#movie thoughts

[laceybarbedwire]

So...Madame Web is messy but it's about deeply awkward Dakota Johnson dressing like Emma Swan from OUAT and accidentally adopting a WLW Polycule so I have no notes

#madame web #sony spiderman #movie thoughts #i am gay

[movie-theater-butter]

Reminder that your favorite fearless hero wears eyeliner

#puss in boots 2 #puss in boots #puss in boots last wish #just realized the joke is that he's got a cateye #movie theater butter #movie thoughts

[princeconsortroad]

You know what makes me smile? The fact that Alex was so scared during the climate conference because it was his "first foray into the world as a public figure" and despite the fact that there must have been some other representives there his age or other people he could have spoken to to get an idea of how it all worked, he was already fixated on the idea of Henry being the one to help him, Henry being the one to guide him and get him through it. From the very start of it all, he didn't want anyone else but Henry. Even without realising, it was always Henry for him :(

#don't mind me #just doing another rewatch before the year's over! #i paused it to make this post and now prime is furious with me lmao #alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #red white and royal blue #rwrb #red white and royal blue movie #rwrb movie #firstprince #movie thoughts

[ashintheairlikesnow]

one thing I love is when someone is reviewing a film, a game... anything... and they say explicitly, "Look, this wasn't made for me, this was made for the fans of (game name/movie/etc), and on that standpoint, it fucking rules."

Like, I'm watching the Dead Meat Kill Count of Five Nights at Freddy's. He explicitly notes that he didn't find the movie that compelling or even good, but then he also points out that it doesn't fucking matter, because the movie was made for the fans of FNaF and not for him.

I wish more critics would be upfront about that kind of thing.

"Did I like it? Nah, not really. But guess what, fuck what I have to say, this movie wasn't made to make me happy. Now let's talk kills and animatronics."

The film was made as a gift to people who took some dude's weird lil indie horror game and made it this enormous lore-heavy powerhouse that the internet embraced. And it made more than 300 million dollars in theaters, so like, fuck reviews and critics.

I'M not even a FNaF fan, although that's due to just not ever having played the games or anything. But even I could see that the movie was absolutely buried in adoration of the original story and property and full of tiny details fans would be thrilled by.

There is something special about films or shows based on video games where you can tell the people involved genuinely love or at least respect the fans' love of the property. Like Henry Cavill playing Geralt of Rivia with such a depth of understanding of the character that honestly, they should never have tried to play contract chicken with him and lost that talent.

(On the other hand, I am so fucking jazzed to see what he does with Warhammer 40K)

So, yeah. The FNaF movie is a gift, and it wasn't a gift for movie critics.

Also, I love literally any horror property where Matt Lillard shows up to be a goddamn brilliant nebula in the galaxy of fucked up bad people. Loved him since he played Stu in Scream. Love him now. Just. Love.

#fnaf #five nights at freddy's #movie thoughts #movie critics #dead meat #kill count

[inkher0]

See what is most fantastic about Barbie is that its not about feminism. It seems like it is, but that's not what its About.

Barbie is about the experience of personhood. It's about existing as a person, living- truly living. It's about answering the question, "why am I here?" The Barbie Dolls describe these concepts much in the way that dolls are commonly used in cinema- to represent us, and what it means to BE us.

The difference being that these existential questions have always been asked from men's perspective. Men are asked why they exist- women are told. Through the lens of feminism, Barbie points this out and explores it. It does more, even- it centers the question entirely around a woman's perspective, outright shunning the man's ON PURPOSE.

You can't talk about a woman's experience without using feminism, as those things are intertwined tightly. It's necessary to include, and important to framing the greater theme of existence in the narrative. This is why the commentary directly addressing Feminism is so "surface level"- because you only need to understand that surface to understand what Barbie is trying to say.

And Barbie's answer to that question is, quite frankly, beautiful. That we- women and other human beings- exist to experience. We exist to feel, bad and good, and that gives us the freedom to do whatever we want. Its a gentle, honest "I don't know why we exist, but isn't it beautiful anyways?"

#barbie movie #barbie (2023) #movie thoughts #jo koy

[spaghetti-man99]

Okay, so after seeing Asteroid City a bunch of times, I thought I should probably write down my thoughts, so here they are

(warning this is kind of long)

Thoughts On Asteroid City:

“4th wall break”, or When The Characters Become the actors:

Woodrow constantly looks at the “audience” (the camera) during the film, this is because the understudy is playing Woodrow and is not used to the audience

“I still don’t say I forgive you”: at first I thought this was Midge saying this to Augie, but upon watching it again, it actually seems to be the actor Mercedes saying it to the director Schubert, who had written her an apology letter.

“Hey, do you feel any different?”: this is a stretch, but the day after the alien takes the asteroid, Midge asks Augie if he feels any different. He answers that he doesn’t, and asks if that’s odd, and Midge says that she also doesn’t feel any different. Now, taking into account Augie’s actor Jones’ (probably) very fresh grief and shock over the death of his lover Conrad (the playwright), coupled with the fact that he doesn’t answer with his line immediately (probably because he’s dissociating), this makes me think that Midge’s actor, Mercedes, is actually asking if he feels any different now that Conrad is gone, and Jones is in too much shock to actively feel anything

The Quickie Gridle: In the scene where Augie burns his hand on the Quickie Gridle (something that Jones had asked Conrad about at the beginning of the film, “Why does Augie burn his hand on the Quickie Gridle?”), it looks as if Mercedes is in actual shock when his hand hits the griddle. She asks him why he did it, and his answer is, “it’s unclear” because Conrad never told him why.

(there is probably a great deal more that I don’t remember, I might add more

Augie/Jones:

I was put onto this by @mummer, and after going to see the movie again with the idea that the movie is partially about Jones trying to process his grief, a lot of scenes were put into a different light and honestly I enjoyed it even more.

Obviously, we have the scene where he goes on his backstage rant (which I did not realize he did while they were doing an active performance and not just a rehearsal). It seems to be him searching for the meaning in Conrad’s passing (and also the meaning of life in general) in his play, but being ultimately told by Schubert that it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t understand the meaning, because he just has to keep going

“I feel like my heart is breaking, my own personal heart.” “Good.”: this comes across to me as Jones finally being able to get past his shock and actually feel something about Conrad’s passing through the lens of playing Augie and Schubert telling him that the pain is good and healthy

“Am I doing him right?”... “I think you’re doing him right.”: again, this could be a stretch, and it makes sense to interpret it literally, however… Jones is, again, actively grieving for a partner that could not be grieved in public. This could be his way of subtly asking if he’s doing it right, if he’s doing the play the way Conrad would have wanted, if he would have been happy with him and his performance, and Schubert’s answer of “I think you’re doing him right” could very well be an attempt to comfort him and saying that he is doing right by Conrad, that he would be proud of him.

“Use your grief.” Again, this could just be how the play was written, but if that isn’t some great advice for Jones I don’t know what is.

“I think you might have to try to replace me.”: The scene with the actress that played Augie’s wife and her quoting the dialogue to Jones, essentially speaking what has been going through his head since Conrad died.

Also I think it was extremely intentional that we get the news that Conrad died directly after the above scene.

Again, there are probably more that I forgot or have already been said somewhere else.

Misc.

(these are more just little things)

The way the cowboy Montana’s actor is not present in the beginning line up and is instead represented through a painting over the teacher June’s actor’s head

The little roadrunner puppet!! Which you can see being played with when Jones goes backstage

The little scene where the narrator just appears and then is like, “Am I… not in this one?” And then leaves and the actors go back a line of dialogue

The way we only see some of June and Montana’s relationship and only know they got together because the mechanic’s actor came out and told Jones

The picture of Augie’s wife being exactly how he described her in the little monologue

Augie’s laugh after he told the girls they weren’t orphans

“That business with the pipe and the camera and the eyebrow.” – Schubert to Jones

The scene with Schubert and his wife, I loved the way that even though Schubert is obviously torn apart by this, he still understands that his wife doesn’t love him the same anymore and lets her go

The memory game that the brainiacs play

Woodrow and his Grandfather have the exact same hairstyle

“I play him as a metaphor.” “For what?” “Well I don’t know, we never pinned it down.” – Jones and the actor for the alien.

The colors!!!

Basically all the times the brainiacs interacted

Where does Ricky's father sleep??? Where does Ricky sleep?? Cause they were not sleeping in the tent.

Montana's perfect, stereotypical cowboy speak

And so much more I might have to update this if I remember

#movies #asteroid city #wes anderson #movie thoughts

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

How I would’ve marketed “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”:

1) Don’t even mention the Illuminati. Don’t hype up any of the cameos, especially since they’re not that important in the long run.

2) Release the movie in October and hype the HELL out of it as Marvel’s Halloween special. Basically, the “Hawkeye is a Christmas show” treatment.

3) Focus on the overall spookiness/horror vibes of the movie. And I don’t mean a horror trailer like “Insidious” or “The Nun” where the focus is on scaring people. I mean a horror-inspired trailer, something along the lines of “Nightmare Before Christmas”. Horror elements, but you let the audience know that this is still a superhero movie.

4) Still mention the use of the multiverse, but don’t go too deep into it. Focus more on the movie being Doctor Strange and Wanda’s journey THROUGH the multiverse, not so much being ABOUT the multiverse. Does that make sense? I’m trying to say that this is more of a character journey rather than world-building, which a lot of people thought this movie would be due to the Illuminati and the multiverse.

5) Hype the hell out of this being Sam Raimi’s return to horror and filmmaking. “Eternals” really caught everyone’s attention by pointing out that the director just won an Academy Award. Marvel should’ve done something similar for Raimi, especially since DSitMoM was basically Evil Dead 4. 

#MCU #marvel #mcu meta #doctor strange #doctor stephen strange #doctor strange in the multiverse of madness #doctor strange spoilers #doctor strange sequel #stephen strange #wanda maximoff #scarlet witch #Sam Raimi #america chavez #wong #christine palmer #the illuminati #dsitmom #dsitmom spoilers #multiverse of madness #movie thoughts #marvel thoughts

[poppibranchlover]

My Thoughts On Trolls Band Together

Hey, guys! The hype just got REAL because I already came from watching Trolls Band Together and I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! The film’s animation, music, story and decision to be focused more on Branch exceeded my expectations and I take it as the best Trolls movie I’ve ever watched in my life!!! 😍😍😍

But it seems like we were this close to a Broppy wedding. So far, we only managed to get an actual Broppy kiss and an actual Broppy proposal in this movie and that naturally exceeded Broppy fan expectations here! 😁🥰💖💙

Congratulations to DreamWorks for making this happen! My life was officially complete and I see this as an absolute win to all of us in the fandom! 😄👏

And I just want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, I rated this brand new Trolls movie 1,000,000 OUT OF 100 STARS!!!

⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐

🤩👍

#dreamworks trolls #trolls band together #poppy and branch #broppy #poppy #branch #brozone #john dory #floyd #clay #spruce #viva #tiny diamond #trolls band together poster #movie poster #poster #my movie thoughts #my thoughts #trolls band together thoughts #movie thoughts #trolls band together spoilers #spoilers #MY LIFELONG DREAMS CAME TRUE!!! 😄 #THANK GOODNESS THIS MOVIE SAVED MY LIFE!!! 🤩🤩🤩 #ALL HAIL OUR BEST 2023 MOVIE!!! 😄👏 #THIS MOVIE IS SUPER GOLD!!! 😍😍😍 #how can you possibly RATE THIS FILM??? 😁 #now branchie has the story HE TRULY DESERVES!!! 😁💙 #and also sorry for explaining about that kiss xD

[dolliebabydoll15]

guys i have another minor problem with trolls band together that i think should be addressed. floyd's "death" scene should have been longer, because we should have seen the brothers realizing their wrongs and regretting that they ever left and at least showing a little more remorse for losing their brother. they could have been crying even though they're not sensitive ones like floyd, and that would have been a nice touch. plus, branch really would've taken it the hardest, probs with him screaming and crying painfully. i wanted to see something like the brothers saying "no...come back to me. PLEASE!" or "come on bro, i know you're just playing. WAKE UP!" "no, no, no, no, this can't be happening..." or maybe even "im sorry...don't go...i love you so much..." i mean, that could have made a lot of us cry a waterfall tbh-also i have a tiny bit of dialogue i imagined a long time ago and improvised for this scene:

Spruce: "So...I guess this is our punishment."

JD: "For what...?"

Spruce: "For being the worst brothers Floyd could have...😞"

byee i hope this was worth your scrolling <333

#trolls band together #trolls #trolls brozone #trolls floyd #trolls branch #trolls john dory #trolls spruce #trolls clay #movie thoughts #trolls dreamworks

[tepkunset]

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Film Review

(This review contains spoilers!)

I consider The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes book to be a masterpiece that sets a standard of what YA Fiction can be; something that any young adult upwards can enjoy. Suzanne Collins does such an amazing job of pulling you into the world and characters she’s created, and doesn’t shy away from the truly grotesque things that make a dystopia feel impactful. I am glad to say that, for the most part, this film lives up to that standard.

Before anything else, I do want to get a few minor complaints out of the way. Keep in mind they did not ruin the film for me, but I feel they are worthy of pointing out.

Sejanus Plinth is my favourite character in the book, and while for the most part he is very accurate, there is one thing that really disappointed me: In the book, Sejanus knew damn well what he was doing with the rebels; he deliberately supplied them with weapons. But in the film, he has the line “I didn’t know there would be guns”, discovering for the first time that they used his money to arm themselves. This really feels like de-clawing his character to me.

It would’ve been nice to have at least a brief mention that Barb Azure is gay. I can understand why they had to cut out Pluribus Bell for time, but because the also cut him out, that means there’s no mention at all of the book’s queer characters in the film.

The relationship between Coriolanus and Sejanus has a much more bitter feeling in the film than in the book, and after sleeping on it, I think I know why: Because we don’t get to hear Coriolanus’s thoughts in the film, the film I think overcompensates by making him much more verbal about his snobbery towards Sejanus. Subsequently, it’s harder to believe why Sejanus sees Coriolanus as his best friend.

Okay now, onto the praises!

The story is extremely loyal to the book. In fact, there is a lot of dialogue that is ripped right of the page, and it all made me really happy to hear. I am especially glad they kept in this pinnacle Lucy Gray quote: “I think there’s a natural goodness built into human beings. You know when you’ve stepped across the line into evil, and it’s your life’s challenge to try and stay on the right side of that line.” Because this, of course, directly enforces the core message I took from the book: Good and evil is a choice. The choices that Coriolanus made are his to hold responsibility to, and as much as you can point at Dr. Gaul for introducing him to the path he takes, ultimately, he chose to walk it. Most of the changes were understandable cuts for time without any sacrifices being too detrimental. The things they added were all, in my opinion, enhancements to the story by expanding on what only happens on the peripheral of Coriolanus’s point of view in the book. For example, the things he only watches on screen in the arena are delved further into by shifting to Lucy Gray directly a few times. They also added a bit to Coral’s character at her time of death, which I liked because it made her out to be less of a cardboard antagonist and instead reminded the audience that she, too, is a victim of the system.

All the actors did a phenomenal job, from both the main and supporting cast. Tom Blyth does a great job at showing Coriolanus Snow’s progression down the path of a young villain in the making. Rachel Zegler does a great job at capturing Lucy Gray’s charm and free spirit. Josh Andrés Rivera does a great job at selling the weight Sejanus carries around with him, and has some of the best line deliveries in the film in my opinion. (My favourite being “I’m so blameless I’m choking”.) And I especially have praise for Viola Davis as Dr. Volumnia Gaul, who does an amazing job at bringing the unhinged character from the book onto the screen. She’s properly intimidating and strange at the same time. Dimitri Abold as Reaper was also a scene-stealer, in that he captures what I absorbed from the book really well; the western societal expectation that a young Black man is a danger that is then turned on its head. Not only does he not kill a single person, he has a very emotional moment of mourning for the tributes, collecting their bodies as he does in the book, and covering them with the Panem flag – something that outrages the audience more than the actual death of the children.

The scenery is very loyal to the descriptions provided in the book; I swear they stole it straight from my own personal imagination while reading.

The music… I don’t even know how to put to words my satisfaction in how the film adapts the music written out in the book, into an actual song. My personal favourite is “Nothing You Can Take From Me”. Rachel Zegler has a great voice, for sure.

The costume design is great. The Capitol’s eccentricities we know from the core trilogy haven’t evolved yet, but there’s still a certain flavour carried with characters like Tigris and Dr. Gaul for example, that tell a story of where the fashion will eventually end up. On the other hand, we see that things haven’t changed very much for District Twelve at all, which showcases how society’s change is stilted in poverty.

The colour palette of the film is mostly just a little desaturated, with one exception: whenever Lucy Gray takes Coriolanus outside of District Twelve. The meadow, the lake, and the forest are all noticeably more colourful, which I interpreted as representing the freedom these locations offer to the characters.

All in all, I think the film was fantastic. It is easily the most loyal Hunger Games adaptation, and I don’t think that’s coincidental in its quality.

#tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #thg #hunger games #movie thoughts

[rollie-ravioli]

Babylon is always either the best movie of the year or "what, why are you doing this?" and never anywhere in between and sometimes both at once. I kinda loved it except for the few times when I hated it. I will never stop thinking about it. I will also never stop listening to the score because the score unquestionably ruled.

#babylon #babylon 2022 #damien chazelle #margot robbie #brad pitt #movies #movie thoughts

[spook-is-spooked]

Lisa Frankenstein Theories (spoilers kinda)

@lifelessstar

I'm making this a post because my response is way to long. This is gonna be all over the place but bear with me I have a lot of thoughts

I really like your theory about the shirts, and I do agree that Lisa probably does have resentment towards her father for the situation but personally I think the resentment is more in the context of hating him for not being there when it happened, for remarrying so fast, for moving her away from her home and school, for neglecting her emotionally and not supporting her, for favoring his new step daughter over her while she's dealing with all of this, etc. I don't think its to imply that the actual murder itself is his fault or that he did it but rather Lisa's inability to move on is his fault. I do think the clothing is a very very important part of this film but in a slightly different way. In the scene where we see the killer, he's wearing a very dark sweater with some light patches, which I feel like just match the aesthetic of the bride of Frankenstein mask. Overall, his outfit is very dark and moody which is a harsh contrast from Lisa and her mom in this scene. We see them wearing very bright, light, colorful clothing which goes hand in hand with how we see Lisa being happy and playful and laughing and talking with her mom. Lisa obviously was much more healthy and well adjusted and had a much easier time connecting with people before this happened. In the rest of the movie, we see the dad, Taffy, Janet, and most of the town dressed in very bright and colorful, for lack of a better term "normal" clothing. As well as the entire house is ridiculously colorful and bright, bordering on a Lisa Frank sticker pack.

I think this bright colorful aesthetic all around her and her dad being a part of it is symbolism for how they want Lisa to be a happy, bubbly, regular girl and completely move on and forget her trauma. She isn't given any opportunity to process her trauma, talk about it, feel it, etc. She's expected to get over it and go back to being completely normal. I think this is why she's drawn to Michael Trent, him and his friend (the other goth girl who's name I forgot) are the only people in the town who aren't phased by her differences and he shows some interest even in her weird dark moodiness. Throughout the movie, we obviously see Lisa's style choices become darker and moodier, creeping closer and closer to the aesthetic of the killer rather than the family and the town. One detail I really love is how the Creature actually encourages her to wear the darker outfits and absolutely adores every aspect of her, dark or light. I think Lisa's change in aesthetic is to show how not being able to process her trauma cause her to internalize it and become it. The clothing is a part of her becoming the axe murder. I think a big theme of this movie is that when trauma and abuse aren't processed it turns into a cycle instead. I've seen a lot of people say that we see Lisa become herself when she meets the Creature and starts dressing and acting differently, and in a way I think she does, but not her old self like everyone wants her to be. It's too late for her to ever get back there. Like she says "time is the thing that takes you further away from the place where you were happy". The opportunity to heal properly was taken from her. But she is able to find a new self and that new self is built out of her trauma. The Creature sees her for her, wounds and broken bits included and loves every part of her and listens to her and doesn't try to stop her from being dark and crazy he just lets her exist and absolutely adores her and so much of their love story, for me, revolves around him being the one person who lets her just exist and doesn't expect anything from her. This part might be a little bit of a reach but I think the name of the movie and the wax rubbing she does on the grave is another symbol of this whole thing. The name is a play on "Lisa Frank", representing the bright colorful neon vibe that they want her to be a part of but it ends with "enstein", almost mocking the first part like "she's Lisa Frank...enstein." She'll never be what they expect of her because there's this trauma following her around. In the scene, you can even see the two parts of the name are separated and she's adding on the enstein part to hint at this in a foreshadowing way.

I feel like I explained all this terribly but long story short Lisa dark and moody because she is trauma/axe murder now, town and house and family bright and colorful because they're SO normal and want her to be normal like them, dad bright and colorful because he is part of problem

so shirt colors = dad bad but for.. other reasons???

#lisa frankenstein #lisa swallows #movie thoughts

[movie-theater-butter]

Two fun things about Puss in Boots you can catch on a rewatch:

Y'all ready for me to blow your minds? You could always see Puss's lives carved into Death's left scythe, even in the first fight of the movie.

Here you can see it on the inner groove. It's hard to get good visuals throughout the movie but if you're eagle-eyed you can catch it at least 5 times before the big reveal.

Here it is again when Death almost kills Puss the first time. It's so subtle but once you see it, it makes the rage in Death's eyes make so much more sense, it makes his motive so slap-in-the-face obvious I didn't know how I didn't notice it the first time I watched this movie.

There are at least 3 more times you can see the carvings before he draws attention to them that I found. The first time is when Death breaks into the bathroom and Puss escapes, and the second is the scene before Puss's anxiety attack in the woods, where Death brandishes his scythes - you can see it in the smear frame before he wields them. The final time is the most obvious, before Death smashes the second crystal in the Cave of Souls:

Also I love that Puss has a lisp only when he says gazpacho I just think that's a funny bit of characterization

The attention to detail in Death's design is remarkable. Some movies wouldn't have even tried adding the lives on the scythe until the reveal was convenient, but having them be there the whole time with Puss unaware really adds to the tension and the shock of realization that Puss has been stalked by Death for his whole last life. It's so fucking cool. Also Puss's recollections of Santa Coloma differing when he tells Perrito vs when he's in the Cave of Souls is so good:

When he tells Perrito it's overcast but the lighting is more warm and colorful, it shows a bright future ahead for Puss if he could overcome his fear and enter the church.

But when Puss really stops and thinks about the moment, the truth is revealed. It's unsaturated, it's desolate, it's lonely for Puss in the moment. The future he wants with Kitty feels so far away it's almost unreachable, too far for him to overcome his fear.

God I fucking love this movie. It's so incredible and has such immense rewatchability.

#puss in boots last wish #puss in boots 2 #puss in boots #movie thoughts #film analysis #cinema #dreamworks #i fucking love cats

[princeconsortroad]

Ik in the book it's explained that both Alex and Henry have a reason to be in Paris at the same time but in the movie its never addressed so I personally headcannon that Alex planned it as a joint birthday thing (as they both have birthdays in March) and he chose Paris on purpose bc he knows how much Henry loves it and if Henry can't live there permanently, Alex can at least let him fantasise for a while.

#alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #red white and royal blue #rwrb #red white and royal blue movie #rwrb movie #firstprince #movie thoughts

[starsnsparkles]

aaahhhhhhh, “nimona” was such a delight to watch, i can see why all the hype for it exists! it was a bit on the nose at the times, yes, but overall, it was such a wonderful experience (YES I CRIED LIKE THAT “SWORD THRU THE HEART SCENE”??? I SCREAMED ALONG WITH HER)!!!! the phoenix scene was perfection! and this movie has such an amazing animation it’s insane?? the fights were well done, the story was good (at times, some actions from characters seemed eek but i can get over that), the characters were lovable, it was just, ahhhmaaazinggg!! AND i surprised myself by figuring out it was the director that killed the queen really early on. like damn, patting my back rn.

BONUS POINTS - I HEARD THAT BANANA SPLITS TRALALA SONG FROM KICK-ASS!! I HEARD IT AND IT ACTIVATED ALL OF MY NEURONS!!! NIMONA YOU ROCK

#nimona #movie thoughts

[persevereforahappyending]

Abigail Thoughts (No Spoilers)

Literally just got home from seeing Abigail. First off, I'm not the biggest horror fan but it looked really good, and I wanted to support Melissa Barrera. I knew it was directed by the guys who did Scream 5 & 6 but didn't realize until recently they directed Ready or Not (which I loved) as well.

Some quick thoughts, I really enjoyed it, definitely got some Ready or Not vibes at times, it was really fun, and really bloody. The movie uses mostly practical effects which is always a win in my book, practical effects just general looks better to me and more realistic.

The cast was fantastic. I was only familiar with Melissa (obviously), Dan Stevens, and Kathryn Newton, who were all amazing. The rest of the cast was amazing as well, especially Alisha Weir, I was truly impressed by her.

Final thoughts, I thought it was a lot of fun. The criticism I really have is they should have played into the mystery more. If you've seen the trailer, you know certain things and I think the movie would be more fun not knowing that. I think it would be better going in blind, not knowing what's going to happen, and learning things as the characters are learning them.

#abigail 2024 #abigail movie #melissa barrera #movie thoughts