Booked this last week. Was curious if anyone else was going to see it. Someone decided they want to sit right next to me.
That or they think I’ll move out of awkwardness. Too bad for them, I don’t mind.
In fact, bury them under your feet to enjoy this movie. Not as scary as the trailers make out to be… It’s fun, but it makes no sense, and if you watch it in a theater packed with people, they’ll help you have a great time with it.
TLDR: Give this extremely topical, brutally satirical, harshly truthful film a chance. We don’t get many films like this nowadays and it is an absolute beauty.
Full: I almost canceled my tickets for Thursdays opening of Digger due to how many brutal reviews there were but I very thankfully went to check it out.
I absolutely loved this movie. There were probably only 10 of us in the theater, and 2 people did leave who were a very old couple. I think they saw Tom Cruise and had no idea what they were getting themselves into.
10/10 on sound design. Truly. It was an audiophiles wet dream. The entire film is truly a cacophony of endless overlapping sounds. It was anxiety inducing and overwhelming, which really contributed to the atmosphere. It’s a nightmare.
The sets are gorgeous. The director and cinematographer did a beautiful job. It’s visually stunning in all ways. Tom Cruise has a very controversial personal life but wow, can he act. One of my favorite films of his in recent memory. He acts the house down. The (fake?) long shots throughout are well done and a long Tom Cruise monologue is really perfectly written and powerful in its messaging.
This film is brutal. It is an absolutely hideous mirror being held up to its audience. It does not hold back and is relentless in its farcical, yet unbelievably truthful storytelling.
Riz is the other major highlight.
I personally found the film funny, but I was the only person I heard laughing. It’s funny in a very dark way. There’s a curse word scene that I very loudly laughed at. I found the film to be a satire (farce) almost in the realm of a Coen Brothers film, mixed with Wes Anderson sets, and A Series of Unfortunate Events makeup and look (I mean that as a compliment to the show).
The negative: there is a shocking plot twist that is revealed about 35 mins into the movie that continues to appear throughout. Really, it ruined the entire flow of the story in my opinion and did not add anything of value. It simply added more runtime and I just don’t understand why it was a major plot element. I might be missing something about its messaging, but I felt like it was unnecessary.
i just want something free
We’ve built a crowdsourced app/platform to help moviegoers answer the question “what time does the movie really start?” (clearly a favorite question on this sub), and then decide which room/screen is best…or which to avoid.
It’s called It’s Starting! and it’s available now in the Apple App Store, link below, and there’s a sign up for an Android beta (also linked).
It’s free now and always will be. You can create an account to save favorite theaters, review log history and connect to Trakt.tv.
The app is easy to use. Choose your theater and movie, enter the ticketed showtime and auditorium number, optionally add the format (IMAX, 4DX, etc…) and Showing Type (Regular, Early Screening, Re-Release) and then when the movie starts, tap It’s Starting! to log the actual start time.
When the movie is over, you answer a randomized question about the experience or the theater. You can answer more than one question (optional) or provide a comment which really helps. And if you have known information about an auditorium/screen, you can submit that as well. The goal is to get the data back to the theater so that they can make improvements.
The app has only been live a few weeks and is in early days with improvements being made all the time. But for it to be useful, it needs people contributing. It’d be like Waze if nobody reported traffic or accidents. I’ll add a comments about a user in Albuquerque and the 15 logs made in the past 10 days, as well as reports on a Regal in the suburbs of Philly.
Apple App Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/its-starting/id6786706681
Join Android Beta
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrW3hoasaGlhGS9fAGcXMbZ-0l57ll2AcwAIVZu5kzhNdppQ/viewform
It's not any good. You'll be bored. There are like two good jump scares and one good kill.
My wife and I are doing a challenge to watch all movies that come to our theater this year, even if we have to catch up from home. So far we’ve seen 121 movies this year and counting.
FYI: AI has tried and done a decent job, but it admitted it’s mainly checking Reddit and other sources and does not have the source directly from AMC
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I was on IG this morning and i saw a trailer for this movie because i follow one of the stars of the movie. He posted it and I was like ok I am definitely going to it
To my luck, it’s playing on Wednesday morning so I will be going
I love all types horror... all eras... A list to Z.
This was really good. It's more old school... so that's a warning. It does the whole building of characters and story first before they get to the good stuff. But if you like that kind of thing this is for you.
They never make clear what era. There are hints and no cell phones.
Really shot well. Mike P Nelson is really good. I liked his remake of Silent Night Deadly Night.
Cast is terrific.
High kill count.
And some great icky squirmy slimy stuff.
If you like giant snake in a rain forest horror that looks really good that takes a while to get going then I recommend it.
If you just want snake action from beginning to end with less character development or story this might not be for you.
I was scrolling on IG this morning and I watched the trailer for trust me I’m a doctor and I’m likely intrigued. So I went to see if it’s playing at my regular AMC and it says it wasn’t. Does anyone know when they will show times for it