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Post by geneweigel on Dec 26, 2018 13:35:39 GMT -5
I watched this the other night and it was excellent. I don't want to spoil anything but I liked it. That might be a hint.
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Post by Scott on Jan 1, 2019 0:42:14 GMT -5
I liked it. Thought it was very well done. I thought ‘the Problem’ was a little too vague. Definitely had a little Lovecraft feel, with the unquantifiable things, the madness, and fanatical ‘cultists’. Worth the two hours.
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Post by davegibsongreyhawkdm on Jan 2, 2019 12:43:16 GMT -5
I enjoyed this as well, especially John Malkovich’s character and acting in this film.
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Post by GRWelsh on Jan 19, 2019 17:56:00 GMT -5
A few weeks ago, my parents watched this together and I was surprised because it seemed like an unlikely choice for them. Mom didn't like it as she thought it was too gory, and Dad didn't like it because he thought it was stupid and half-baked. I watched it today and liked it. Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich carried the movie, and not showing the monster reminded me that showing terrified people is scarier than any special effect. I agree with Dad that the 'rules' of this monster seemed under-developed, but I probably recognized more of the Lovecraftian elements. Like Dad thought the criminally insane weren't acting insane, just bad, but I thought that was a direct homage to THE CALL OF CTHULHU short story when the artists, psychically sensitives, and mentally disturbed were the most receptive to Cthulhu's 'call' when R'lyeh emerged from the sea, and this quote too: "That cult would never die till the stars came right again, and the secret priests would take great Cthulhu from His tomb to revive His subjects and resume His rule of earth. The time would be easy to know, for then mankind would have become as the Great Old Ones; free and wild and beyond good and evil, with laws and morals thrown aside and all men shouting and killing and revelling in joy. Then the liberated Old Ones would teach them new ways to shout and kill and revel and enjoy themselves, and all the earth would flame with a holocaust of ecstasy and freedom." And there were Gary's drawings, one of which looked just like Cthulhu. Leaving everything unexplainable and hopeless also seems very Lovecraftian, so the ending wimped out somewhat -- but I still enjoyed it.
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Post by Scott on Jan 19, 2019 19:11:03 GMT -5
I enjoyed it, but I think if I start analyzing it, it will fall apart.
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Post by geneweigel on Jan 19, 2019 20:54:44 GMT -5
I saw the Cthulhu angle but while watching I loved the leaving it to your imagination with the direct imagery but the biggest was that dealing with some weird fucked shit that was left to the imagination.
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Post by Scott on Jan 19, 2019 22:59:41 GMT -5
They originally did film it showing the things, but they thought they looked goofy, so they cut them out.
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Post by grodog on Jan 25, 2019 22:03:05 GMT -5
I enjoyed it, but I think if I start analyzing it, it will fall apart. I think you're rather spot-on there, Scott: 4/10-ish from me Allan.
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