The production designers capture 1960s Boston quite well and the two female leads are very good as the dogged investigative reporters. The story line is largely 'procedural' in tone with many leads followed and a lot of barely identified characters ( somewhat confusing at times). It must have been a particularly frightening time for the women of Boston. So it seems to me to be much more of interest as an historical record rather than as a compelling 'crime/drama' movie. Watchable but not a keeper.
Only watched it all the way through for Mia Goth - and her acting is all over the place!! The story had great potential - but the technical standards and the delivery are very messy, and with little really convincing horror. Disappointing given Cronenberg's Possessor (2020) which was a quite sophisticated body horror 'mind bender' movie. Infinity strikes me as a love it, or loathe it, production.
Visually impressive movie ( top notch cinematography and dynamic post-production work). The story is more of a social drama providing somewhat shallow back stories on the two protagonists - it ambles along and is a bit mundane in places. Good character acting by Colman and Ward and a capable supporting cast. It has nostalgia and human interest, but somehow, as a drama/romance, not all that convincing or engaging for me. My 7 rating is mainly for the high technical standard.
E01: well made, good acting, original and entertaining story 7/10 E02: very contrived story line and some extreme plot stretches 3/10 Also Natasha Lyonne seems to be making her character as unappealing as possible. I'm done with the show. [re Lie-Detection: I read a book once, purportedly used by the FBI, which showed everyone has some of this ability, but a few people can have an exceptionally high natural aptitude. It can also be learnt to some extent through training and life experience].
There's a germ of a good horror story here - but let down by the technical side ( the budget restrictions are evident everywhere) and the acting ( high school drama production level). Just watchable.
In the big budget movie space, it should get the TOP AWARD for "Worst Made Movie of 2022". Will Netflix get their US $40m back? For a movie so excrementitiously bad - seems unlikely.
This "new remastered" version has (to my eye) better video quality than the old DVD rips (which were mostly awful - given the dark interior scenes and film stock of 1974 ). It's an original and highly influential horror classic. ( btw: the ambiguous finale, in my view, makes the movie even more disturbing.) .
Entertaining movie with sumptuous cinematography, very high production values and an impressive performance by the female lead, Emma Corrin (she carries the movie). The 'love story' feels somewhat flat and lacking in dramatic interest ( particularly in the first half) and that it is largely being spiced up by the erotic elements - which are explicit but tastefully done. (btw: it's amazing what can be shown, at least in some countries, on streaming media these days?).
Exceptionally solid cast, powerful direction by Peter Bogdanovich, and a painfully poignant story - a movie regarded by many as a near masterpiece of modern cinema. I rarely rate a movie as a '9' but this one is! The video quality of this 'remastered' version , given it is a b/w original, is only marginally better than earlier dvd rips. Thanks uploader.
A tragic tale of how rebellious Pearl goes psycho. Quite well shot and acted, with some nice touches (the 1915 Stag movie, the terrifically campy dance audition), but it ran out of steam as it went on, with a completely underwhelming conclusion. At least from X, we know Howard didn't get the chop!
Greetings Zaedniara I respect all users viewpoints, but I'm puzzled by your assertion 'the ENTIRE MOVIE is made BY MEN". The director and co-writer is a 35 year American woman. Movies are basically popular entertainment which have to try to appeal to a particular demographic of viewers (in this case 'horror / thriller' fans) - so possibly you are reading too much into it?
Much more successful as a very edgy experimental movie (VFX, camera work, sound design etc) than as a biopic of Norma Jeane Baker ( aka 'a world famous blonde'). The dreamy/fantasy style narrative is greatly fictionalised, with a very messy structure and made quite consciously harrowing in places. Fans who loved many of MM's 1950s movies could find much of this effort to be really unsatisfactory or even offensive. Also, I'm ambivalent about Ms de Armas' performance - where she's good, she's very good!
Somewhere on the scale of weirdness to loopiness, this comedy / fantasy movie has exhilarating visuals and a great soundtrack and features some nice off-beat acting performances. The story has something to do with a girl's psychic powers and the phase of the moon, however, just turn your brain off and enjoy some inventive movie making.
Made nearly 55 years ago, yet surprisingly modern in style, it's a simple but powerful story of a woman's painful process of self discovery. Good character acting by the whole cast, especially by the lead Joanne Woodward, and with very sure-footed direction by Paul Newman. It's a nicely shot, character based story which still carries contemporary relevance.
The movie is much better than the dreadful trailer. Although technically dated, and with a clunky narrative by today's standards, it's an imaginative and very well shot story with suspense, nudity and violence (not much horror) and with a very solid cast. Ms KInski (only 21 at the time) is fabulous and almost transforms herself into the 'cat' on screen. It's status as a campy cult classic is arguably well deserved. Thanks WSM.
E02: very contrived story line and some extreme plot stretches 3/10
Also Natasha Lyonne seems to be making her character as unappealing as possible. I'm done with the show.
[re Lie-Detection: I read a book once, purportedly used by the FBI, which showed everyone has some of this ability, but a few people can have an exceptionally high natural aptitude. It can also be learnt to some extent through training and life experience].
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I respect all users viewpoints, but I'm puzzled by your assertion 'the ENTIRE MOVIE is made BY MEN". The director and co-writer is a 35 year American woman. Movies are basically popular entertainment which have to try to appeal to a particular demographic of viewers (in this case 'horror / thriller' fans) - so possibly you are reading too much into it?