I'm apparently oblivious to current culture. I didn't know about the movie until I opened this thread. Now I'm all curious.
The Babadook.
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Ok finally caught this.
It was......... interesting.
Unfortunately this is one of those movies where any sort of hype will undermine its impact. It's one of those stories best discovered by oneself rather than through the encouragement of others. The child actor and director do a great job of making the audience cringe at the boy's high maintenance requirements - quite understandable - and not losing our empathy.
Considering the budget of the movie, it is a remarkable bit of story telling. But in the end, it felt too much like other such similar movies that had the advantage of better budgets and resources.
Worth seeing but not something that will resonate with me as time moves on.
It was......... interesting.
Unfortunately this is one of those movies where any sort of hype will undermine its impact. It's one of those stories best discovered by oneself rather than through the encouragement of others. The child actor and director do a great job of making the audience cringe at the boy's high maintenance requirements - quite understandable - and not losing our empathy.
Considering the budget of the movie, it is a remarkable bit of story telling. But in the end, it felt too much like other such similar movies that had the advantage of better budgets and resources.
Worth seeing but not something that will resonate with me as time moves on.
I caught this last weekend. Not bad. Completely agree, it was interesting, a bit hard to explain, not a home run, but worth watching.
A few weeks ago, I said that IT FOLLOWS was possibly the best horror film since CANDYMAN. I had not yet seen THE BABADOOK.
My first impressions of a film are never my final impressions. Great cinema is worth revisiting--in fact, it demands it--but, for now: damn.
I love horror movies. If you know me, you know that. But: horror movies rarely unsettle me. They rarely get under my skin and make me feel some measure of contempt toward the film makers for, you know, horrifying me.
THE BABADOOK got to me.
It's hard to say how it will change over repeat viewings, but if I had to level one criticism (and I'm not sure it's a hefty criticism), it's that it doesn't rise to the level of, say, THE EXORCIST or THE SHINING simply because it is obviously aware of those films (and a few others--kudos to writer/director Jennifer Kent for evoking early Raimi with class).
But it actually might stand beside those films, and, in some regards, it may succeed in places those films don't.
I think I really love this movie.
My first impressions of a film are never my final impressions. Great cinema is worth revisiting--in fact, it demands it--but, for now: damn.
I love horror movies. If you know me, you know that. But: horror movies rarely unsettle me. They rarely get under my skin and make me feel some measure of contempt toward the film makers for, you know, horrifying me.
THE BABADOOK got to me.
It's hard to say how it will change over repeat viewings, but if I had to level one criticism (and I'm not sure it's a hefty criticism), it's that it doesn't rise to the level of, say, THE EXORCIST or THE SHINING simply because it is obviously aware of those films (and a few others--kudos to writer/director Jennifer Kent for evoking early Raimi with class).
But it actually might stand beside those films, and, in some regards, it may succeed in places those films don't.
I think I really love this movie.