I loved the film and give it an A but that's due to being a fan of Werewolves
The images are beautiful, our France is well filmed and there is a good composition of the shots as well as a colorimetry which helps to give a real nice atmosphere.
Small flat on the attack scenes with FX that stain (too bad) and above all a completely chaotic camera that probably serves to hide those FX.
Maybe situating the attacks at night could have been an alternative solution to compensate for the lack of budget and thus have less confusing scenes, because yes we are not really on a werewolf film on a full moon evening but on a Gypsy curse.
So the beast can and will attack (especially) during the day. Speaking of the beast, I like the idea that this one can only be killed if the human inside is downed at the same time.
The autopsy in the middle of the film is really cool by the way, THE scene of the movie in my opinion.
As I hoped the Beast of Gévaudan is mentioned, our pathologist is directly connected to this story since his family is among the victims of said Beast. Nice. Maybe I should re-watch Brotherhood of the Wolf. Again <3.
Otherwise there are a few little things that will make you roll your eyes, for example the mother who will open the door of the church (already stupid) and OF COURSE, everyone is asleep. M'okay.
In the end, a little film to watch if you're a fan of the genre, but it's neither very scary nor memorable. But in the absence of better it will do the job.
6,5/10
The Lighthouse (2019)
Watching the Batema movie made me remember I had this movie to watch but had forgotten.
Well, I watched, and didn't understood.
I feel that I just watched the scenes and the story escaped me. That there was some mysteries there to be solved but I failed completely. I just didn't had that spark moment to make it all clear, what would it be...
Birdshot (2016, Philippines)
"This movie could had happen here."
On one side there's a just formed pair of cops going to investigate the disappearance of a bus going to Manila.
On the other side there's a father and a daughter that live isolated on a rural area. After he teaches his daughter how to use a gun to hunt and defend herself she acidental wanders inside a reservation area and kills a super rare eagle endangered of extinction.
The pair of cops is reassigned to investigate the killing of the eagle.
This movie as so fucking good!
Watched it yesterday and I'm still thinking about it and noticing various details about the story and character behavior. It surprised me so much and again, "it could had happen here".
In the end I was sad for Domingo.
What could he do? What could he change? What could he stop? The only other alternative to him was ending like the people on the bus, isn't it? "It could happen here"...
That scens with him refusing to take his weeding ring and instead taking the other rings says everything. As long ins't your family being killed you can endure, I guess.
i watched that only because of katherine langford <3 was quite a fun movie. i hope she gets more roles. this was her last movie and the last tv show she done was Cursed but of course netflix shit canned that.Spontaneous
Tense, yet funny movie about a group of high school kids that keep spontaneously combusting.
Worth a watch.
Best scene from that moviewatched a bit of Scream (2022) today. i fell asleep but will definitely watch the rest of it.
i watched that only because of katherine langford <3 was quite a fun movie. i hope she gets more roles. this was her last movie and the last tv show she done was Cursed but of course netflix shit canned that.
The Lighthouse (2019)
Watching the Batema movie made me remember I had this movie to watch but had forgotten.
Well, I watched, and didn't understood.
I feel that I just watched the scenes and the story escaped me. That there was some mysteries there to be solved but I failed completely. I just didn't had that spark moment to make it all clear, what would it be...
Sounds like feminazi propaganda so it's a skip for me
Meh. It was all right? The repetitive nature of the storyline hurt this much more than anything else going on in it. Stellar performances by the lead actors, no doubt. Not enough otherwise to make me want to ever rewatch it.
Kind of an exaggeration
A great piece in its respective genre that was essentially everything I anticipated it would be.
This movie really grabbed me the first time and it still holds up with the atmosphere.
Found it boring and predictable
This movie really grabbed me the first time and it still holds up with the atmosphere.
