Movie Details
| Title: | Nosferatu | |
| Director: | Robert Eggers | |
| Year: | 2024 | |
| Genre: | Vampire | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 02.09.25 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (3)
- The Lighthouse
- The Northman
- The Witch
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 02.09.25 | Internet | Hmm. Well, here's another remake of a classic film. The craft on display if very impressive here - impeccable production design, amazing costumes, evocative photography, effective music, convincing performances, seamless editing, interesting shot design - but the story is super familiar at this point and audiences can't help compare the dead guy with a mustache to one of the most iconic vampire designs in history. I mean, if you were to take a random teenager, full of youthful rebellion, and task him with watching one silent movie, Nosferatu would be your best bet at getting them to sit through the whole thing. Herzog's 70s movie already tried to bring modern film technique to it, Coppola's 90s movie fell back on adapting the book faithfully, but all this brings to the table is some rolling Rs. It's tough for me to get excited by the movie even though I liked many individual aspects of it. With The Northman I found the weak point to be the story, so I would've thought with a proven story that works Eggers would knock this out of the park, but I kinda watched it and am instantly ready to move on. It's good on paper but never really grabbed me. Just a lot of fine actors saying antiquated words. I didn't hate this, or even dislike it... it just confuses me how still frames of this movie can look so good but when put together they don't work for me. It kind of reminds me of Burton's Sleepy Hollow in that way. Maybe I should give that one a second chance, I haven't seen it since it came out but remember walking away feeling the same way. The vibe was perfect, but for whatever reason it didn't work on me. |
