Movie Details
| Title: | Sightseers | |
| Director: | Ben Wheatley | |
| Year: | 2012 | |
| Genre: | Dark Comedy | |
| Times Seen: | 2 | |
| Last Seen: | 11.02.24 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (4)
- Down Terrace
- A Field in England
- High-Rise
- Kill List
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 11.02.24 | Internet | This Screening is part of event: Virtual All Night Horror Movie Marathon 5 Grant graciously invited me to his virtual all-night horror movie marathon tonight. He and his friends did it up with putting a handful of movies on google drive sans titles and providing a zoom/slack to watch together and discuss each movie. I thought it was a cool idea then immediately fucked it all up. I downloaded the movies then decided to start early because there was no way I was gonna stay up long enough to watch them in sync with everyone else, except I clicked the wrong file and recognized the movie as this, then realized this was supposed to be the fourth movie not first. So then I started the first film which I didn't recognize but I kept thinking about how I knew this one and would have to make it through three others before watching it, which would likely make me pretty tired which is how I saw this to begin with... so like I said. Fucked it all up. So now i'm writing this in a text file so I don't post it to my journal and spoil anyone else (not that I think anyone else reads this)... sigh. Anyway, now that I've seen a bunch of Ben Wheatley's other work and his career has kind of taken a turn, I always thought back to this as his best movie. Maybe this is just the one that most closely matches my sensibilities though since his more overt psychedelic stuff never really landed with me. It also didn't help that I saw most of his movies at Fantastic Fest where nothing put me to sleep faster than a slow-moving movie with psychedelic music. Hah, I remember trying so hard to stay awake during High Rise just to hear that Portishead cover of Abba's SOS. So it's good to see this again like a normal movie on a Saturday afternoon. I still liked it although it didn't blow me away. I think much of the charm of the movie is the surprise during the first watch of discovering what the film is. I didn't remember any of the details of the film really, didn't remember how it ended, so I was along for the ride for sure. I also picked up this time Tina's dog training skills come into play a couple times dealing with Chris. I liked it... but I dunno, you can see Wheatley's psychedelic stuff start in with the drum circle and once you get it then the movie kind of turns into a comedy version of Natural Born Killers in a way. Something's keeping me from singing its praises too loudly. It's probably down to it being my second viewing. |
| 09.25.12 | Alamo South Lamar | This Screening is part of event: FantasticFest 2012 Pitch black comedy about a boyfriend and girlfriend that go on holiday (British) and kind of sort of become killing spree multiple murderers. This really surprised me. I liked it a great deal. I missed Kill List but only thought Down Terrace was OK. This was really good. Hilarious, captivating, surprising... everything you'd want in a movie like this. Really fun stuff. Oh, this was the first secret screening of the fest. They also showed it in two theaters so more people could see. I like both trends of having fewer secret screenings and making them more accessible. A lot of the logistics and mechanics of the fest (except for the usual bevy of small things and the goddamn PA seating announcement lobby lining up nonsense) were better this year. They're baby steps but I feel like each year gets a little better in terms of no headaches or major pains in the ass. |
