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Post by Nora on Dec 14, 2018 7:04:08 GMT
Surprisingly funny Trier movie, brings a really well crafted mixture of dark comedy and psychological thriller. Matt Dillon at his best role, in my eyes, better than in Crash. I would say he deserves an award recognition for it but understand how this will probably not be a movie too many associations would want to highlight in the award season. If you like dark humor and would like to see a really unique cinematographic artwork that, unlike Mother, has worked out really well, go see t he House That Jack Built. 8-9/10 from me, Melancholia was almost a 10 for me and this was slightly below since I was not emotionally impacted other than laughing, but laughing counts for a lot, with such a clever movie. Oh and I must highlight the use of Bowies music here, as well as the soundtrack overall. Very fitting. Anybody here saw it? What did you think? what were your favorite scenes? mine was probably the second murder or the last murder scene. Murder aside, the boob "job' was pretty great as well. What marvelous breasts to play with, too! |
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Post by hi224 on Dec 14, 2018 15:19:18 GMT
Where did you see it.
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Post by Nora on Dec 14, 2018 15:29:45 GMT
IFC center on the 3rd. Matt Dillon was there to talk about the movie and his experience with Lars. Gave pretty good talk. you, have you seen it yet? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 18:10:57 GMT
Would love to see it, but it is playing only in 33 theaters this week. 😔😔
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Post by Nora on Dec 14, 2018 22:40:23 GMT
Would love to see it, but it is playing only in 33 theaters this week. 😔😔 its really worth a big screen too. hope you get to see it. |
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Post by hi224 on Dec 14, 2018 23:10:13 GMT
IFC center on the 3rd. Matt Dillon was there to talk about the movie and his experience with Lars. Gave pretty good talk. you, have you seen it yet? sadly no. |
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Post by Vits on Apr 1, 2019 20:29:52 GMT
A lot of people walked out of THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT when it premiered. Does it live up to the hype (if you can even call it that)? Kind of. The violence is very graphic, but clips of the death scenes are re-shown a couple of times (whenever the title character (a serial killer) remembers them). For some viewers, that feels like overkill; for other viewers (like me), that removes the shock and helps us get used to the imagery. Well, at least with the drawn-out deaths. The repetition of the quick and painless ones unintentionally makes them comical. The movie works whenever JACK talks to his future victims. The suspense is palpable and Matt Dillon commands the screen. Unfortunately, there are interludes that last several minutes where JACK talks to a man named VERGE (we don't know who he is until the last part) about different kinds of topics. They speak in voice-over while still images and stock footage are shown. That's right: Writer/Director Lars von Trier expected us to buy tickets and see a glorified video essay on a big screen... and I fell for it! What's worse is that they're not even necessary for the audience to get to know JACK, since he has enough pre-murder monologues about his world views. It's one thing to use a hand-held camera to make a movie feel more realistic, but why choose certain movements and zooms that make the image temporarily blurry? When we see it getting back in focus, it takes us out of the movie. During the final 10 minutes or so, the movie becomes a completely different one in terms of narrative, tone and visuals. Some shots are beautiful, others are too pretentious to admire, and others are plain silly. 5/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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