Amy's Film Diary — The Bloodlust

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24 February 2019: Sorry to Bother You

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Man. I heard it was weird, but I still was not expecting those horse people.
This sagged a bit in the middle, but was otherwise a great, weird time. The cast is fantastic, & the music is a real highlight throughout. 

 The comparisons to Charlie Kaufmann are very apt, especially the morally ambiguous protagonist & his struggles to give meaning to his life. Plus all the surreal stuff, of course. I eat all this stuff up, personally, but I get why people might not enjoy it. I suppose it could take you out of the movie if there are lots of tricks that keep reminding you you’re watching a movie. But really, why not play with the medium more? Might as well take advantage of the freedom movies allow.

21 February 2019: Abducted in Plain Sight

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Once we learn that they let “B” sleep in their daughter’s room to help him with his therapy, I stopped being sympathetic towards those parents. They’re selfish morons who were so caught up in their own drama they let their daughter’s life be ruined. I kind of wonder how the filmmaker wanted us to feel about the parents, though. 

I think we needed a little less of an attempt to make us sympathize with mom & dad, & a lot more from the FBI dude. There should’ve been a voice of reason weighing in more often. More police, more neighbors & less of B’s creepy brother.

17 February 2019: Borgman

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This reminds me of that story “The Drum” from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. The one where the kids want this cool drum these gypsies in the woods have, but they’re told they have to be bad in order to get it. So they go home & do all this bad stuff & act like little assholes, but instead of getting what they want they drive their mother away instead, & in her place is a replacement mother with a glass eye & a wooden tail. Borgman doesn’t have quite that level of weirdness, but it’s still plenty weird, & they both feel kind of like a folktale or a fable. Don’t get tempted by the dark side, people. Wooden-tailed mother or no, it’s not going to end well.


15 February 2019: Braid

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I really wanted to like this, but it just tried too damn hard. There were too many storylines, too many strange twists & detours that amounted to nothing & way too many trick shots. Madeline Brewer was great, of course, & some of the imagery was quite nice, but it’s to be expected that some stuff is going to stick when you’re throwing everything against the wall. Maybe I’ll like it better upon rewatch? Seems like lots of people I know have been into it.

10 February 2019: Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl

Pretty dece, though I’m not a big fan of the ending. I’d much rather stories like this remain ambiguous. Would’ve been four stars if not for that ending & the silly dead person makeup that didn’t go with the rest of the story at all. 
PS: Anybody else notice that weird image in the mirror towards the end that sort of looks like a big feathered headdress? That creeped me right out 😱

3 February 2019: Ghostwatch

12 year old me would’ve been so into this if I had lived in the UK. Watching it for the first time as an adult, it’s surprising to see so many elements of the found footage & faux documentary genre being mined for scares way before the onslaught of such movies in the aughts. It’s also filled with pleasant 90s nostalgia now, which was fun. The no nonsense show host was particularly entertaining.