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Post by Martin Stett on Feb 8, 2021 2:32:55 GMT
Uhhhh... Night, I love you honey, but what the hell are you doing?
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Post by mhynson27 on Feb 8, 2021 2:47:27 GMT
On a completely superficial level, can't wait to watch Thomasin flaunt around in a bikini hopefully the whole movie.
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Post by morton on Feb 8, 2021 2:55:22 GMT
Someone linked to the graphic novel it’s based on. Sandcastle (Warning NSFW, and it’s a Russian site so there’s so many ads.) I didn’t read the whole thing just skipped to the end, and when I read the end, I have to admit that I wasn’t interested in reading the whole thing, it wasn’t bad, but it just seemed really dark. It feels more like material suited for a Twilight Zone episode if he keeps the same ending rather than a motion picture, but I guess we’ll see.
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Post by TerryMontana on Feb 8, 2021 6:32:47 GMT
Ok, what the f... was that?
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Post by countjohn on Feb 8, 2021 7:23:11 GMT
Yikes, that did not look good. Sorry Vicky Krieps.
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Post by DeepArcher on May 27, 2021 17:59:57 GMT
Hell yeah.
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Post by quetee on May 27, 2021 18:16:57 GMT
This looks nice and creepy.
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Post by TerryMontana on May 27, 2021 19:30:30 GMT
What the...!!!
That looks good!!!!
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Post by quetee on May 27, 2021 22:36:21 GMT
It's trending on YouTube.
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Post by speeders on May 27, 2021 23:04:23 GMT
Another really good trailer for this. Loving the poster too.
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Post by Martin Stett on May 28, 2021 2:37:56 GMT
Ummm... Night, I love you. I feel that I need to keep reinforcing that, because I was laughing at this whole trailer. I don't like laughing at you.
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Post by quetee on May 28, 2021 4:18:00 GMT
I didn't realize this was based on a graphic novel. Anyone read it? If so is the twist in the trailer?
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Post by speeders on May 28, 2021 9:25:52 GMT
I didn't realize this was based on a graphic novel. Anyone read it? If so is the twist in the trailer? I've read it. The link to it posted in this thread. But there's no twist in the graphic novel.
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Post by TerryMontana on May 28, 2021 9:58:18 GMT
I didn't realize this was based on a graphic novel. Anyone read it? If so is the twist in the trailer? I've read it. The link to it posted in this thread. But there's no twist in the graphic novel. There is no Shyamalan movie without a twist, though
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Post by quetee on May 28, 2021 15:41:33 GMT
I didn't realize this was based on a graphic novel. Anyone read it? If so is the twist in the trailer? I've read it. The link to it posted in this thread. But there's no twist in the graphic novel. There has to be an explanation for why this is happening.
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Post by Pavan on May 28, 2021 18:13:11 GMT
Started off as creepy but went into the unintentionally funny territory.
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Post by speeders on May 30, 2021 17:51:15 GMT
I've read it. The link to it posted in this thread. But there's no twist in the graphic novel. There has to be an explanation for why this is happening. There isn't in the graphic novel. I assume there will be in the movie.
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Post by Martin Stett on May 30, 2021 21:07:33 GMT
There has to be an explanation for why this is happening. There isn't in the graphic novel. I assume there will be in the movie. Things are always scarier without being explained, so I hope that Night doesn't go down that route. And to be fair to Night, I thought that his last two movies looked silly and I enjoyed them both, so even if I think this looks laughable, I'm still game.
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Post by countjohn on Jun 2, 2021 20:31:15 GMT
The newer trailers to this were getting a bit better response so I watched them. I was really trying to give it a chance but then started cracking up at "I have wrinkles. Oh no"
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Post by quetee on Jun 2, 2021 21:25:14 GMT
There isn't in the graphic novel. I assume there will be in the movie. Things are always scarier without being explained, so I hope that Night doesn't go down that route. And to be fair to Night, I thought that his last two movies looked silly and I enjoyed them both, so even if I think this looks laughable, I'm still game. I think that's true if the reason for it happening is so outlandish that it needs to be concealed. Revealing the why in "Get Out" worked but it didn't work in "US".
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 2, 2021 21:45:00 GMT
Things are always scarier without being explained, so I hope that Night doesn't go down that route. And to be fair to Night, I thought that his last two movies looked silly and I enjoyed them both, so even if I think this looks laughable, I'm still game. I think that's true if the reason for it happening is so outlandish that it needs to be concealed. Revealing the why in "Get Out" worked but it didn't work in "US". I'm not sure what you mean by this. If you're saying that if the horror is *strange* (as appears to be the case with Old) then it doesn't need an explanation, I'd more or less agree with that. Whereas if the horror is "some guy is going around killing people," well, it's okay to get some background, since we know what the monster is. For me, the best horror doesn't give clear reasons for what happens. Fear is a product of not knowing. By explaining what the horror really is, it can now be understood, and is thus not scary. I mention it a lot, but Emily Carroll's Through the Woods is my favorite horror novel for this reason. It is an anthology of five stories: the first four offer no clear explanation of what haunts the woods... but the last does give that insight - and with an understanding of what the monster is, our hero is able to escape it. Once you understand what causes a phenomenon (like children rapidly aging), it ceases to be scary, because you can map out a way to escape or defeat it.
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Post by quetee on Jun 2, 2021 22:03:27 GMT
I think that's true if the reason for it happening is so outlandish that it needs to be concealed. Revealing the why in "Get Out" worked but it didn't work in "US". I'm not sure what you mean by this. If you're saying that if the horror is *strange* (as appears to be the case with Old) then it doesn't need an explanation, I'd more or less agree with that. Whereas if the horror is "some guy is going around killing people," well, it's okay to get some background, since we know what the monster is. For me, the best horror doesn't give clear reasons for what happens. Fear is a product of not knowing. By explaining what the horror really is, it can now be understood, and is thus not scary. I mention it a lot, but Emily Carroll's Through the Woods is my favorite horror novel for this reason. It is an anthology of five stories: the first four offer no clear explanation of what haunts the woods... but the last does give that insight - and with an understanding of what the monster is, our hero is able to escape it. Once you understand what causes a phenomenon (like children rapidly aging), it ceases to be scary, because you can map out a way to escape or defeat it. I'm talking about believability. Even if something sounds like it would never happen doesn't mean that it can't. If the audience think it laughable then it is better left untold.
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Post by stephen on Jun 2, 2021 22:14:01 GMT
I listen to a podcast called Gamefully Unemployed, and whenever they talk about this movie in their upcoming hypecast, they cannot get over the fact that he called it Old and it makes me laugh every time they disbelievingly bring it up.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 2, 2021 22:15:29 GMT
I'm talking about believability. Even if something sounds like it would never happen doesn't mean that it can't. If the audience think it laughable then it is better left untold. Ah, yes, I can agree with that as well. I think that there is a lot to be said for the philosophical idea of "nothing is scarier than what you don't understand," though.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jun 3, 2021 0:45:45 GMT
I'm not sure what you mean by this. If you're saying that if the horror is *strange* (as appears to be the case with Old) then it doesn't need an explanation, I'd more or less agree with that. Whereas if the horror is "some guy is going around killing people," well, it's okay to get some background, since we know what the monster is. For me, the best horror doesn't give clear reasons for what happens. Fear is a product of not knowing. By explaining what the horror really is, it can now be understood, and is thus not scary. I mention it a lot, but Emily Carroll's Through the Woods is my favorite horror novel for this reason. It is an anthology of five stories: the first four offer no clear explanation of what haunts the woods... but the last does give that insight - and with an understanding of what the monster is, our hero is able to escape it. Once you understand what causes a phenomenon (like children rapidly aging), it ceases to be scary, because you can map out a way to escape or defeat it. I'm talking about believability. Even if something sounds like it would never happen doesn't mean that it can't. If the audience think it laughable then it is better left untold. Yep. Us was pretty great before the final act.
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