the lighthouse was directed by
Robert Edgar's the director of the witch film that I loved these stars Robert
Pattinson and Willem Dafoe is a story of two lighthouse keepers it's the 1890s
and these two guys are alone on a remote island and since they only have each other
to talk to and they're both already a little unhinged they start to go a little
mad this was my most anticipated film for the rest of the year as I said at the
start I love the witch I thought it was an extremely original film that had a
very unique vision from somebody who clearly loves filmmaking and I can say the
exact same thing again for the lighthouse, in fact, I like this movie more than
the witch here Robert Pattinson gives the best performance of his entire career
he starts off as a very quiet person he doesn't like to talk a lot and fortunately
for him Willem Dafoe's character really does he enjoys a good conversation over
dinner and so after a while he's forced to come out of his shell this is just
one of the things that set the two at odds at first and watching Pattinson
slowly descend into losing his fucking mind was incredible just about every
single range of human emotion that you could expect out of someone he's showing
it all the way from the depths of depravity to pure insane joy and Willem Dafoe
meets him with such skill it was glorious I loved Willem Dafoe I always have
this is some of his best work the film is also surprisingly fucking hilarious
this isn't just a horror film only it has fantasy elements it has a thriller
elements as horror elements a lot of this is very psychological but Eggers
found a way to make it comedic at the same time in a very dark way the humor is
bleak but despite being a movie from a 24 and 1 that film buffs are very excited
to see and talk about outside of the theater and analyze on the Internet's
Eggers is not above a fart joke which is wonderful there are some very absurd
visuals in this movie some of them are hilarious and some are horrifying the movie is excellent at toying with your emotions I wouldn't call this a scary
film at least from my perspective it's a very tense movie consistently engaging
never once was
I bored despite the fact that some movie where two people are
just alone on an island and they talk a lot and they experience weird things
never once had an issue with the pacing of this film it's also a film that
evokes the feeling of its time period with its technical aspects it was shot on A 35-millimeter film with an aspect ratio of 119 1 and it's in black and white
all of this combined with costume design in the production design make this
movie feel like it's set back in the early 1900'smark Corvin score is my
favorite I've heard so far in 2019 it's haunting loud and bombastic at all the
right moments and soft and quiet when you're supposed to just be chilled which
for me was quite often this movie is gorgeous to look at the performances are
off the charts again Robert Eggers proves himself to be a director that isn't
just saying look at me I'm good at what I'm doing he finds a way to make his direction
seep into the background it's so good that you don't even notice it sometimes
there's only a handful of directors out there that are so good at what they do
that you stop analyzing what they're doing with the camera and you just kind of
get focused on the film and Eggers is very quickly joining those ranks with the
witch and this he's one of my favorite directors working today especially in the horror I really hope he continues to make horror films because this movie feels
wholly original to him it's the type of vision that you can't really see anyone
else doing it's also the type of film that five people could go and see and all
leave with different interpretations if you like concrete answers then that
will disappoint you I don't necessarily need to see a film and be told here's
what you're watching and here's why and I hope you understand that have a good
day because then that film just disappears from your mind really quickly but a film like a lighthouse it eats away at you it makes you want to think about
it it makes you want to analyze it
I did sit around with my friend afterward
and just talk and talk and talk because we were like and we came to an
understanding of at least what we thought the film meant and I think if you
brush up on your Greek mythology a little bit and think a little deeper in the
film beyond Willem Dafoe's farts then you might take away something pretty
fucking awesome from the lighthouse without getting into any spoilers I think
the movie has a lot to do with power and our perception of power especially as
men and how we view ourselves and how we should be treated you know like what
we think we deserve as men and it's very interesting to see these two
characters in the middle of a power struggle through most of the movie and
Edgar's is able to use the visuals in the film and the composition of his shots
to communicate this story if you're looking for it I have a feeling that ending
is going to confuse a lot of people and perhaps leave them scratching their
heads but like I said this is not a movie that says hey this is what I'm about
it's a movie that you can look at and make up your own interpretation and the ambiguity of this movie is what makes it feel special because strip all of the
what is it about the way at it score it's two guys trapped on an island going
mad and the movie sort of makes you feel that way with its intense visuals the
score the performances and the editing which is fucking perfect honestly
the
editing is so good it makes you feel like you're losing your mind because you
can't always make sense of what you're looking at but you know you fucking love
it a movie like a lighthouse comes along very rarely because this film is not
concerned at all with whatever the trends are of the day it's not trying to be
anything mainstream and it's also not trying to be so artsy that it comes off pretentious
as I said there are fart jokes in this movie the movie doesn't feel like it's
above anyone, it's just really well-crafted so well-crafted that sometimes you
don't even notice this is easily the best film that I've seen so far in 2019
and it's a movie that I would like to re-watch many times and it's also a movie
that I'm going to of an A+ I have not given that grade to a new release all
year nor last year so yeah go see the lighthouse it's really fucking good that
being said this is not your normal movie as I said answers are few and far
between so some of you might be frustrated by that I kind of love that so I
hope you guys see it and I hope you love
it I also want to give a big thank you guys for look forward to more reviews very
soon and if you like this you comments write here and get stuck mine eyes
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