jesse-kellestine1
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Let me just get this out of the way and gleefully say that "12 Kilometers" is great.
The movie is a bit Cronenberg (some body-horror), a bit Carpenter (some contained thriller awesomeness), and a lot it's own thing. The movie somehow takes it's time and wastes none in getting the story started. The camera moves with such a confidence that we're never lost physically or narratively and the incredible editing just furthers this. The cast is very good and not enough nice things can be said about the incredible production design.
There is a deeper mystery here that we're thankfully never fully explained and we're left dealing with the insanity brought on by the mystery. Ultimately at the end the one thing that is absolutely clear is that there is a vision here and it's a wild one.
So a quick checklist of what's awesome: Direction Writing Acting Editing Cinematography Production Design THE WHOLE THING
If you get a chance, check out "12 Kilometers"
The movie is a bit Cronenberg (some body-horror), a bit Carpenter (some contained thriller awesomeness), and a lot it's own thing. The movie somehow takes it's time and wastes none in getting the story started. The camera moves with such a confidence that we're never lost physically or narratively and the incredible editing just furthers this. The cast is very good and not enough nice things can be said about the incredible production design.
There is a deeper mystery here that we're thankfully never fully explained and we're left dealing with the insanity brought on by the mystery. Ultimately at the end the one thing that is absolutely clear is that there is a vision here and it's a wild one.
So a quick checklist of what's awesome: Direction Writing Acting Editing Cinematography Production Design THE WHOLE THING
If you get a chance, check out "12 Kilometers"
I love horror films when they're done right. No shortcuts, no coincidental saves, no stupid character choices, and most importantly the writer/director LOVES the media back.
The Void LOVES the genre very much and the homages/influences throughout are handled with love. It takes no time for the action to start and the mystery takes its time unfolding.
Trades the jump scares in for a more visceral and cerebral approach, hearkening to a more Lovecraft meets John Carpenter than more modern approach.
It's not perfect, but there is a lot to love here and it firmly puts the directors on the must-watch list.
The Void LOVES the genre very much and the homages/influences throughout are handled with love. It takes no time for the action to start and the mystery takes its time unfolding.
Trades the jump scares in for a more visceral and cerebral approach, hearkening to a more Lovecraft meets John Carpenter than more modern approach.
It's not perfect, but there is a lot to love here and it firmly puts the directors on the must-watch list.
Victoria could be marketed as a "gimmick" given it's filmed in one unbroken shot. That one unbroken shot isn't "fancy", it's bumpy, lingers in canted angles, looses focus on occasion and for the first half an hour it almost seems fully unnecessary or unearned. Then it becomes clear that it absolutely IS earned.
That half an hour of build up is needed to sell the rest of the film. It's paced slowly and realistically to prepare you for a much faster and intense hour and a half. Suddenly all the problems I was having at first, become the key reasons why Victoria end up working.
It's a challenging film to start then very rewarding.
That half an hour of build up is needed to sell the rest of the film. It's paced slowly and realistically to prepare you for a much faster and intense hour and a half. Suddenly all the problems I was having at first, become the key reasons why Victoria end up working.
It's a challenging film to start then very rewarding.