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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 21, 2017 11:51:59 GMT
I haven't seen any of the 2017 King adaptations but I gave this a watch last night and I really liked it - I can see where some people wouldn't - you kind of know how it's going to play out and it's a little padded to get to that ending. But, I thought Thomas Jane was memorably great here and the story (for lover's of Poe, natch) accumulates and builds and sticks to your ribs. Its hard to shake off.
A couple of scares but it's not that kind of thing, it's more somber. A scene late in the film with Neal McDonough and Jane is particularly sad and poignant in what it gets across.
Very good stuff.
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Post by Pavan on Oct 22, 2017 14:03:25 GMT
What's up with all these King's adaptations all of a sudden. Anyway it's good. The character motivations are questionable but directing and performances are aces. I'd rate it 7/10
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 24, 2017 2:50:34 GMT
Didn’t like It or Gerald’s Game, tho It gets major points for having a ‘Mats poster in the main girl’s room! Those films disappointed—mostly I thought they were uneven, awkward, heavy-handed, visually unexciting, acting just ok. But 1922 I dig.
It works as a slow burn study of Thomas Jane’s temporomandibularly tense, ultimately minced mans-man…. And the moral/mental consequence of his perceived proprietary/pastoral impunity. *deep breath*
It also feels at times like a haunting tone-poem. The sound design/score I was particularly impressed with, in how it evoked, and I thought in several scenes quite deftly ceded to, Jane’s POV…. giving us little tips to his agitation, his unease, his guilt. And Jane gives a career-best yet perf. I don’t know if the lockjaw was in the text or added by him but it’s a great touch to this character who’s basically imprisoned by his own rigid, righteous system. (Nearly reminded me of Duvall’s drawl in Tomorrow but that character is quite different altogether.) My fav moment might be his kind-of enthused decision to use the knife instead of a pillow.
Another note: loved the snow visuals (DP also shot Beasts of Southern Wild) ....And how Jane sits right in the chair that the snow falls onto thru the roof.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Oct 24, 2017 11:59:51 GMT
It was pretty solid.
I felt it went from zero to murder way to quickly and then lagged a bit in the middle. I liked the visual more than the story here for sure. Thomas Jane was pretty decent too.
6/10
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Post by alexanderblanchett on Nov 2, 2017 18:07:59 GMT
Solid Stephen King adaptation. A simple story that asks a lot of moral questions. It a dark thriller that invites you to the darkest corners of your soul. The film works because it is very limited in space and character and thus you really get very close into the psyche of the characters.
Thomas Jane is absolutely fabulous and was almost not recognizable in the role of the simple but proud farmer. Jane really puts out his acting weapon, loaded it and shot it over the whole film. Great work.
Molly Parker was fine but her role was very one note. She did the best she could out of it. I really liked Dylan Schmid who was very convincing.
The direction by Zak Hilditch was fine, although he lost it a bit in the second half when I felt they tried too hard to stretch the original short story. Still the film never lost its dark atmosphere and has a lot of shock moments, but not cheap thrills but really disturbing moments.
I recommend this to any Stephen King fan or fan of a good old fashioned psychological horror thriller.
Nominations:
None
Rating: 7/10
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