Robert Eggers' Nosferatu

[JacktheRipper]

Old enough to have adult kids.

 

[The Buffinator]

How old are you guys?

Old enough to have adult kids…

…that are older than you Nick.

 

[pixletwin]

….. but why release it on Christmas tho?

I know this comment was a while ago (and someone else may already have answered), but I want to address it. The story takes place during Christmastime and there is a scene where a Christmas tree is prominently displayed.

Thats right. Nosferatu is a Christmas movie.

 

[pixletwin]

Also I would rate it 4 stars out of 5. I really enjoyed it. A lot.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Nosferatu. The feel-good movie of Christmas!

 

[Nick D]

Have yet to view, trailer looks like it was well shot though, but man I’m bored with the same actors and actresses Hollywood overuses lately.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Zendaya's not in it, so that's a plus!

 

[Nick D]

Zendaya's not in it, so that's a plus!

Oh that’s fantastic.

Still, Dafoe and Skarsgård, sigh..

I’m surprised ******* Austin Butler isn’t in this,
or Chalamet, another plus.

Where’s the talent with charisma, Hollywood.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Skarsgard is the new Serkis.

 

[Luisenigma1]

Just saw it today I give it 4/5 it's a great movie and there is great shots in the film and definitely a lot of build up. I won't lie Count Orlok's look wasn't really my favorite, for one being the stash he had on him made me think he looked goofy at times. Lmao

 

[Wor-Gar]

the stash he had on him made me think he looked goofy at times. Lmao

 

[Luisenigma1]

Pretty much I couldn't find but chuckle at times. I get it's closer to the real Dracula in history as he had one but here it looked way to off. Imo

 

[Nick D]

…that are older than you Nick.

That’s pretty wild,
I have a hard time wrapping my head around that.

Online it feels like we’re all somewhere close in age.

 

[Luisenigma1]

Something I regret is not being able to buy the coffin popcorn bucket. That looks amazing and fun to have. I'm definitely thinking of owning this film when it releases.

 

[MeatHookGekko]

….. but why release it on Christmas tho?

This will be a historically weak year for projected Best Picture candidates. Allowing a horror film to win ( This film or The Substance) would be seen as a way to draw in younger viewership of the Oscars and make the Oscars more relevant to a large subset of the film-philes who are weary of exhausting award bait like The King's Speech or agenda films like The Last King Of Scotland.

When a studio decides to make a push to drive a film or someone/something in it for an Oscar, it's not a small decision. It's a calculated investment. The release date was strategic to attempt to get awards.

There has never been a better time for a horror film, a super hero film, an animated film, etc, etc, to have a chance to win Best Picture. Something to consider is there is one universal mandate in the entire industry - Capitalism Always Wins.

The past decade has shown an egregrious deviation from that basic simple principle. And now, this is the price to be paid. Lots of aging industry stalwarts are going to have to hold their noses and vote for a horror film. Or a Tarantino film. Or an animated film. The alternative is being progressively irrelavent to the changing mainstream culture as time marches on.

 

[Luisenigma1]

What I wanted Orlok to look like. What we got.

 

[davejames]

Just got back and have to say the movie didn't do much for me. It was beautifully shot with some really great performances, particularly from the lead actress, but the story is so tired and well-worn by this point that it was hard to find any of it creepy or scary. And at times it almost seems to venture into spoof territory.

And it really didn't help that Orlock comes across more as a creepy old man with a bushy mustache than the all powerful Prince of Darkness.

 

[Luisenigma1]

Just got back and have to say the movie didn't do much for me. It was beautifully shot with some really great performances, particularly from the lead actress, but the story is so tired and well-worn by this point that it was hard to find any of it creepy or scary. And at times it almost seems to venture into spoof territory.

And it really didn't help that Orlock comes across more as a creepy old man with a bushy mustache than the all powerful Prince of Darkness.

I sadly felt the same. If I had to choose a good adaptation of the Dracula story it's Francis Ford Copola's Bram Stoker's Dracula to me was the best presentation on the story or even the original Nosferatu holds up well today. This was a good movie but I agree I couldn't take him seriously the minute they reveal his face with the stash. When he was obscured in shadow and darkness he was scary but right after I was like lol wtf. I even at one point thought he was using a fake mustache to hide his real undead visage.

 

[davejames]

Have to say Coppola's movie never did much for me either. Was far too overly-stylized for me to find any of it that scary.

 

[Luisenigma1]

Have to say Coppola's movie never did much for me either. Was far too overly-stylized for me to find any of it that scary.

I get what you mean. I liked it for the visuals and some moments stick with me, I don’t think you'll find a scary adaptation to the Dracula story besides maybe this film but they all lack the dread I imagine of a vampire film.