro? My four-year-old daughter is easily spooked by television but she can watch that with no problems (or subsequent nightmares). Also happens to be one of the best.
Yea, Totoro is awesome. Can‘t decide really what my fav is, really like Kiki (ending a bit meh) and Arietta too. Porco Rosso as well but it‘s a bit more mature IIRC.
Spirited Away is his masterpiece for me. Would scar my daughter for live right now, though.
There are all on the same level to me - quite different stories et al so hard to do a ranking. Haven’t seen Spirited Away for almost 8-9 years and yes it‘s a masterpiece. Same for Princess Mononoke which I think was what made him popular in the west. As I said before, they‘re all brilliant to me - except Nausicaa
*My kids saw the last 15 min or so of Laputa, where the evil dude takes control of the place, attacks the airship, and makes large parts of the army fall to their deaths, but that didn't bother them at all; they were glued to the screen. For them, they tend to be more bothered by drawn-out sad scenes (if someone dies and it's a big thing) or buy loss (my youngest is always sad if someone's parent disappears). The violence doesn't mean much to them; they watched me play Doom and just tell me to shoot the monsters!
I tried shooing them away, but since they obviously didn't see any of it as disturbing and just didn't care, I stopped bothering.)Which Doom?My kids saw the last 15 min or so of Laputa, where the evil dude takes control of the place, attacks the airship, and makes large parts of the army fall to their deaths, but that didn't bother them at all; they were glued to the screen. For them, they tend to be more bothered by drawn-out sad scenes (if someone dies and it's a big thing) or buy loss (my youngest is always sad if someone's parent disappears). The violence doesn't mean much to them; they watched me play Doom and just tell me to shoot the monsters!
(Yes, Doom is not for kids, I know.
The first ones are so pixelated, don‘t think kids these days haven‘t seen worse in some PawPatrol episode. (sound effects though..)
No, the two new Dooms: Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal. Where you can really see the glory kills.
Which Doom?
But let‘s talk again when they‘re ruining the little sleep that is left for you because of their demonic nightmares.
It's been at least a year now since I last played it, so I guess I got out alright in terms of night rest. The noises in the background are haunting but a lot of research went in to the film to make it as accurate as possible, still you can't help but associate the noises with certain horrific acts.
Yeah I was reading about the research work the sound editor did prior, during and after the filming it's quite impressive. It's just kind of ongoing the whole film, and when I think back to it 24h later, it's that ambient noise that comes straight back to mind.
I liked it but the point seemed a bit lost on me. I felt like it was possibly about the way we construct narratives to suit our personal agendas. A bit meta without necessarily being meta. Tar was a bit like that too.
