NOSFERATU - Spoilers

[Older Beholder]

I could only see a previous thread for the movie trailer.
Thought I'd start a new one for people that have seen the film and wish to talk about it.

Personally, I loved the film. Probably my favourite film by Robert Eggers. Maybe my favourite vampire film, I'm still thinking about that one.

Anyone else seen it? What did you think?

 

[damiller]

I enjoyed it very much. Just what I want in horror: Some gore, lots of tension, and great sets. When Harker..eh Hutter escaped I appreciated the feeling of disorientation. The world seemed so big and unknown.

My only "complaint": the german setting seemed very british.

 

[Retreater]

Some of the things that got me:
British accents in Germany
A Germany in the 1830s (wasn't unified until 1871)

I loved the look of it. It was my first time seeing an Eggers film. Loved the use of languages other than English, even using an extinct language for the Count.

The original 1922 film was one of my favorites, and this did it justice.

 

[TiQuinn]

Gorgeous film, for starters. I loved how the monochrome scenes invoke the black and white version. In all, it’s really a very faithful retelling of the original movie. It’s also got one of my favorite depictions of vampires: they aren’t sexy, they aren’t handsome, and they definitely aren’t human. They are rotting, festering, walking corpses that are nearly synonymous with rats and disease, and yet can compel people with their presence. That is Count Orlok, to a T.

 

[Mannahnin]

Beautifully shot, well-acted. Dafoe the standout, but Depp very much holding her own. And it was great seeing Ineson again. Skarsgard's makeup was so good I literally forgot it was him.

I enjoyed references to the original and to the 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula in this.

I agree that there were a couple of incongruities with "Germany", and wish Eggers had not bothered pandering to ignorance on that one.

Great movie.

 

[damiller]

Gorgeous film, for starters. I loved how the monochrome scenes invoke the black and white version. In all, it’s really a very faithful retelling of the original movie. It’s also got one of my favorite depictions of vampires: they aren’t sexy, they aren’t handsome, and they definitely aren’t human. They are rotting, festering, walking corpses that are nearly synonymous with rats and disease, and yet can compel people with their presence. That is Count Orlok, to a T.

i like the psychological aspect Ellen alluded to...that Orlok was her shame. It really hit some poignant notes for me when she lashed out at the person who loves her when that shame reared its head. And incredible depiction of how powerful shame is.

And totally yea, dracula is not a sexy person, not uber cool, he's a embodiment of all that is worst in us. And absolutely fantastic presentation of that idea.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

British accents in Germany

Vut you have preferred fake German accents?

When someone is speaking their native language, they don't speak it with a foreign accent.

 

[Retreater]

Vut you have preferred fake German accents?

I liked the accents in the original silent film.

 

[Autumnal]

It’s people like you what cause unrest.

 

[Older Beholder]

It’s playing at the IMAX, which is tempting for a second viewing, except they’re only doing night screenings and I’m more a matinee guy.

There was some odd laughter during my showing, Eggers does have a weird sense of humour (see: The Lighthouse), and I did laugh when Dafoe said he’d seen things that would make Isaac Newton crawl back into his mother’s womb. There was also a smattering of applause at the end of the screening.

How was the reaction at your screening?