DVD Talk Forum
Page 4 of 11
« First
2
3
4
5
6
Last »
Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page

DVD Talk Forum (https://forum.dvdtalk.com/)
-   Movie Talk (https://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk-17/)
-   -   It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe (https://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/624672-follows-2014-d-david-robert-mitchell-s-maika-monroe.html)

Solid Snake 03-28-15 07:04 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
well it cost $2 million. So they made twice the budget. Heh.

asianxcore 03-28-15 07:16 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Saw this a few days ago with one of my best friends. We both loved it.

It's not as scary as media outlets keep hyping it out to be, but holy hell is that feeling dread/tensions drawn out for such a long time (100+ minutes). I was fidgeting the entire time because the film got under my skin really early.

To echo what has been already said here, Maika Monroe is fantastic here and I also hope she keeps doing films within the genre. Supporting cast is alright, but luckily Maika's perfomance more than carries the entire film.

Cinematography is absolutely beautiful and really pushes for this film to be seen on a large screen. I am a Michigan-native, so seeing so many shots of my hometown and surrounding areas cranked up the nostalgic feeling in me, on top of all the nostalgia David Robert Mitchell was already hinting at in his film. Sound design is fantastic as well as the soundtrack by Disasterpiece, which is easily one of my favorite film soundtracks in years.

If there were any qualms I had with the film, there were few. Supporting cast was alright and sometimes had delivery of lines that were cringe-worthy. Also there is some questionable CG work that made things look a bit goofy.

Other than those things, I really loved the film and can't wait until it gets a home video release!

Originally Posted by Goat3001 (Post 12435798)
Dammit. Really wanted to see this on VOD. I hate seeing horror movies in the theater. Guess I'll be waiting for the dvd.
Maybe go to the first showing (Early Bird) of the day? That is assuming you don't like seeing Horror films in theaters because of people.

TomOpus 03-28-15 07:33 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12435786)
Soooooo what'd you guys think of it?
As I was walking out, the guy behind remarked to his group exactly what I was thinking:

"I'm not sure what to think."

But that can be a good thing. Overall, I liked the film. A solid "B" in my book. I give them high marks more for what they were trying to achieve than what I actually felt. There are several levels to this movie and that was cool. The soundtrack was very effective MOST of the time. There were moments where it interrupted the flow.

I really liked the cast. They really sold me. So did the cinematography. I liked how the movie took place as much in the daylight as night. I also liked how they switched up "It."

I do want to see it again. Have a quick question:

Spoiler:
What was the deal with the cloud of blood in the pool

Solid Snake 03-28-15 07:41 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
I really enjoyed how it was this weird mix of decades. And the lack of active adults in the story.

asianxcore 03-28-15 07:44 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Originally Posted by TomOpus (Post 12435844)
Spoiler:
What was the deal with the cloud of blood in the pool
When I first saw it,

Spoiler:
I immediately just interpreted it as a stylistic choice to show that 'it' had been stopped for longer than I normally does. A few times in the film we see 'it' gets shot in the head or body and get back up. Maybe this was just a way of showing it had been stopped for a little longer than usual?

Hell, it might have just been done to show that 'it' was going to come back out of the pool while looking REALLY cool


Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12435854)
I really enjoyed how it was this weird mix of decades. And the lack of active adults in the story.
I liked that too.

Spoiler:
The lack of adults was a nice throwback to many films it is directly influenced by. Jay's mother is seen in a few shots in the film, but she either has little to say/nothing to say or is just shown moving (opening scene when she is on the phone). For me the lack of parents, sort of makes the finale stronger. It feels so much like an Adventure/Horror film at that point because of that very reason. That these are kids trying to battle something that is so unknown to them and they really wouldn't come up with something intelligent or thought through. When that plan fails, it makes that finale even more intense, but it is a reminder that this group is just a bunch of kids trying to figure all of this out. The naivety makes sense from all the things we see in scenes before.

Solid Snake 03-28-15 07:54 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
About the ending...

Spoiler:
I think they really killed it. The film does a little tease w/ some young guy walking behind them and the music going. It just looked like a normal dude walking to me though. Cuz he walks and looks to the side a bit. The others didn't do that, they moved differently. This guy just seemed normal. Seems like some think that IT is still alive. I'd like to think that they killed it.


I loved it. I hate most horror cuz most of it is just too bad for me to tolerate. And this was good. I was glad we got it here.

Why So Blu? 03-28-15 08:20 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
My whole thing is
Spoiler:
where did "it" come from or what is "it?"

Spoiler:
I wanted some back story or an origin of "it."

Solid Snake 03-28-15 08:28 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Eh. I didn't need that. I wondered for a bit but as presented from the story... this thing has been passed down a bit. How far? I dunno. But at some point the origin doesn't matter cuz it's the now that matters to the people.

Why So Blu? 03-28-15 08:33 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12435884)
Eh. I didn't need that. I wondered for a bit but as presented from the story... this thing has been passed down a bit. How far? I dunno. But at some point the origin doesn't matter cuz it's the now that matters to the people.
A bit from what?

RichC2 03-28-15 08:39 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
I always think its funny when people that get cursed have time to figure out the curses origin in horror movies.

Solid Snake 03-28-15 08:42 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
They mention that it's been passed down. A bit as in...from whomever it's first "host" or whatever. I did think though.... how long that could last. either it's been passed on really well or it's a short ass list. Either way... the lack of an origin doesn't hurt the film. It actually passes over it really well cuz it's immediacy of the situation that matters more importantly.

Why So Blu? 03-28-15 08:44 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Who was patient zero and where did it materialize from? I liked the movie a lot but a spontaneous combustion origin is stupid.

Solid Snake 03-28-15 08:54 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
I guess an origin would be fun but the film introduces really well that we're just entering a line for this thing and the people involved. Everything doesn't need an origin. And it worked well.

clemente 03-28-15 09:38 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Originally Posted by Why So Blu? (Post 12435897)
Who was patient zero and where did it materialize from? I liked the movie a lot but a spontaneous combustion origin is stupid.
I think an origin, at least for this movie, is a lose/lose. Even if the origin story is great, it has to be inserted into the narrative and you would lose some of the relentlessness of the pace as the kids take their side trip to find out more.

Or you could have an origin that is merely "okay" or worse doesn't fulfill the expectation the viewer has for it and it drags the movie down.

I think an origin is exactly what a "normal" horror movie would do, they tend to have the kids hit the internet and find the entire history of the evil thing" scene. As I was watching this I did find myself thinking that I wanted to know more - but as the movie went on and I thought about it afterwards, I think not revealing anything beyond what Jeff knew and what we saw was the smartest choice.

asianxcore 03-28-15 11:59 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
I agree, the lack of an explanation was oddly refreshing in this film.

Any other Horror film would have had the group stumble upon a hidden book somewhere or some newspaper clipping archive in a library. Here we know as much as one particular character (conveniently) knows.

CharlieK 03-29-15 12:11 AM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Originally Posted by clemente (Post 12435924)
I think an origin, at least for this movie, is a lose/lose. Even if the origin story is great, it has to be inserted into the narrative and you would lose some of the relentlessness of the pace as the kids take their side trip to find out more.
Spoiler:
I'm happy to not to have been spoon-fed an origin, but I was always curious why the ITs were always in a state of undress. And the girl in the kitchen was obviously a victim of sexual assault. Since sexual intercourse was obviously a huge factor in the movie, was that how these people were when IT was passed on to them? Interesting, too, how the kid across the street was 'killed' by having his Mother grind on him. Lots of sex stuff going on in this flick.

The lack of a concrete time period also really messed with my head. The principals' homes and cars were all decorated like it was the late 80's / early 90's, but there were more modern cars in the background and that one girl had a Kindle-type device in that pink clam shell looking thing. It's interesting to me - and I found this also with 'The Way Way Back' - not having an established timeframe really affects how I internalize a film. For some reason, it makes me uneasy.

I thought this movie was great. Loved the way it looked, the way it was framed, and how it was scored. Very Carpenter-esque. Good stuff.



EDIT:
Originally Posted by asianxcore (Post 12436050)
Spoiler Tags! :)
Whoa, OK. Sorry. Didn't think we needed them in a review thread. Might want to spoiler me in your post, though.

asianxcore 03-29-15 12:17 AM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Originally Posted by CharlieK (Post 12436048)
Spoiler:
I'm happy to not to have been spoon-fed an origin, but I was always curious why the ITs were always in a state of undress. And the girl in the kitchen was obviously a victim of sexual assault. Since sexual intercourse was obviously a huge factor in the movie, was that how these people were when IT was passed on to them? Interesting, too, how the kid across the street was 'killed' by having his Mother grind on him. Lots of sex stuff going on in this flick.

The lack of a concrete time period also really messed with my head. The principals' homes and cars were all decorated like it was the late 80's / early 90's, but there were more modern cars in the background and that one girl had a Kindle-type device in that pink clam shell looking thing. It's interesting to me - and I found this also with 'The Way Way Back' - not having an established timeframe really affects how I internalize a film. For some reason, it makes me uneasy.

I thought this movie was great. Loved the way it looked, the way it was framed, and how it was scored. Very Carpenter-esque. Good stuff.
Spoiler Tags! :)

Solid Snake 03-29-15 12:40 AM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Originally Posted by CharlieK (Post 12436048)
Spoiler:
I'm happy to not to have been spoon-fed an origin, but I was always curious why the ITs were always in a state of undress. And the girl in the kitchen was obviously a victim of sexual assault. Since sexual intercourse was obviously a huge factor in the movie, was that how these people were when IT was passed on to them? Interesting, too, how the kid across the street was 'killed' by having his Mother grind on him. Lots of sex stuff going on in this flick.

The lack of a concrete time period also really messed with my head. The principals' homes and cars were all decorated like it was the late 80's / early 90's, but there were more modern cars in the background and that one girl had a Kindle-type device in that pink clam shell looking thing. It's interesting to me - and I found this also with 'The Way Way Back' - not having an established timeframe really affects how I internalize a film. For some reason, it makes me uneasy.

I thought this movie was great. Loved the way it looked, the way it was framed, and how it was scored. Very Carpenter-esque. Good stuff.

actually that's wrong.
Spoiler:
The girl at the school. The girl in the yellow dress, by how the dude didn't register anything "wrong" yet. The female athlete that was a possible IT but wasn't. They were fully clothed. Shows us that IT comes in many forms. Clothed or unclothed.

Why So Blu? 03-29-15 08:52 AM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12436063)
actually that's wrong.
Spoiler:
The girl at the school. The girl in the yellow dress, by how the dude didn't register anything "wrong" yet. The female athlete that was a possible IT but wasn't. They were fully clothed. Shows us that IT comes in many forms. Clothed or unclothed.
The
Spoiler:
naked old man on the roof.

dex14 03-29-15 10:48 AM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
I enjoyed it. I didn't find it particularly scary or anything. But it's definitely a breath of fresh air compared to a typical horror movie of present time. The score is awesome. I really liked Maika Monroe.

Solid Snake 03-29-15 11:31 AM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Originally Posted by Why So Blu? (Post 12436174)
The
Spoiler:
naked old man on the roof.
yeah. Which along w/ the reactions of the dude and what WE see proves that they weren't all in just one form of dress.

CharlieK 03-29-15 11:47 AM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
While I meant to write 'various states of undress', you're absolutely right that there were some ITs that were completely clothed. But I still think there's something to it. We find out IT is transferred through sex and the first one we can see is naked. There's also a naked man, a rape victim, old woman in a nightgown, Greg was in long johns when he was an IT, his Mom was in her nightgown. Maybe I'm trying to overanalyze it, but I have to think the director made them this way for a reason.

Solid Snake 03-29-15 11:55 AM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Spoiler:
Maybe there is but remember the guy that was in her home. That was her first solo IT, the naked woman is of relation to the dude. He was in like I guess clothes to sleep in.

Maybe it's clothing worn or not worn in relation to what is used before sex? Like before someone fucks they would wear that. But then movie theater girl, School girl, and what could been but wasn't the soccer girl. MAYBE the director wants an image of some sort depending what he felt like would be cool? It's hard to guess cuz the various situations we see them don't really match up to a concrete explanation as to WHY they're wearing what they wear.

CharlieK 03-29-15 12:12 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12436308)
Spoiler:
Maybe there is but remember the guy that was in her home. That was her first solo IT, the naked woman is of relation to the dude. He was in like I guess clothes to sleep in.

Maybe it's clothing worn or not worn in relation to what is used before sex? Like before someone fucks they would wear that. But then movie theater girl, School girl, and what could been but wasn't the soccer girl. MAYBE the director wants an image of some sort depending what he felt like would be cool? It's hard to guess cuz the various situations we see them don't really match up to a concrete explanation as to WHY they're wearing what they wear.
Spoiler:
Yeah, maybe you're right. Naked man on the roof was a pretty indelible image although it didn't really fit in with the other ITs' behavior.

asianxcore 03-29-15 12:23 PM
Re: It Follows (2014, D: David Robert Mitchell) S: Maika Monroe
 
How did everyone interpret

Spoiler:
the scene near the end of the film after the group had taken care of 'it' at the pool. Jay is laying down, there is a shot of family of photo focusing on her father (?) and then (what is to presumed) as 'it' looking like her father, rubbing her lower back?


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:58 AM.
Page 4 of 11
« First
2
3
4
5
6
Last »
Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page


Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.