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moralpollution's rating
I am so conflicted about this movie because the premise is wonderfully creepy folk horror and could have been an interesting exploration of grief. This movie has so many elements that are interesting and imaginative, the acting is good, the visuals really beautiful, but it utterly fails at pacing and building tension.
The beginning is rushed, and what follows seems like a bunch of randomly put together scenes that have great horror ideas, but in my opinion do not weave together to a greater whole.
Additionally, the music was jarring in a way that took me out of the story and destroyed the atmosphere that the visuals otherwise had built up.
The acting was solid on all sides, but the actors could have gotten much more to work with, especially with a cast this good. The character arcs were not very developed which made them feel quite stiff to me.
The ending was very sudden, too, and felt unearned.
Furthermore, some of the backstory felt convoluted and crammed in, would have needed to be either cut or added in a more graceful/artful manner.
Nonetheless, I have told multiple friends abt this movie and just started reading the book its based on to see if the fault lies in the screenplay alone or book as well, but regardless of the book, the movie could have been a great and atmospheric folk tale horror-drama, exploring grief and the beautiful poetic and violent nature of folk tales, but sadly falls short. Severely wish this movie would have been written by a perhaps more experienced writer. I love all the elements here, which makes it all the more frustrating that the writing is not up to par.
The beginning is rushed, and what follows seems like a bunch of randomly put together scenes that have great horror ideas, but in my opinion do not weave together to a greater whole.
Additionally, the music was jarring in a way that took me out of the story and destroyed the atmosphere that the visuals otherwise had built up.
The acting was solid on all sides, but the actors could have gotten much more to work with, especially with a cast this good. The character arcs were not very developed which made them feel quite stiff to me.
The ending was very sudden, too, and felt unearned.
Furthermore, some of the backstory felt convoluted and crammed in, would have needed to be either cut or added in a more graceful/artful manner.
Nonetheless, I have told multiple friends abt this movie and just started reading the book its based on to see if the fault lies in the screenplay alone or book as well, but regardless of the book, the movie could have been a great and atmospheric folk tale horror-drama, exploring grief and the beautiful poetic and violent nature of folk tales, but sadly falls short. Severely wish this movie would have been written by a perhaps more experienced writer. I love all the elements here, which makes it all the more frustrating that the writing is not up to par.
Absolute masterwork of an adaptation in which what was changed from the books actually ADDS to the story and characters in a beautiful and deeply thoughtful and human way. INCREDIBLE writing and acting, music, set design, all around production. Especially the writing is so stellar, the dialogue is some of the most beautiful I have ever heard. Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid are the perfect cast for Louis and Lestat, but truly every single person cast so far is doing an outstanding job in season and two. My only real qualm is that the episodes are in my opinion not long enough. 1h episodes would do this show a big favour.
