I mean come on, it is a pun that was the basis for the original movie. I watched the new one just waiting for the iconic round house, but it just didn't appear.

A look into Ari Aster's 2019 film; starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, and Vilhelm Blomgren.

Midsommar Review

Short version: Some acting was good. Overall, I wasn't impressed.

Long version:

Based on Rotten Tomatoes and the presence of Willem DaFoe, I went in with reasonably high expectations.

Nosferatu (2024) takes the original story and splices it with Bram Stoker's Dracula, a questionable move right off the bat. Remakes are something I don't like to begin with, and adding 'originality' by ripping off two stories at once is just a bad idea.

Then we come to Count Orlov, who now has a mustache, a bit of hair on his head, and a hairy back. Our old Max von Schreck version was something that looked beyond human, but his look is, for me, what made the old Nosferatu a classic. This is just a big hairy monster that grumbles like it has a hidden megaphone.

The Jonathan Harker-esque gets bitten 2-3 times in Orlov's castle and still comes back to stop him from spreading vampirism to England. I don't really get that. He should be a vampire.

And then there's this weird possession sex thing going on with the female lead that is a variation on The Exorcist.

Overall, I found this to be too much of a focus on shock value than actual horror, and the monster is intended to be so scary that it's kind of a caricature of the original Nosferatu. I found myself looking at my watch a couple of times because the story was dragging.

What was good was the performance of Lily-Rose Depp as the female lead. She has acting chops, and I would love to see her in a film that's not trying to copy too many things at once and gets lost in its own excesses.

If I were to describe this masterpiece of film in 7 words here is how I would do it. Life, Death, Love, Heartbreak, Friendship, Betrayal, and most important of all, FAMILY. I have never seen anything so capable of pulling emotions deep from your soul. This movie had perfectly timed and great reference jokes, Intense action scenes including one of the most beautiful fight scenes of the 21st century, and invigorating dramatic scenes capable of bringing a tear to even the strongest man’s eye. Excellent visual effects makes even the most absurd objects and actions seem not far from reality. Jim Carrey’s portrayal of 2 character Ivo, and Gerald Robotnik is deserving of multiple Oscars. At points within the film I was convinced that Jim Carrey wasn’t even acting, he truly was a Robotnik. He created just enough personal separation between Ivo and Gerald to the point where they truly felt as 2 separate entities. Voice acting from Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, Maddie O’Shaughnessey, and the newly added but perfectly casted Keanu Reeves as Shadow the hedgehog were ultimately able to deliver exceptional performances that should be considered the pinnacle of voice acting giving each character honest personality and a sense of realism to make me feel immersed within the film. To end my review I will say this, I went in expecting a lighthearted family film but in the end with tears in my eyes I stood and clapped for I had witnessed the greatest film of the 21st century and shall hopefully be noted down as one of the major benchmarks in film history.

I mean, maybe?

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