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  • #32
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,964 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    What does "wokey" mean?



  • #33
    silliussoddius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,268 ✭✭✭silliussoddius


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122534652#Comment_122534652

    It’s fluid.



  • #34
    Romero
    Registered Users Posts: 391 ✭✭Romero


    Out on digital today probably in the states but I'm sure more people will be coming on here in the coming days.

    Im going to watch it again as really enjoyed it



  • #35
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,582 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    I saw it a few weeks ago and thought it a film of two halves. The first half was admirably strange and creepy. Perkins' odd visual and editing choices helped create this genuinely unnerving, oppressive atmosphere that was discomforting in a very intriguing way. It had an otherwordly sense to it, not a million miles away from Lynch operating in horror mode. It’s playful as well: the period detail of the Clinton portrait is funny every time you see it.

    But sadly interest waned as the film went on. I think it still manages to maintain some of its atmopshere, and the craft can't be faulted. But honestly as it become sillier and indulged in more overt horror tropes I zoned out a bit. Whereas its slow, considered, creepy atmosphere was compelling for the first half, it become more of a chore in the second. Again, not without its moments and Perkins' style carries it throughout, but just wish the second half maintained that 'what is this?!' energy that was so weird and engaging. Ultimately, the hokey and ridiculous genre elements just disrupt that careful atmosphere work.

    For me, it probably suffered a bit from seeing it in close succession to I Saw The TV Glow too - while that film is not a straight-up horror in the way this is, it was a lot more effective in maintaining its mood and escalating the ideas throughout.

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  • #36
    one armed dwarf
    Registered Users Posts: 865 ✭✭✭one armed dwarf


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122534652#Comment_122534652

    It's usually a good sign that the person saying it is highly incurious and worth putting on ignore



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  • #37
    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,186 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122536316#Comment_122536316

    I actually got a big Twin Peaks vibe from it. You've got that sense of good versus evil itself and the sense that it's an unwinnable battle against the devil. Plus you've got the autistic FBI detective etc.



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