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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 23, 2022 12:20:24 GMT
I flipped for "Pearl" - much more than "X" - and Goth is pretty much incredible in this film -and she was quite memorable in dual roles in "X"........her monologue in Pearl alone is all-timer level ........her story arc is deeply sad and moving........she dominates "Pearl"........I had earlier praised Maika Monroe for a complicated, Jessica Lange-type performance in Watcher this year - and Goth kind of blows that away. I loved Morfydd Clark in Saint Maud and Niamh Algar in Censor - 2 recent, truly great horror movie portrayals - but neither has the potential mass appeal crossover of this role (these roles) - and Goth is far more, um, progressively unhinged (um) .........and of course she has more movies to develop them too. I'm having a hard time thinking of horror film acting turns that are "better" than she is in Pearl ...............and she of course has another film to come I guess in 2023 based on this 1-2 character punch......can she do again what she did in Pearl? This is in some ways a "movie history" 2022 she's had isn't it? Thoughts on her 2 portrayals ............the character(s) .......and her future as an actress outside of this work?  |
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 26, 2022 18:42:38 GMT
When this wins LA Film Critics for Best Actress we can all say we saw it here first.......prayer circle ....  "I was sitting with a handful of colleagues (a.k.a. weirdos), all members of the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. and we were sharing our favorite performances of the past couple of months. And one name kept coming up: Mia Goth.......Certainly, “Pearl” is not a traditional academy movie. But some critics group is going to plant the flag for Goth this year, prompting more people to check it out. Maybe that bunch of L.A. weirdos? Check back in a couple of months."
www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/newsletter/2022-09-23/envelope-newsletter-mia-goth-pearl-fabelmans-the-envelope-glenns-edition |
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 24, 2022 10:28:06 GMT
Ti West - MaXXXine shooting now btw:
“To round the whole thing out, MaXXXine as a sequel to X is fine. MaXXXine as part of a trilogy is infinitely more interesting, so that was part of the overall concept. I think what’ll be fun in MaXXXine, I’m not going to tell you what it’s about, but what’s fun is it is an evolution of the character, in the way that you met Pearl in X, but then you get to know a different side of her in Pearl. Yes, you have met Maxine. It is a continuation of Maxine, but she is at a very different point in her life. It’s going to be an interesting thing to catch up with her when we do, and to see Mia Goth in yet another way".
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Post by ireallyamsomething on Oct 27, 2022 18:42:51 GMT
I found Pearl to be, first and foremost, unusually moving - more of a tragedy than horror. The craft is of course impressive, but yeah the emotional impact it had on me was significant. Mia Goth is Pearl and Mia Goth IS Pearl. An astounding performance. Not sure if it has legs to be an awards contender but she definitely deserves it - would be a terrific choice.
Sad and pitiful perhaps but I related to the character and her circumstances in some ways (though I haven't gone around murdering people and animals. Yet) so I thought it was really quite heartbreaking. (I did kinda relate to Pearl in X too - someone scared of ageing and bitter at seeing young people have fun?? Hmm.)
Btw, what did you think of the scene where Mitsy tells Pearl about winning the audition? Saw some articles mention that Mitsy won the audition and admits it finally but I am not sure it's that clear - it may well be that her 'admission' is just to placate a terrifying Pearl.
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 27, 2022 22:20:41 GMT
I found Pearl to be, first and foremost, unusually moving - more of a tragedy than horror. What is so exciting about the characterization and film is that she achieves a tragic arc through multiple failings around her not just one.......usually in horror there have been "sad" villainous characters for maybe 1 reason at most (their death usually) - like Freddy in Nightmare on Elm Street or Candyman etc. But Pearl is failed at every societal / institutional level - in complex ways too - by her parents and father's condition, their straining religious influence, the "death" all around in the WW 1 era (mentioned in my review in that thread - Influenza, animals butchered etc), her country or the world in general (ie involvement in the World War), which takes her husband away, the ""movies" show her a fantasy world that hurts her even more - and the "stag" movies conflate / confuse her sexuality with her love of film .......and show her a world or success she can't hope to have........she has no community or support in the way the movie's events unfold. So she loses family, no parents really (but she heartbreakingly lays with her Mom), God / faith, has absence of sense of worth, sense of direction, sense of purpose there's no reason NOT to kill actually and everyone of the kills in this movie makes a sad, matter of fact and inevitable sense. There's so much happening to Pearl - it's almost Shakespeare evoking tbh - it actually deserves a screenplay nod too (not kidding)......and what's exciting is nowadays all the better horror movies imo of the MAR era are quite modern in this complicated way - St. Maud, History of the Occult, Censor, Hagazussa almost can't be summarized quickly or simply in any way........ |
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Post by ireallyamsomething on Oct 28, 2022 16:10:00 GMT
I found Pearl to be, first and foremost, unusually moving - more of a tragedy than horror. What is so exciting about the characterization and film is that she achieves a tragic arc through multiple failings around her not just one.......usually in horror there have been "sad" villainous characters for maybe 1 reason at most (their death usually) - like Freddy in Nightmare on Elm Street or Candyman etc. But Pearl is failed at every societal / institutional level - in complex ways too - by her parents and father's condition, their straining religious influence, the "death" all around in the WW 1 era (mentioned in my review in that thread - Influenza, animals butchered etc), her country or the world in general (ie involvement in the World War), which takes her husband away, the ""movies" show her a fantasy world that hurts her even more - and the "stag" movies conflate / confuse her sexuality with her love of film .......and show her a world or success she can't hope to have........she has no community or support in the way the movie's events unfold. So she loses family, no parents really (but she heartbreakingly lays with her Mom), God / faith, has absence of sense of worth, sense of direction, sense of purpose there's no reason NOT to kill actually and everyone of the kills in this movie makes a sad, matter of fact and inevitable sense. There's so much happening to Pearl - it's almost Shakespeare evoking tbh - it actually deserves a screenplay nod too (not kidding)......and what's exciting is nowadays all the better horror movies imo of the MAR era are quite modern in this complicated way - St. Maud, History of the Occult, Censor, Hagazussa almost can't be summarized quickly or simply in any way........ Yeah the whole setting and her circumstances are terribly stifling which has a cumulative effect. Though I think the big scene with her mother did make her a more complex, tragic character too rather than just the horrible strict and repressed mother which it seemed to portray in the early scenes. I loved St Maud and Censor too. Should check out the other two. Have you seen Make Up and Blue My Mind? Not straight horror, but I really liked those. |
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 28, 2022 17:27:41 GMT
What is so exciting about the characterization and film is that she achieves a tragic arc through multiple failings around her not just one.......usually in horror there have been "sad" villainous characters for maybe 1 reason at most (their death usually) - like Freddy in Nightmare on Elm Street or Candyman etc. But Pearl is failed at every societal / institutional level - in complex ways too - by her parents and father's condition, their straining religious influence, the "death" all around in the WW 1 era (mentioned in my review in that thread - Influenza, animals butchered etc), her country or the world in general (ie involvement in the World War), which takes her husband away, the ""movies" show her a fantasy world that hurts her even more - and the "stag" movies conflate / confuse her sexuality with her love of film .......and show her a world or success she can't hope to have........she has no community or support in the way the movie's events unfold. So she loses family, no parents really (but she heartbreakingly lays with her Mom), God / faith, has absence of sense of worth, sense of direction, sense of purpose there's no reason NOT to kill actually and everyone of the kills in this movie makes a sad, matter of fact and inevitable sense. There's so much happening to Pearl - it's almost Shakespeare evoking tbh - it actually deserves a screenplay nod too (not kidding)......and what's exciting is nowadays all the better horror movies imo of the MAR era are quite modern in this complicated way - St. Maud, History of the Occult, Censor, Hagazussa almost can't be summarized quickly or simply in any way........ Yeah the whole setting and her circumstances are terribly stifling which has a cumulative effect. Though I think the big scene with her mother did make her a more complex, tragic character too rather than just the horrible strict and repressed mother which it seemed to portray in the early scenes. I loved St Maud and Censor too. Should check out the other two. Have you seen Make Up and Blue My Mind? Not straight horror, but I really liked those. Thank you for the tip! ^ - always looking for recommendations - I have seen Make Up and will seek out Blue My Mind which is on TUBI Make Up didn't work for me overall - but it has many striking, cinematic moments - especially some extended silences that use sound design and there's a scene in the beginning of that movie where a character laughs in such as an exaggerated manner that it's funny, yet so odd it's kind of scary because it's so unusual........things like that work so well in horror - even though Make Up is something else (coming of age, I guess?) with some "horrific" elements / atmospherics..........at the time that scene comes though you don't know exactly what the movie "is" though and it always stuck with me...... |
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