The Witch (2016, D: Robert Eggers)
05-24-16, 08:10 AM
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05-24-16, 09:04 AM
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Re: The Witch (2016, D: Robert Eggers)
Crossing my fingers for Robert Eggers and hope he becomes the next Paul Thomas Anderson or Nicolas Winding Refn, and not the next M. Night Shyamalan.
05-30-16, 12:30 PM
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Re: The Witch (2016, D: Robert Eggers)
i think i liked and understood this much more because of DaveyJoe's post 
but, was Thomasin
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but, was Thomasin
Spoiler:
05-30-16, 01:09 PM
#104
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Re: The Witch (2016, D: Robert Eggers)
IDK, it dragged for me and I honestly didn't really care for it. The acting from Taylor-Joy was good and the atmosphere for the most part worked, but otherwise I just could not get into it, in fact there a couple parts I thought were unintentionally funny.
**/*****, (C-, 4.0/10, 1.75/4)
**/*****, (C-, 4.0/10, 1.75/4)
05-31-16, 08:36 AM
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I know, I'm still trying to figure out if the parts with the two little sisters were suppose to be funny or not cause I laughed my ass off every time they we were on screen.
Couldn't watch this a second time either.
Couldn't watch this a second time either.
05-31-16, 09:40 AM
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05-31-16, 10:37 AM
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Re: The Witch (2016, D: Robert Eggers)
I sure found "The Sixth Sense" kind of clumsy, to be honest. Without the surprise ending, there is not a lot of substance to it at all.
05-31-16, 01:16 PM
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What made me chuckle was thinking about Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
12-03-16, 12:53 PM
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Re: The Witch (2016, D: Robert Eggers)
I got to check this out last night and thought it was time very well spent. The dialogue was difficult from time to time, but the subjects to what they were talking about seemed to be pretty easy to follow. Would rather watch a movie in this way, than have to read subtitles the whole time.
Was definitely a slow burn.
Thought that the last 10 minutes or so were very effective and quite creepy. Although the movie throughout had a good sense of this and should also be noted.
I personally feel that most people who thought the ending was not good, probably did not think the movie was good either. Though; those people who watched it and were invested in the storytelling, probably really enjoyed the ending.
Some thoughts about the end:
Was definitely a slow burn.
Thought that the last 10 minutes or so were very effective and quite creepy. Although the movie throughout had a good sense of this and should also be noted.
I personally feel that most people who thought the ending was not good, probably did not think the movie was good either. Though; those people who watched it and were invested in the storytelling, probably really enjoyed the ending.
Some thoughts about the end:
Spoiler:
12-04-16, 03:08 AM
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12-04-16, 03:05 PM
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Re: The Witch (2016, D: Robert Eggers)
Watching this in the moment, without any prior background, I was trying to process everything as a modern piece of storytelling- i.e. looking for things like character motivation and arc; plot complication and resolution, etc.
Finding out afterwards that this is primarily based on a 1600's folk tale, evaluating the film by those basic criteria seems foolish. A folk tale usually follows some kind of dream logic. Hows and Whys don't usually factor into things.
I mention that because of the question of Thomasin.
The way I took it- we are meant to take everything at face value as the story unfolds. Everything is what it is until the story tells us differently.
just my take. I agree that it's very much open to individual interpretation.
Finding out afterwards that this is primarily based on a 1600's folk tale, evaluating the film by those basic criteria seems foolish. A folk tale usually follows some kind of dream logic. Hows and Whys don't usually factor into things.
I mention that because of the question of Thomasin.
The way I took it- we are meant to take everything at face value as the story unfolds. Everything is what it is until the story tells us differently.
just my take. I agree that it's very much open to individual interpretation.
01-02-17, 12:59 AM
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I enjoyed this film so much more the second time around.
I don't think I had a clear viewing the first time I had seen it because of all the ridiculous hype & marketing surrounding the film at the time.
I don't think I had a clear viewing the first time I had seen it because of all the ridiculous hype & marketing surrounding the film at the time.
01-05-17, 03:02 AM
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Re: The Witch (2016, D: Robert Eggers)
This was my favorite film of 2016, and will easily make my list of best films of the decade. It's an absolute masterpiece and it felt like it came out of nowhere.
01-05-17, 07:28 AM
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01-05-17, 10:13 AM
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I listed it in the Top 10 2016 thread, though I'm not quite as ga-ga as you are. But it's always good to see appreciation for the film. So many people talk about how boring it is. I just want to slap them around.
01-05-17, 10:57 AM
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Re: The Witch (2016, D: Robert Eggers)
Moody. Creepy. And then...it goes deeper.
I hate to see this labeled as a 'horror' film because it is just so good.
01-05-17, 11:47 AM
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Re: The Witch (2016, D: Robert Eggers)
I'd call it a psychological drama/thriller which in some ways reminds me of Roman Polanski's Apartment Trilogy (Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion, The Tenant)