(SPOILERS) Find it interesting that the previous lightkeepers are helping each other carry the load while Wake and Howard aren’t helping each other, Wake walks ahead with Howard behind... already setting up a power struggle visually. If the purgatory theory is true, maybe these two faceless characters repented their sins (unlike Howard) and we’re allowed to leave the rock. There are so many ways of viewing this movie, it blows my mind 🤯
Or another theory. The two lighthouse keepers had a normal time and nothing happened, and everything happened to wake and Howard because they both are insane. Maybe normal people don’t crack… maybe it’s just them.
@Luke Kiely The fun of movies like this is the open-ended nature of them, and filling in blanks as the viewer. Nothing wrong with him wanting to view the film through its themes.
I remember watching this, and the opening 5 minutes made me think of Stanley Kubrick. It was all in the cinematography and the way the film uses atmosphere to create unease. It's a disturbing film, and I don't wish to see it again, but props to Robert Eggers this modern Kubrick-esque masterpiece.
Notice how the other two are helping each other and very likely helped each other through the time there as oppose to Winslow being ordered to do everything during there time.
Definitely, went to see it in cinema with a friend, and there were only 2 other people in the whole theatre, and it was phenomenal to see it on such a large screen
My theater was only about 1/3 full but it was complete silence until “Alright have it your way. I like your cooking.” Then everybody busted out laughing. lol
@@chrisledbetter9278 We literally see them walk past each other carrying all their possessions, and if the filmmakers wanted us to know that they had interactions, they would've shown it.
George Hamilton So, you’re saying that the filmmakers want us to believe that an experienced keeper would come to the island to stay, with a newb no less, for months and not ask a word of the keepers leaving. Even though regulations state that when keepers change, that they must personally take charge of the keys and logbook, I looked it up. For a filmmaker that’s looking for authenticity, that’s not what I would expect.
It's like a memoir. The shot itself foreshadowing their deaths, framing them together like an old photo you'd find in a random dresser. Someone that no longer exists.
I love it because of how it looks like they are posing for a photo and it makes the shot look like those old time photographs of sailors, railroad conductors and engineers or men who labored hard in those days.
That and the engine of the ship too. I listened to the actual score and the song sounds almost anemic without the blaring horn and the ship chugging. Something about those sounds just make it so much more ominous
I loved that shot. It was like they were telling you "this isn't like anything you've ever seen. You're a part of this and you don't have a choice now."
Love the shot at 1:46. There's so much confidence on display to take an already claustrophobic 1.2:1 frame and further compress it by filling 75% of it with negative space. They use similar techniques for most of the film and it really sells the "wide open but suffocatingly closed in" aesthetic.
I seriously love and appreciate the set and cinematography of this film. Robert Eggers was very specific and careful using 1920's theatrical atmosphere, color and frame. This was filmed on an aspect ratio of 1.19:1 an almost-square frame that was used in the 1920's-1930's. Same frame Fritz Lang used when he directed Metropolis. Even the color of the white and black was replicated. Now when I watch it it feels to me that there's a dapper man filming the scenes with the ancient camera, covered with a sheet.
"The Lighthouse"(2019) is an excellent atmospheric psychological horror movie! The isolation, the loneliness, and finally the paranoia all over the greatness!
Honestly when I started to watch this film I turned of all the lights and got ready. I was really expecting a drama about two guys going crazy alone on a lighthouse and trying to survive. When I heard the opening music, I knew it wasnt going to be just that, and from there I expected a more scary thriller. But then that first scene with the mermaid, I only then realised it was a creepy horror movie. Best movie of the year for me
I'm 100% sure that Dafoe wasn't even aware he was in a film until late in the filming. Dude looks absolutely CHILL at 2:37. Like, he's in his element, 100%
This was such an amazing scene, totally ropes you in, sets the tone. But the moment I really knew this was gonna be more than just your average movie is when Willem puts the pipe in his mouth and gives that creepy smile, just perfect.
I always have a shave of terror at 2:31 It feels like the two keepers are really watching me, like if I did something bad or like if I should not be watching their story
never seen this movie, I only came across it because of a buzzfeed list of "the most method actors" and Robert was on the list because of this movie. I dont know the entire plot, I don't even know if I'm ever gonna watch the full thing. i watched a few of these scenes last night, and the creepy and eerie feeling that I felt watching it then has followed me all goddamn day. I felt that blank, hollow stare (2:30) follow me all goddamn day. I've never before had this reaction to a few clips of a movie I've never seen, its fucking bizarre.
If you're thinking about the frame, Robert Eggers intended to use the aspect ratio of 1.19:1. Basically, the same frame (which is almost squared) which were used from films of 1920's-1930's. Like Metropolis or The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari. German-expressionism films.
Is this opening sequence cut because there's more footage of the waves and the percussion of the score grows louder and rhythmically to the sound mix of the waves?
Maybe first time he got a taste of the insanity, and ever since he's been meaning to come back.. Maybe that's why he guards the light so greedily. They're both insane I think.
I like this movie and I like how this movie was shot on 35mm, but I'd prefer to watch in a standard format like The Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane, Ivanhoe, or The Artist instead of this vertical iphone looking presentation. Just my opinion.
That horn alone would drive me to insanity
Austin Steed BBBRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLLLLL....
(SPOILERS) Find it interesting that the previous lightkeepers are helping each other carry the load while Wake and Howard aren’t helping each other, Wake walks ahead with Howard behind... already setting up a power struggle visually. If the purgatory theory is true, maybe these two faceless characters repented their sins (unlike Howard) and we’re allowed to leave the rock. There are so many ways of viewing this movie, it blows my mind 🤯
Film student?
@@bookeblade He could just be a observational person.
Or another theory. The two lighthouse keepers had a normal time and nothing happened, and everything happened to wake and Howard because they both are insane.
Maybe normal people don’t crack… maybe it’s just them.
@@chirsmatthew5633 people don't like when someone thinks
@Luke Kiely
The fun of movies like this is the open-ended nature of them, and filling in blanks as the viewer. Nothing wrong with him wanting to view the film through its themes.
If this doesn't win awards for sound design I will be a very angry bloke.
If this movie doesn't win for supporting actor and cinematography, we riot
Damn ye, the Academy!
@@sanic15 Let Neptune strike ye dead, Oscar!
It didnt get nominated for supporting actor, WE RIOT
Very upset, at least we got into the best cinematography category.
The opening itself is a work of art!
I remember watching this, and the opening 5 minutes made me think of Stanley Kubrick. It was all in the cinematography and the way the film uses atmosphere to create unease. It's a disturbing film, and I don't wish to see it again, but props to Robert Eggers this modern Kubrick-esque masterpiece.
Notice how the other two are helping each other and very likely helped each other through the time there as oppose to Winslow being ordered to do everything during there time.
Horrible bosses will drive you insane
Watching this in the theater was a whole different world man💀
Definitely, went to see it in cinema with a friend, and there were only 2 other people in the whole theatre, and it was phenomenal to see it on such a large screen
My theater was only about 1/3 full but it was complete silence until “Alright have it your way. I like your cooking.” Then everybody busted out laughing. lol
When I saw this in theatres I didn't want the movie to end.
I find 2:13 interesting. No interaction with the previous keepers. They don't even acknowledge one another. I wonder what their story is.
Probably way more peaceful
23jakesmith23 Its just not shown in the film, there would definitely been a dialogue between them.
@@chrisledbetter9278 We literally see them walk past each other carrying all their possessions, and if the filmmakers wanted us to know that they had interactions, they would've shown it.
George Hamilton So, you’re saying that the filmmakers want us to believe that an experienced keeper would come to the island to stay, with a newb no less, for months and not ask a word of the keepers leaving. Even though regulations state that when keepers change, that they must personally take charge of the keys and logbook, I looked it up. For a filmmaker that’s looking for authenticity, that’s not what I would expect.
@@chrisledbetter9278 I think so. That's what's in the movie.
Edit: I guess it's possible that they exchanged words before getting their luggage.
How did this not get an Oscar nomination for Best Sound Editing
Because no fast zoom zoom car or big bang boom boom, dummy. The academy just wants explosions for sound editing
The academy doesn't like horror films.
At 1:25 you can hear someone say "guys"
This film was robbed of many Oscar noms.
How did this movie not win anything Oscar is a better question. Goes to show how useless the Academy is
2:53 the last thing Winslow and Thomas would ever see of society and the outer world, just steaming into the fog
Winslow was the only one on the island the whole time.
Thomas and Thomas
2:30
Is weirdly one of my favorite shots in any movie
I dont know why
I feel like they could look at me all day
Public Lemur6420 SAME
That's not weird at all, it's extremely well done.
It's Just a presentation.
No words, any sound, it's only two characters that you'll know.
I feel that it will go down as a really iconic shot.
It looks like a painting or a picture you'd find in old history books
2:31 gosh dang I like that shot
It's like a memoir. The shot itself foreshadowing their deaths, framing them together like an old photo you'd find in a random dresser. Someone that no longer exists.
I love it because of how it looks like they are posing for a photo and it makes the shot look like those old time photographs of sailors, railroad conductors and engineers or men who labored hard in those days.
LOVE that opening score with the faint foghorn growing louder. Really feels like a movie from the 30’s-40’s
That and the engine of the ship too. I listened to the actual score and the song sounds almost anemic without the blaring horn and the ship chugging. Something about those sounds just make it so much more ominous
One of the best movies i ever saw...so dark and intense. Masterpiece !
Until Wake farts.
1:13
I love that shot, it's so menacing
2:30 They're not looking at the the boat as it sails away. They're looking at the audience. You're just as much of a part of the story as they are.
Love this.
idk why but i really really love this shot
I loved that shot. It was like they were telling you "this isn't like anything you've ever seen. You're a part of this and you don't have a choice now."
He looks at the camera when he spills the beans too. At that point he's confessing to us as much as the is to Tom.
@@Necromortus whyd you spill yer beans tom?
The opening shot made my theater so dark I was already filled dread before we even saw an actual scene.
Should pale death, with treble dread, make the ocean caves our bed...
To four weeks!
That scene with them starring at the ship feels more like both of them subtlety telling us, “ohhhh shit you guys are in for a crazy shitshow”
Love the shot at 1:46. There's so much confidence on display to take an already claustrophobic 1.2:1 frame and further compress it by filling 75% of it with negative space. They use similar techniques for most of the film and it really sells the "wide open but suffocatingly closed in" aesthetic.
The fog horn and the music blend into each other seamlessly.
Dance Winslow dance!
This the type of movies that makes you want to make movies.
I seriously love and appreciate the set and cinematography of this film.
Robert Eggers was very specific and careful using 1920's theatrical atmosphere, color and frame.
This was filmed on an aspect ratio of 1.19:1 an almost-square frame that was used in the 1920's-1930's.
Same frame Fritz Lang used when he directed Metropolis. Even the color of the white and black was replicated.
Now when I watch it it feels to me that there's a dapper man filming the scenes with the ancient camera, covered with a sheet.
I could watch this and American Psycho everyday for the rest of my life & still chuckle/never get bored
"The Calm before the Storm"
Well put!!!
"The Lighthouse"(2019) is an excellent atmospheric psychological horror movie! The isolation, the loneliness, and finally the paranoia all over the greatness!
Yer fond of me lobster , ain't ye?
Id fuck that steak
Favorite line
HAAAAAAARK
If i have a steeeeeak ohhh boy
@@luisqueiroz4907 If I had a steak I would F0ck it
The first and only time we see other characters throughout the entire movie.
What about Ephraim Winslow, the mermaid and the tentacle monster?
George Miller those are mainly just hallucinations.
The mermaid??
George Miller I think he meant human characters
Dominic Sindayen hallucination
Honestly when I started to watch this film I turned of all the lights and got ready. I was really expecting a drama about two guys going crazy alone on a lighthouse and trying to survive. When I heard the opening music, I knew it wasnt going to be just that, and from there I expected a more scary thriller. But then that first scene with the mermaid, I only then realised it was a creepy horror movie. Best movie of the year for me
The entire film is a masterpiece
The sound editing in this movie is fucking amazing god this movie is a one in a lifetime experience it really is
I love how simplistic it is, the title appears on screen, then the film's gray appears after, so very haunting.
that freaking sound scared me through all the movie
sound of a foghorn
This film made me feel sick in the most brilliant way.
When I saw it I was afraid to go back to my empty, silent house. This film makes you feel ISOLATED.
Bad luck to kill a sea bird !
HAAAAAAARRK
@@MrFiddleedee MAY NEPTUNE STRIKE YE DEAD, WINSLOW!
More tall tales...
Alright, have it your way. I like yer cookin’.
This film and Sinister had very harrowing sound design
Sinister?
George Miller
2012 Ethan Hawke horror movie.
Pretty good.
That opening scene felt like an eternity when i first watched it.
The definition of a perfect opening
What I would give to see this in theaters again
That splashing water somehow synchronise with music perfectly!
Yeah! It's so cool!
art like these reveals the weakness of compression when it comes to gradients!
I'm 100% sure that Dafoe wasn't even aware he was in a film until late in the filming. Dude looks absolutely CHILL at 2:37. Like, he's in his element, 100%
The blaring foghorn throughout the film is one of my favorite things about it.
This was such an amazing scene, totally ropes you in, sets the tone. But the moment I really knew this was gonna be more than just your average movie is when Willem puts the pipe in his mouth and gives that creepy smile, just perfect.
This movie portrays me during isolation
My biggest mistake was not watching this film in theaters back in 2019.
The lighthouse calls.
Those fuckin foghorns give me chills everytime
I saw this opening scene the first time and I was like "ok, I'll love this".
Shatter island & the lighthouse ..same opening and still love it
Fine art this is what motivates me
What I would give to watch this movie for the first time again.
I always have a shave of terror at 2:31
It feels like the two keepers are really watching me, like if I did something bad or like if I should not be watching their story
I saw this film while sitting on an airplane and it was wonderful.
' bad luck to kill a sea bird'
Why did you spill your beans Tommy…why did you spill your beans
2:28 wonder why the previous two didn't go bat shit insane?
never seen this movie, I only came across it because of a buzzfeed list of "the most method actors" and Robert was on the list because of this movie. I dont know the entire plot, I don't even know if I'm ever gonna watch the full thing. i watched a few of these scenes last night, and the creepy and eerie feeling that I felt watching it then has followed me all goddamn day. I felt that blank, hollow stare (2:30) follow me all goddamn day. I've never before had this reaction to a few clips of a movie I've never seen, its fucking bizarre.
Its one of my favourite movies oat...u have to watch it..
I hear that horn in my sleep. Imagine 5 weeks with that alone
Damn this was not the scene I was looking for
Bioshock vibes
Jesus
Or ever
Maria
Triple X MARIA
@@martingarricks6209 Joseph
Twitchy Mang Mary and Joseph, Tommy
2:30 one of the hardest pics I've seen
youtube compression absolutely destroys this image
I petition to have this movie permanently playing in theatres around the world for the next 5 years at least
@@UnkleKnuck i dont have a issue with this
@@UnkleKnuck agreed. this movie is absolutely built for theatres. the visual clarity and sound design of this movie are impeccable on the big screen
@@cheekybananaboy3361 Its truly the way it was meant to be experienced, watching at home just aint the same
If you're thinking about the frame, Robert Eggers intended to use the aspect ratio of 1.19:1.
Basically, the same frame (which is almost squared) which were used from films of 1920's-1930's. Like Metropolis or The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari. German-expressionism films.
BEST. OPENING. EVER
Pay attention to the rock formation at the ending of this scene and then remember it at the ending of the movie. It's uncanny.
It reminds me of Shutter Island opening scene
Crazy to think you know who is already trippinnnn
Is this opening sequence cut because there's more footage of the waves and the percussion of the score grows louder and rhythmically to the sound mix of the waves?
神 。
それらはどのゲームですか
where can i watch this movie??
why'd you spill your beans Winslow?
who needs candy island, it's safer at the docs
is this zack snyders justice league
2:32
The sex with the mermaid hallucination is creepier than any horror scene.
Loved the movie, hated the CZcams compression algorithm.
Music?
It’s weird to think that in real life the sky there would be bright blue and the terrain would be colorful
they are carrying dead body out at the begginging
Lighthouse = Limbo
Wait so dafoe came with him on the ship?? I always thought he was already there like permanently
I thought it was odd too at first, but I guess you would want to meet the person you're gonna spend a month with beforehand
Maybe first time he got a taste of the insanity, and ever since he's been meaning to come back.. Maybe that's why he guards the light so greedily. They're both insane I think.
4 week shifts
Come and go, come and go
@@bloodyhell8201 ohhh!
@@princessthyemis ayyyy
I like this movie and I like how this movie was shot on 35mm, but I'd prefer to watch in a standard format like The Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane, Ivanhoe, or The Artist instead of this vertical iphone looking presentation. Just my opinion.
I walked out of the theater thinking, "Pretentious, film school final project bullshit.". Three days later, I was still thinking about the movie.
Then you realized you were a pretentious, bullshit film critic. xD
David Lynch could only wish he had written this!