I refuse to read a word of this. DYING to see it.
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Tyrannorabbit Jordan Smith • 6 years ago see morePretty much how I feel. I'd have seen it at a one-and-done screening on Valentine's Day, but I had reason to believe that the crowd would make a hoot-and-holler shitshow of it. Also - honestly, didn't want to be the guy going to some sort of sex-horror movie on Valentine's Day by myself. Thank you, I'll wait for a wide release.
Bob McLennan Tyrannorabbit • 6 years ago see more"the crowd would make a hoot-and-holler shitshow of it."
Precisely why I won't see any horror films in the theater anymore.
TJ O'Neill Bob McLennan • 6 years ago see moreHmm. I don't see horror movies in theaters that often, but I've always found that when I do, that shared experience with the crowd makes the experience more enjoyable. Something about the shared catharsis when everyone lets out a sigh of relief, or knowing that someone was as scared shitless as you were in that moment makes it worth the lack of immersion I usually hope for in a movie theater.
Cakefactory TJ O'Neill • 6 years ago see moreI've had many a horror movie completely ruined by idiots trying to demonstrate just how tough they are by laughing really loud, especially through the nastiest scenes.
Tyrannorabbit Cakefactory • 6 years ago see moreThat was my biggest objection to the experience that recently soured me on the practice - there were a couple guys who absolutely had to make sure everybody knew that this really disturbing part or that really sad part was SO FUNNY.
(second biggest objection - people eating like they were elephants digging around in trash cans. Which I suppose could happen anywhere, but this time, it happened more.)
Tyrannorabbit TJ O'Neill • 6 years ago see moreI generally think it's ideal to see a movie in a crowd with its intended audience, but sometimes that intended audience is one that brings respect and quiet attention.
Roc Kit TJ O'Neill • 4 years ago see moreThere's Friday the 13th Part V, and that same audience will show up for this.
Ruthlessly Absurd Jordan Smith • 6 years ago see moreSo with you. I checked, assuming it would get a good review, saw 4.5/EV and scrolled straight to the comment section to say the same thing you did
Flag On the Moon Jordan Smith • 6 years ago see moreIt didn't feel that spoilerish, and really, I'm not even sure if it would be horrible if it was No matter how much they try to spring surprises into this genre, most of the time that seems like missing the point.
Derek Childress Jordan Smith • 6 years ago see moreJordan - It really is great. Saw an advance screening of it a while back. Loved it.
Jordan Smith Derek Childress • 6 years ago see moreI've seen it twice now lol. But yeah, it's great.
finneganscake • 6 years ago see moreMy favorite movie of the year so far; imagine a modern, adult version of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" That's sort of how this felt.
Ben Folds Fan IN 3D!!! finneganscake • 6 years ago see moreAren't you also glad that this review doesn't mention this as being an extended metaphor for STD's?
finneganscake Ben Folds Fan IN 3D!!! • 6 years ago • edited see moreYou know me too well. This especially made me happy: "There’s a big honking metaphor here about the sexual terrors of adolescence."
Yes, yes, yes! The central metaphor here is a little more complicated than "lol, STDs!" Mitchell is getting at something more complicated than that. To have sex is in some way to cede part of yourself to another, which in the horror that is adolescence is much scarier than herpes. (I'm still anticipating getting in lots of arguments with people about this).
Persia finneganscake • 6 years ago see moreAnd it also appears to be about coming to terms with your own mortality, which a lot of teens end up doing for the first time when(/if) one of their peers dies.
silverfishimperitrix finneganscake • 6 years ago see more"To have sex is in some way to seed part of yourself to another, which in the horror that is adolescence is much scarier than herpes." There, fixed it.
LaMar finneganscake • 6 years ago see moreI don't know, maybe it's just me but... herpes seems pretty damn scary.
Halo_Insider finneganscake • 6 years ago see morePaddington slinks away, dejected and betrayed by this proclamation.
Ben Folds Fan IN 3D!!! Halo_Insider • 6 years ago see moreAs Paddington walks away, it thinks it sees someone following him. It looks like someone with a huge vat of marmalade, but he looks far too menacing to be a bringer of marmalade. And why is the music suddenly so chilling all of a sudden?
finneganscake Ben Folds Fan IN 3D!!! • 6 years ago see moreI will buy one beer for anybody who creates a trailer in which Paddington is the It.
DoctorJamilton Halo_Insider • 6 years ago see moreTsk tsk, how soon y'all have forgotten Blackhat.
Halo_Insider DoctorJamilton • 6 years ago see moreYou have clearly not spoken to finneganscake enough. Paddington was his Lord and Savior for the last few months. He even tried to order the movie poster.
MalleableMalcontent finneganscake • 6 years ago • edited see moreEspecially the end, the setting of which IS directly taken from the one "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" episode I remember.
finneganscake MalleableMalcontent • 6 years ago see moreThat's when the comparison really came to mind for me!
Lovely Bones finneganscake • 6 years ago see moreI can't wait to see this, but I don't know if it'll be able to top The Look of Silence.
WormYourHonour finneganscake • 6 years ago see moreCan we talk about the, uh... horror quotient of this movie? I'm a big ol' wuss when it comes to creepfests - The Orphanage was hell on my psyche, but I recently did just fine with The Babadook - so I usually like to know what I'm getting into. I want badly to see this, but it'd help to know just what kind of scary it is. So, uh... jump scares? Graphic/startling violence? Or is it more of the "constant, nerve-shredding dread" variety?
Obviously, spoilers for whatever follows (heh).
Ben Folds Fan IN 3D!!! WormYourHonour • 6 years ago see moreAs I'd define things, it's not particularly graphic in the violence, although if you're uber squeamish, there is at least one body which looks pretty bad. There's a mixture of some jump scares, a lot of constant dread, and a real intensity that comes from the soundtrack.
Cornelius Thoroughgood • 6 years ago see more"the best American horror film since The Blair Witch Project"...
Now THAT'S how you get my attention, Dissolve!
Cornelius Thoroughgood good shot green • 6 years ago see moreSame here! I have literally no idea what the movie is like except for that one sentence!
Mike_From_Chicago Cornelius Thoroughgood • 6 years ago see moreI've been hearing about this movie for what seems like three years, in awestruck festival reviews. It sounds like the perfect movie, and I can't wait to find out where it's opening in my area (or, sigh, rent it on-demand). Of course, after liking but not loving The Babadook, I'm a little nervous that my expectations are unreasonably high.
Cornelius Thoroughgood Mike_From_Chicago • 6 years ago see moreYeah, I'm glad I'm just now hearing about this. Hopefully it opens near me soon, so I don't kill it with my expectation.
The Shame-Spear of Hurt Mike_From_Chicago • 6 years ago see moreI enjoyed this more than The Babadook in almost every way. I even really liked The Babadook. Go see this!
Roc Kit The Shame-Spear of Hurt • 4 years ago see morei may have liked The Babadook more just because the horror of parenting is more real to me these days than the horror of adolescence.
alvareo Cornelius Thoroughgood • 6 years ago see moreI have seen so many American horror films better than Blair Witch since it was released honestly
Cornelius Thoroughgood alvareo • 6 years ago see moreI've seen a few, too, but I do love Blair Witch a whole, whole lot, so any positive comparison to it is a green light for me.
Mr. Logical • 6 years ago see morethe best American horror film since The Blair Witch Project
You really want that pull quote, don't you Scott?
Ben Folds Fan IN 3D!!! Mr. Logical • 6 years ago see moreHe's feeling a bit disappointed that the Birdman people thought his Inaratiu quote was just a tad too strong.
alvareo Ben Folds Fan IN 3D!!! • 6 years ago see moreIs that misspelling on purpose? Please tell me it is
Ben Folds Fan IN 3D!!! alvareo • 6 years ago see moreIf only. That's just me guessing at the spelling because of being too lazy to look it up.
Scott_Tobias Dissolve Staff Liebheart • 6 years ago see moreHuh. I didn't know this existed until now. Pretty poster, too.
Clockwork Eggplant Scott_Tobias • 6 years ago see moreIs the first time the Dissolve has been quoted on a poster/piece of movie marketing? I figure that it probably isn't, but this is the first that I've seen.
Rodhe Clockwork Eggplant • 6 years ago see moreI remember seeing a quote from the dissolve in a trailer for The Unknown Known a while ago.
dapernz Clockwork Eggplant • 6 years ago see moreObvious Child had a pretty prominent pull quote from the Dissolve.