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Post by Eλευθερί on Oct 23, 2020 8:44:53 GMT
I did not like Dario Argento's 1977 Suspiria much. The use of colors & lighting and the set design were impressive, but the filmmakers failed to deliver a satisfying story, despite an intriguing premise. And the effects used for the climax were really, really pathetic. When I first saw the film a few years ago, I could not believe this was the film that so many people had made such a fuss about over the years. So I was a bit surprised to have enjoyed the 2018 remake by Luca Guadagnino and writer David Kajganich as much as I did. Fantastic effects, makeup, music, lighting, choreography. Great lead by Dakota Johnson. And a tour-de-force performance by Tilda Swinton. On my first viewing last year, I would have given it 7.5-8.0/10. But on rewatching it, it's a 9/10. One of the main areas that could have been improved was the sound quality. I had a hard time understanding what some of the performers were saying because the sound was a bit muddy—which was made even more difficult when they were speaking with non-native accents. Markos' makeup prosthetics also looked a little wacky. Since everything else in the film was so realistic, that was one regrettably weak point. I also didn't follow some parts of the background of the story, that I am sure were significant for the filmmakers but went over my head. Personally, I usually like getting it all (or most of what's going on) with a single viewing. For this one, it may take several viewings—it's even possible I may never understand it all. There was a trick in the casting that I did not know about and did not realize had occurred even after two viewings! So they succeeded on that score at least. imdb2.freeforums.net/post/3023950 |
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Post by James on Oct 23, 2020 10:51:21 GMT
7/10. I like the original far more TBH. I liked well enough as its own film though. Both are very artistic in their own way.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 23, 2020 15:42:01 GMT
4/10. Didn't care for this or the original movie. Tilda Swinton is terrific though.
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Post by Vits on Oct 23, 2020 17:11:07 GMT
The characters in SUSPIRIA came off as bland, but I couldn't put my finger on the exact reason. After watching it, I read that Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi wrote them as children, until they felt forced to change their ages... and it all made sense. Luciano Tovoli's cinematography and Giuseppe Bassan's production design are great, but the plot and dialogues are too basic. Argento and Goblin's music score is meant to make the viewer feel uneasy. Well, there's a difference between intense and overwhelming. Instead of grabbing my seat, I wanted to cover my ears. 4/10 INFERNO has mostly the same problems as its predecessor. It even follows the same major story beats. Keith Emerson's music score is tolerable in comparison, but it's not good enough to create a scary atmosphere. At times, it even feels out of place. For example, there's a scene where the tempo is so fast that you'd think the character on screen should be running, but instead she's walking. 3/10 The only memorable thing about MOTHER OF TEARS: THE 3RD MOTHER is the scene where a character repeatedly says "Mommy" in such an unintentional funny way. The previous installments didn't have that distinct style just for the sake of aesthetics. They made the setting feel like a nightmarish world, so the B-movie gore felt earned. This 2nd sequel tries to combine the over-the-top deaths with a traditional visual presentation. The result is as messy as Argento's head was when he decided to film his daughter Asia Argento in a shower scene. I know it's normal for sequels to have callbacks to the original, but you can't make a trilogy where every single installment has the exact same ending. Especially if it's an anticlimactic one. 3/10 Taking a movie known for being colorful and remaking it with a muted color palette is a good way to sum up the current state of visual media. What a relief that the tone of SUSPIRIA 2018 is bleak enough that this grey and brown palette fits (I can't say that about a lot of other modern movies, TV shows, music videos, etc.). And to be fair, there are a few moments with intense primary-colored lights. One of my first thoughts was "Why not take this opportunity to tell the story with children like it was intended?" I was disappointed to see adults again, but that's because I subconciously assumed that they would follow the same blueprints of SUSPIRIA 1977's script. I'm glad that they took the oversimplistic story in a new direction and that they wanted to add more depth to it, but I wished they hadn't focused so much on the witches, especially in flashbacks. There's nothing wrong with exploring the mythology in a supernatural movie, but this felt convoluted. The movie is only truly fascinating during the dance scenes. The combination of acting, directing, editing and choreography is quite intense. 5/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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Post by Eλευθερί on Oct 24, 2020 0:42:44 GMT
I'm glad that they took the oversimplistic story in a new direction and that they wanted to add more depth to it, but I wished they hadn't focused so much on the witches, especially in flashbacks. There's nothing wrong with exploring the mythology in a supernatural movie, but this felt convoluted. The movie is only truly fascinating during the dance scenes. The combination of acting, directing, editing and choreography is quite intense. 5/10 I actually really liked the exploration of the drama in the coven. One of the things I didn't understand was why there was such a focus on the Baader-Meinhof affair. Was it that the earlier student had agreed to cooperate with the coven under the assumption that the coven would help her achieve her political goals, which involved the Baader-Meinhof situation? I also didn't understand what Dr. Klemperer's and his wife's past involvement had been with the coven. Was Klemperer only an accidental witness (from one of the coven's victims being one of his patients), or was there something deeper that had gone back decades. (For example, Klemperer said one of the police inspectors he went to to ask for an investigation into the disappearance of his patient had been the same police officer he had tried to get help from to find out what had happened to his wife years earlier.)
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Post by movielover on Mar 23, 2023 1:41:28 GMT
6/10
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Post by theravenking on Mar 23, 2023 19:58:29 GMT
3/10
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Post by Eλευθερί on Apr 19, 2023 4:19:20 GMT
Haters!
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