My anticipation for Longlegs was off the scale ramped up by its superb marketing. Trust me I wasn’t disappointed by this masterclass in dread. The tension throughout was palpable gobsmacked by the grotesquerie on display. Committed performances throughout but predictably Cage steals the show. In kabuki style makeup, his performances is a mash-up of Tubbs (League of gentleman), Marilyn Manson and as Guillermo de Toro observed Tiny Tim. Cage’s performance is infused with a primal anger that transcends camp. It’s operatic possessing a bizarre grandeur as we watch in disbelief as he goes not only over the top but also over the distant peaks. Longlegs is near humourless, no silence of the lambs sardonicism, stark in its depiction of liminal interior/exterior lives and landscapes, and drab in its palate but gee whizz it grips like an anaconda.
I was anxiously awaiting your review of "Longlegs". Relieved that you're much more positive than the put-down printed on Guardian's page. "The Film Explainer" sounds like worthy of going hunting for!
Great review of a standout if divisive film. I am glad you got it. Longlegs is a satisfying addition to dark, thriller, horror cinema, as are Oz Perkins and Mika Monroe. I loved it.
I thought it was derivative tosh. Marginally enjoyable tosh, but tosh all the same. It's subjective, of course, but I really don't understand how anyone versed in, and with a love for, horror cinema could enthuse about it.
Agreed I don’t understand the praise for the film.It steals from previous movies shamelessly and story is full of ludicrous plot holes . I saw the film with my good friend and he was also unimpressed I think we were perhaps in the minority as the mainly younger audience were silent throughout the film.As my friend said afterwards perhaps they haven’t seen as many horror films as we have 😀.Best things in the film were lead character and Cage going full on weird white face.😂
My anticipation for Longlegs was off the scale ramped up by its superb marketing. Trust me I wasn’t disappointed by this masterclass in dread. The tension throughout was palpable gobsmacked by the grotesquerie on display. Committed performances throughout but predictably Cage steals the show. In kabuki style makeup, his performances is a mash-up of Tubbs (League of gentleman), Marilyn Manson and as Guillermo de Toro observed Tiny Tim. Cage’s performance is infused with a primal anger that transcends camp. It’s operatic possessing a bizarre grandeur as we watch in disbelief as he goes not only over the top but also over the distant peaks. Longlegs is near humourless, no silence of the lambs sardonicism, stark in its depiction of liminal interior/exterior lives and landscapes, and drab in its palate but gee whizz it grips like an anaconda.
its what kermode would call a "nuts and bolts horror"
I was anxiously awaiting your review of "Longlegs". Relieved that you're much more positive than the put-down printed on Guardian's page. "The Film Explainer" sounds like worthy of going hunting for!
Great review of a standout if divisive film. I am glad you got it.
Longlegs is a satisfying addition to dark, thriller, horror cinema, as are Oz Perkins and Mika Monroe.
I loved it.
I thought it was derivative tosh. Marginally enjoyable tosh, but tosh all the same. It's subjective, of course, but I really don't understand how anyone versed in, and with a love for, horror cinema could enthuse about it.
Agreed I don’t understand the praise for the film.It steals from previous movies shamelessly and story is full of ludicrous plot holes .
I saw the film with my good friend and he was also unimpressed I think we were perhaps in the minority as the mainly younger audience were silent throughout the film.As my friend said afterwards perhaps they haven’t seen as many horror films as we have 😀.Best things in the film were lead character and Cage going full on weird white face.😂
Would you review Armageddon on year in a July perhaps.
the word cantankerous should be more commonplace. A veritable smorgasbord of your skills to be enjoyed in this post
It was doing so well until the very final frame when it managed to completely ruin the moodiness it had so impeccably been building!