We’re just going to talk about movies that have given me crazy reactions. I don’t know if any of you watched these before, but just in case you haven’t; there may be some spoilers.
SIGHTLESS
I feel like I’ve talked about this movie before, but I’m still going to talk about this anyway.
This movie was devastating a bit but the way the characters developed was so manipulating to my sense of mind that I could not be content with the ending. Yes, the character is strong, but why did she have to be resilient in that way? It’s just, the protagonist, Ellen had the whole life she knew taken away from her. Then when she thought she found someone to give her world back to her in some kind of form, it turns out to be distorted. She couldn’t even see colors the same way anymore, and the way they just put the viewers into her perspective was so deep that even the colors she couldn’t see looked dull to me. If that makes sense. I can’t really just explain it to you without spoiling it, you would just have to watch it. Like the pacing was great and I loved how we saw what was in her mind and not what was in reality. Also, my sister obsessed over the shot design.
Anyway- The movie is about a violinist who was attacked and lost her sight. She’s moved to this apartment by people she can’t see but can only hear. Which is way important to this plot as she begins to start hearing some stuff that sounds paranormal. So, with that, the twist left my jaw on the floor.
THE MIST
I mostly adore all of Stephen King’s works, so I was a little iffy about the movie when I very first read the summary of it. It has giant bugs in the plot which we couldn’t see. I think that it benefited the plot that we couldn’t see the bugs because it’s kind of amped up that mental distrust. We were seeing the characters be tortured by a threat that they couldn’t even see all the way. There were signs that the giant bugs were there, but since the movie was more philosophy driven it was like the bugs were just a domino factor. It seemed Stephen King needed them as the starting domino to push the conflict between the characters together. I can’t explain but this movie really makes you ponder on the survival instincts of humanity. Like, how far will we go to survive? Also, a bonus is that the movie was purposely grainy so that it could have that old bedtime monster pizzazz.
Any who- The movie is a science fiction horror movie that mostly focuses on a father and son who’s trapped with a bunch of people in a store. And all of these people have different views on how they can survive through the weird catastrophe. The ending is insane. If you get emotionally damaged really easily, I suggest you shouldn’t watch this movie.
THE MENU
This movie plot is as tasty as the food in it. I adore this movie heavily. I’ve watched this about six times because each time I was making a new family member watch it with me so I could see their reactions (which most of the time, replicated mine) and hear their thoughts. I enjoyed the main protagonist’s background development here and while her personality was written a little flat it was okay because her actions were diverse to me, so it kind of made up for it. The person she was with at this restaurant was spontaneous to me and I didn’t see his character arc coming, and he was just those characters that made such an impact on the plot that it made you look at things kind of differently. The chef also was an 8/10 but that’s just because I didn’t jump at the things he did. Another thing, the setting was so fun to analyze, well the whole movie was, but the setting added a little spice to the drama.
Any who – The movie is basically about this young couple who goes to this deserted island to eat at this exclusive restaurant where they encounter some issues and surprises. Y’all this movie genre is Horror, Dark Comedy, and Thriller. When I tell you I laughed because of how crazy this movie was, people should at least try this movie once. Just saying in my opinion.
THE VANISHED
I watched this movie in about early 2020 when it first came out. It was about 2 months since quarantine had started and one of the main things, I was doing for entertainment was binging every thriller and psychological movie on Netflix. It was going slow for a minute, I didn’t really find anything that just caught my attention, until… My sister and I came across The Vanished.
This movie was gaslighting itself in a whole, you think you know the characters actions, what they plan to do, but no; you have no idea. I assumed this movie would just be about a regular suburban family who started having family issues with their marriage and raising their child, though now I wonder why I didn’t expect the darkest twist coming. Also, the way the layers of this movie unravel were well written to me and the characters did stay in their roles, they just kind of evolved a little.
Anyyywayy – The Vanished, is supposed to be about a nice good ole family vacation with a mother, a father, a daughter, and even the dog, though of course nothing can go well in these kinds of movies. Since nothing can go well, the film had to make the daughter go missing. And of course, the parents will need to go insane to find her.
That’s all, you all should go watch these movies if you haven’t yet.
tiara you should really read the mist, i have a copy of the short story in my room if you want to borrow it
I haven’t really seen The Menu, but I’ve seen clips on YouTube. Love how the only reason she didn’t killed off was because she didn’t like the food she was given and wanted a burger and fries instead.