Watched Suspiria last night on Amazon Prime. Man it's f'd up. It's a re-imagining of a 70's film which I've never heard of. But do not confuse this with a lazy cash grab remake. At 2 hours 30 mins it's a long film, and it is a slow burn in places especially in the middle section. It is set in 1977 in Berlin and uses real life events as a bit of background for the story, unfortunately I did feel it added much apart from being used to explain why a girl went missing. There are some really horrific scenes mixed together with a haunting soundtrack from Thom Yorke from Radiohead.
The cast are excellent, especially Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton who actually played 3 roles in the film. I genuinely did not know this before I watched the film and so glad I was not aware of this.
It a fascinating, if not an easy watch, and found I was glued to the screen for the most part. If you enjoyed Midsommar, you will probably enjoy this, but it is less well crafted.
@JohnnyShoulder Suspiria is a brilliant movie. I probably prefer the original Argento movie but they’re both great. Dakota Johnson’s underrated as an actress because of the 50 Shades movies.
@kyleforrester87 Happy to see you enjoyed A Quiet Place! I don't love it as much as most, but Emily Blunt was totally snubbed for an Oscar nomination for that film. Really well made and I'm a bit depressed about the fact that the sequel got delayed!
@JohnnyShoulder I just watched Suspiria a few weeks ago and completely agree with what you've said. It's an incredible piece of film that I certainly won't forget any time soon. I'd personally say it was miles better than Midsommar, but to each their own!
@LN78@nessisonett@Tjuz I've just watched a few bits (no pun intended) YouTube and Tilda Swinton wore a prothestic penis the whole time she was playing the male doctor, just just for when he was nude at the end. I love hearing about when actors go above and beyond what is required for their role
@LN78 Yeah seen those. Don't remember too much about MC but WNTAK stays long in the memory. She is one of those actors that even in bad films she manages to rise above it and put in stellar performances. You seen Snowpiercer? She is brilliant in that, hilarious at times. It was directed by the same bloke that did Parasite, Bong Joon-ho. Only recently realised that he also directed the excellent The Host. One of his other films, Okja is on Netflix. Which stars Tilda Swinton!
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@LN78 Is it anything like his performance in Velvet Buzzsaw? I really like JG but he can sometimes be a bit OTT in the old acting department, especially with his eyes. Nightcrawler is a near perfect performance you can get imo.
Be interesting to hear your thoughts on Snowpiercer. I though it was a little but over hyped and all over the place, but still a good watch. Think it would be worth a repeated watch.
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@LN78 Prince of Persia is so bad that I love it. It’s a bit like the original Pirates, it’s not trying too hard and it’s really hokey but it’s good fun. I grew up dying to Sands of Time though so it was a total nostalgia hit for me. They even use the same music when he uses the dagger to go back in time! It’s terrible yes but I like it. Plus poor Toby Kebbell needs a break, he’s in literally every flop ever despite being a decent actor including being in my favourite Black Mirror episode, ‘The Entire History of You’.
@LN78 Yeah Ass Creed is well, a bit ass. Kebbell was also good in the Apes films, he was just overshadowed by Andy Serkis. But I'll add in Wrath of the Titans to the list of flops he has been in @nessisonett.
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@LN78@JohnnyShoulder Funny thing is that there is a group of actors with the opposite luck — they’re mediocre at best in their craft but they seem to have the Midas touch in that their films always seem to be big hits in spite of their poor acting.
Nicholas Cage, Keanu Reeves, Dwayne Johnson, and Samuel L. Jackson come to mind. This is just my opinion but I don’t understand why some of these guys keep getting top billing on multi-million dollar movies.
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@Th3solution Nicholas Cage allure has long past, most of his films are straight to streaming these days. While there is nothing wrong with that, he hasn't appeared as the main star in a big hitter for ages now.
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@JohnnyShoulder Yeah I guess you’re right. It just seems like he’s in everything, lol - but I must just have a prejudice against him. His voice is ‘nails on a chalkboard’ to my ears. I liked him at Spider-Man Noir though. 😂
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@LN78 Haha! I know, that is unfortunately the Nic Cage I will always think in my mind are those 3 - Con-Air, Wicker Man, and Raising Arizona. So when I see National Treasure I think to myself, “this would have been a good movie if they had someone else in the lead role” 😅
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