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I've been continuing my cheesey horror movie binge for the last two months. Tonight I watched the first Puppet Master, which for such a low budget was not bad, although the ending was rushed and kinda ruined what had been good cheese. Now I'm watching There's Someone Inside Your House. I didn't have high expectations and it's still not meeting them.

 
Watched “The Power Of The Dog” on Netflix last night. Seems like it is getting pretty good reviews, but I found it to be an extremely tedious watch. Great cast, but pretty disappointed with the storytelling.
 
ayayrawn said:
Agreed. Power of the Dog is a masterclass in show, don't tell. Takes a skilled director to really pull off a story like this with such grace and subtlety.
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I guess I’m just dense then because I could have used a bit more telling in the early going. And then in the middle I felt like things just bogged down with no advancement of the story. I don’t mind a slow burning story, but I kept waiting for something, anything, to happen.
 
gaporter said:
Pretty sure this is meant to be a negative review, but all it did was make me want to see this movie that I didn't even know existed five minutes ago
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It's actually quite good and thought provoking. Yes there are also sexy nuns. Verhoeven contains multitudes.

"Mainstream" publications may be criticizing it, but many in the film criticism world really like this movie.
 
Aron said:
Watched “The Power Of The Dog” on Netflix last night. Seems like it is getting pretty good reviews, but I found it to be an extremely tedious watch. Great cast, but pretty disappointed with the storytelling.
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I agree with you. I love movies where 'nothing happens' but the more I think about it the less I like this movie. The plot contrivances don't actually make any sense. And if you rely on subtle "show don't tell" it better actually work. Best performance by Cumberbatch I've seen though.
 
gouis said:
I agree with you. I love movies where 'nothing happens' but the more I think about it the less I like this movie. The plot contrivances don't actually make any sense. And if you rely on subtle "show don't tell" it better actually work. Best performance by Cumberbatch I've seen though.
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I'm curious which plot points you didn't think worked. By the time it was all over, I had a pretty clear picture of everything. Like the movie had given me enough to understand it all. I get it's probably quieter than a lot of similar dramas, and that's probably not everybody's bag, but this is a movie that has enough substance that I actually enjoy MORE the more I think about it.
 
gouis said:
I agree with you. I love movies where 'nothing happens' but the more I think about it the less I like this movie. The plot contrivances don't actually make any sense. And if you rely on subtle "show don't tell" it better actually work. Best performance by Cumberbatch I've seen though.
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I haven’t seen it yet but…
I have now heard two interviews/reviews about it on NPR and in both they stated something along the lines that Cumberbach’s character is a closest homosexual say something along the lines of “without out giving too much away Cumberbach’s charter is playing a role or hiding his true self”. Something along those lines and while I don’t really care about spoilers. I just felt like they did a really shitty job of giving that away especially if that is a big part of the movie. More of a criticism of NPR than a critique on this movie but it made me roll my eyes AND THEY DID IT TWICE!
 
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ayayrawn said:
I'm curious which plot points you didn't think worked. By the time it was all over, I had a pretty clear picture of everything. Like the movie had given me enough to understand it all. I get it's probably quieter than a lot of similar dramas, and that's probably not everybody's bag, but this is a movie that has enough substance that I actually enjoy MORE the more I think about it.
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It's more about the order of things and how intentional actions were. Without spoiling it for others (@TenderLovingKiller® that is a HORRIBLE spoiler WTF NPR. This is why I don't consume any content about movies I am interested in seeing) the protagonist seemed to luck into his big plan at the end, and had multiple random/lucky things happen that allowed him to act. I don't really want to argue about it it just didn't work for me. Glad it worked for you.
 
I watched that new doomsday Christmas movie, Silent Night, last night. It's with Keira Knightley and a couple other recognizable faces. It's a dark comedy of sorts. It really hit me in the gut quite unexpectedly since I knew nothing about it going in. I'd recommend that approach. And although it has funny moments, it is far more emotional than I would have expected. Probably not for everyone, but I plan on watching it again soon. It's in theaters and streaming on AMC+
 
Hemotep said:
I watched that new doomsday Christmas movie, Silent Night, last night. It's with Keira Knightley and a couple other recognizable faces. It's a dark comedy of sorts. It really hit me in the gut quite unexpectedly since I knew nothing about it going in. I'd recommend that approach. And although it has funny moments, it is far more emotional than I would have expected. Probably not for everyone, but I plan on watching it again soon. It's in theaters and streaming on AMC+
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I liked this one as well.
 
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