So Cailee Spaeny character becomes Jake Gyllenhaal in Hightcrawler

What kind of American are you?

Why do I feel like some of the people who hate this film most viscerally are exactly those it’s trying to reach? Does it really have nothing to say, or do y’all just desperately want it to reaffirm your current thoughts on the nation?

It’s certainly giving you a thesis on desensitization, it’s just more timely than it is novel. We’ve seen it before, but this is a fairly gripping version nonetheless, and I’m always going to feel a little softer to something which calls out our lack of empathy.

The experience did feel a little hollow. I wasn’t exactly moved. Such is the gamble with these minimalist works. Always a fan of Kirsten Dunst. And Cailee Spaeny is great as well.

Probably would be worth a rewatch somewhere down the line.

Both Men and this film have had incredible sound design.

That scene with the people hanging felt like a continuation of what he accomplished with the tunnel scene in Men.

The gunshots might still be ringing in my ear.

Pretty good. The world needs more of the 4 (3?) lead actors immediately

I’ve got a feeling a second watch of this would slap

@op

This was a cool movie

Does it really have nothing to say, or do y’all just desperately want it to reaffirm your current thoughts on the nation?

!!!!!!

still my movie of the year

that may change after Furiosa tho

This really came and went dam

8th highest grossing movie of the year so far

F*** man the ending ruined this movie for me

This movie is Goated and so is A24 whose really carrying the torch rn in Hollywood

Out on the torrent sites & VOD

🔥🔥🔥

Man this was intense at times

About to check this out

I liked it. I’m not political myself so I didn’t mind the non stance although I wouldn’t say it wasn’t saying anything. Felt like it was kinda saying not to kill each other over differing political views cause in the end the government doesn’t care about any of us small folk

Kirsten Dunst was a standout to me cause I never seen her play a character like this before. She didn’t even sound like she usually does. Completely different speech pattern

Last 20 minutes were intense. Garland could make some crazy action movies if he were into that. Also the movie starting with the president practicing a speech to it ending with him throwing that all away to beg for his life was nice poetic symmetry

This s*** was great. The winter wonderland scene follow by the plemons scene was sick. He always kills it

I enjoyed the slower scenes more than I thought I would

yeah this was kinda my only real gripe with this movie -- I also do feel like a central theme in this movie was desensitization but yeah idk he cried a whole lot for Sammy but for Lee he just got up and kept going lol

I noticed the colors too but the rest of what you're saying

mixed feelings on this, i thought it tailed off in the second half

my favourites:
• absolutely gorgeous movie, every frame of the war states was an absolute picture, it must have taken Garland years to storyboard this s***!!
• I loved how when they pass through the “neutral state” they slow down the cinematography, & its less picturesque, the shots are longer, very clever
• use of sound was excellent, they really doubled down on the detail of making it feel like a photo album

gripes:
• I didn’t feel invested enough in the characters for it to sustain long periods of silence in the final act… felt like it dragged at times (despite how good it looked)
• death of Lee totally took me out of the illusion… in what world do you tackle someone from getting shot & then stand straight up in the middle of the firing range? Ridiculous & forced unfortunately

7/10

well worth watching in 4K / OLED, s*** was jaw dropping at times

Lmao I was asking why she’s still standing too

Best Garland movie, this looked beautiful