Oz Perkins’ tight framing really sells the “homely” feel Nadia mentions. The cinematography gives the movie almost a home video quality, like it’s something personal we shouldn’t be seeing
I watched this movie with rapt attention, totally engrossed by all the shot-to-shot stuff the film was doing. The sound design, the cinematography, the performances. I loved it. Once the credits rolled, however, I went "Awh :( Is that it?" It's hard to put my finger on it, but it felt like it was missing something critical to pull all the parts together and make it gel. Maybe I just didn't like the ending? But more generally it felt like the "evil" at the heart of the story was missing any substance.
I agree that there was something missing at the center of the film. There's a sudden shift from "supernatural serial killer hunt" to "supernatural family drama" that happens in the last act that basically takes away some of the mystique behind what Longlegs was doing. Instead of giving us more of what Longlegs did or how or why he did anything, it basically just became "yeah, the mom was in it the whole time, and Longlegs actually lived in your basement, and the mom did all of this to save you". It just feels like Longlegs literally got pushed off to the side once he died, when they could have explored how his death(?) made his presence more felt thought Satanic magic or something.
loved it. not super scary but very unsettling & have been thinking about it since i saw it saturday morning. i doooo wish they would stop selling things as "scariest movie of the year/decade" because... everyone is going to be extra critical & odds are it just isn't. it wasn't "scariest movie of ___" i think the true horror story is in the metaphors & symbolism presented in the movie (the subtext) & i enjoy that. also nic cage was the perfect person to play that wacky sort of character. i'm glad it wasn't taking itself too seriously. "black coats daughter" is imo way scarier & way more compelling as a horror movie.
I’m carrying Man’s opinion here, I enjoyed the aesthetics of the film but it felt pretty hollow to me. He articulated himself well here so it’s weird to see so many people salty because someone didn’t like a movie they liked.
I think there is a tecnology based explanation for the powder/ash smoke thing scene when Lee's mom shoots the doll. That ball thing that the dolls have implanted in the heads have some interference or kind of signal that emits to the person who has contact with it. Like the scene when the doctor examines it and says "I could swear that thing was saying my ex's name", so I think the daughters have another implant in their heads, something that Longlegs and Lee's mom (a nurse) do to the girls, some operation/implant, I dunno. I watched the film just yesterday, I'm late 😂🥲 But this detail of the little ball really made me intrigued.
I agree with Jake, the movie needed more character development scenes, like the great dinner scene in Se7en. By the end of Longlegs I really didn't care about any of the characters
Honestly, every time they said "hail satan" it got a little chuckle out of me. The religious elements of it ironically made it less creepy. The first hour or so felt like i was going to get the exact film ive been looking for but that feeling fizzled out after she immediately solved the message
I think this movie really benefits from seeing his first movie, The Blackcoat’s Daughter. Lots of themes of parenthood in that one as well, so feels in accurate to say the theme of motherhood is just tacked on because they “needed it to be about something.” Just my 2 cents. It really seems like Cage’s performance makes or breaks the movie for people. The jarring contrast of tones between the rest of the movie and him really made it seem like he was in his own world in a way that set me on edge, and everything else in the movie just clicked from that point on for me
My sister and I literally left the theater thinking Nicolas Cage's character was meant to be comic relief. Imagine my surprise to learn people found him deeply scary. Plus I agree that the satanism immediately made it less scary than if he were a serial killer.
The Outsider perfectly sums it up, it’s a movie that feels grounded and presents problems that I was really excited to find the answers for but by the end it went supernatural and left me feel dissapointed. The first part and the style of the movie was banging though.
it had a few very effective unsettling moments, the first shot of cage was horrifying but overall the performance didn't work for me. it was over the top and could have used more subtlety and nuance in this kind of role. i agree with jake but my grade isn't as harsh. it was fine 6/10.
Finally watched it! I plan to rewatch it to have a more complete, as it were, opinion, but for now, yes, the ending felt like it came (almost) from nowhere... we do see a couple of calls from the protagonist's mother, but I felt their relationship and their past should've been explored in more depth... also the nihilistic sidings of the nick cage character were so random and shallow... everything actually in this film felt interesting on a conceptual plane, but not deep enough to strike the landing... loved the performances and the film's style, though. also love perkins' prior films, so this might improve on a second viewing...
As for the mannered style you point out, to me it makes sense because the families were kind of entranced at the point, with that girl at the ending not even reacting to the killing because of the doll's power... that's what I got anyway...
I agree with Jake, the third act made things too resolved. Although I liked the movie a lot more overall the first 2 acts were great. Maika Monroe was great but the Cageness of Nic Cages performance bled through too many times and took me out of it in some scenes where he was just too over the top. The more subtle he played it the better it was, like the initial scene with the girl in the beginning that gets flashed back to multiple times, that was the best he was and in other parts I could only see Nic Cage being Nic Cage
I loved the movie. Initially I found the ending abrupt and unsatisfying but it didn't ruin the movie for me. I think the movie just builds such great tension and mystery and could have stuck the landing a little better.
Overal very much agree with Jake. I also disliked how they used jump scares, like oh its too slow we need to do something here lets put a random low effort jump scares that dont even make you jump. It also gave scp vibes to me until they started pushing devil stuff evey 30 seconds. The best part of the movie for me was seeing the smile 2 trailer.
I also didn’t understand the addition of jumpscares in this. They’re not numerous so it’s not that big a deal, but they’re jarring when they share space with great scenes like the one at Lee’s house and the barn. Imo those were the scariest scenes in the film.
Gotta go wirh Nadia on this one, I saw it last night and it is instantly one of my all time favorites. I can see why some may find it boring or a little cliche, but the nervous feeling it has had me scared shitless for the entire movie. I love the acting, the style, the story, all of it was just a chefs kiss
Sorry but I'm with man here, this movie slapped a very pretty aesthetic over a bog-standard "uh oh, saaaaaatan and dooooooolls" and totally ditched the interesting investigation aspect that it had at the beginning. The movie was sloppy and really careless with its elements, and Mr. Lonlegs himself didnt even have to be there, Cage was way too goofy past the initial scene.
Its interesting he sees it as a failure trying to elevate horror where i saw it as schlock elevated by a fantastic director who knew exactly what kinda film they were making. 7/10
So I saw this on the 11th because I wanted to avoid spoilers before it came out, and while I did overall like the movie it was not at all what I'd thought it be based on the first trailer where the father is on the phone saying "that is not my daughter", the trailer then cuts to an image of a girl on the floor where her legs look just long enough to be sort of out of place. That's what I first thought was so scary about this movie going in, was the girl with the "LONG LEGS", the uncanny valley effect that a parent would have knowing that their child isn't who they say they are like the movie "The Hole in the Ground" IDK just thought the movie was going to be more about an imposter living among a family, that would have been more scary than what we got.
@@ALovelyLad me too most of the time, but this wasn’t even really the trailer, this was the teaser that introduced me to this movie existing, it really didn’t even show the movie at all except for 2 still images, but that alone really peaked my interests
The movie did so well for the first act and change, then by the third act I was not scared at all nor invested strongly, and just say burn the doll at the end, take a hammer, smash it, etc. The non-resolution ending was not a good hook for me.
@@georgenapper532gaslighting is being used in the hyperbolic sense. It’s a bit odd to call this movie a “masterpiece”…”scariest movie of the last decade”…etc. this language seems like gaslighting; if you’ve even been paying attention to horror you would see how derivative and cringey this film actually is. In that context it makes the positive “press coverage” seem incredibly fake or contrived in some way since by many objective metrics the movie is not successful at anything it sets out to accomplish. Watch Silence of the Lambs, Seven and Zodiac (as a starter) and youll see that this film is just doing a very poor job of standing on the shoulders of better filmmakers. You can’t call it homage when the execution is this lazy.
@@JMWilyatHonestly, how have people still not realized that RUclips bots semi randomly delete comments? You're not being shit down, you're having bad luck.
I agree with him. The movie kind of made me fall off into Bordem. I was over it, and Nico cage didn’t scare me at all. He seemed like a crazy crackhead, I just wasn’t scared at all💀also when Nicolas cage smashed his head on the table in the interrogation room, that is toooooo, cliche. Like I liked it, but hated it. One positive is the people of color, it was nice to see. And glad it wasn’t the selling point of the film, they just exist as characters. Love that, need more of that😊
Thought this one sucked lol. I was really hoping for a straight up classic detective and killer movie, but they always have to fuck it up. People who compare long legs to the silence of the lambs or seven have no idea what they’re talking about. Clarice starling was an incredible character no because she was a female fbi agent, because she was A BADASS with an incredibly compelling backstory. The main character in long legs was just a weak anxiety ridden bore the entire movie. I almost fell asleep in the theater towards the end. Nick cage is one of the GOATS and he was the only redeeming factor when it came to the acting in this movie. Cinematography and score were cool, otherwise it would have been unwatchable.
I agree with him, it was shot and dressed up beautifully but it wasn’t very scary and it builds up very slowly and it leans way more into the supernatural which took away from some of the agency of the characters actions
@@SuperPal-tr3go then again, I don't think movies need some over arching theme or intrinsic meaning. House is one of my favorite movies and that movie literally has no meaning.
I don’t comment often, but I just had to say you guys really don’t understand spoilers. If I hadn’t seen it already I would’ve been pissed. Also his takes all suck.
This is a good movie, not great, but good! Not even in the same conversation as The Exorcist, Se7en, Silence of the Lambs! Nick Cages performance was also very good, however, his character was more comical than sinister! Way overhyped and overrated, good story, OK, not frightening at all!!
Yeah idk, I wanted to love LONGLEGS, blackcoats daughter is one of my all time fave horror movies. But other than the art direction and photography, it was a big disappointment. It felt like an average episode of supernatural with an artsy veneer.
@@SPACE-98 I feel like Blackcoats Daughter actually had a narrative point about isolation and the lengths people are willing to go to not be alone. I'm not sure what Longlegs was supposed to be about and even with its good atmosphere I got bored with it since it didn't seem to have anything to say. Also I just fucking hated Nicholas Cage's performance.
@@SPACE-98 well, now that you say it that way, it must be true :p Seriously tho, I don't really think you're thinking of movies in the same way if you prefer LONGLEGS. I can't tell you that what you like is wrong. You do you. But I simply find that there's simply no subtext or significant meaning in LL. Blackcoats daughter is slow, moody, dark and very limited but it has a very clear and interesting subtext. It does a lot with its constrained scope. LONGLEGS on the other hand is more exciting, but to me, it feels like it's missing pieces, so it rings hollow when it comes to the payoff. Theres so little character development that its hard to root for anyone, so it just ends up feeling like a hokey mashup of better movies. It feels like its all textual, and the text is quite predictable and blunt. That said, if you like it. More power to you, I've been very desperately trying to find some interesting meaning to the movie, but in the end it feels like I'm just making excuses for it. On the upside, this probably means a big upgrade for Osgood Perkins, because this movie seems to be causing much more of a stir than any of his previous works. Even if I prefer those.
@@bernardodelcast so from my perspective the blackcoats daughter was good to me mainly for the atmosphere and imagery, also the characters were decent. The main thing that I didn’t like was the tricky decision of casting Emma roberts as the older version of the main girl (forgot her name). I know it was supposed to be confusing to add more mystery considering the timeline &structure of the film, but to me it just seemed like trick for the sake of a trick…I don’t see how her face would have changed that drastically from age 14-15 to 26& I know that sounds like a nitpick but it did take me out of it (probably because the rest of the movie feels properly grounded). I would’ve honestly preferred they just used the same girl for both time periods because as a reveal it was underwhelming to me. Longlegs kept me guessing where it was going the whole time and to me the reveals + supernatural Elements were a lot more exiting and creative… I was also a big fan of nic cages contrasting performance in comparison to the tone of the rest of the film. It was larger than life and jarring but that’s what made it interesting and fun for me, like two worlds colliding. Makia Monroe’s performance was also great to me& i do feel like she had development even though she was a bit of an awkward stoic character. I feel like longlegs took the best parts of the subtle horror imagery from blackcoat, turnt it up a notch & mixed it with a over the top but not overused nic cage performance and it came out to be a completely original and new thing
Have to say I agree with Jake. Started atmospherically, then I was struggling to invest, then Cage came in with every Cage-ism, and then it turned into a tacky grab-bag you’d see in a Netflix movie imo. It actually got so lazy and cliché and predictable in the second half that it honestly reminded me of a random generator.
I laughed some but it was mostly cuz it seemed like it was just trying to be stressful the whole time and eventually it just stopped working and i kind of just got bored and didn't really care about anything happening. Also why does a devil need a little orb to go evil. Also why not just like throw the orb through the window lol
Man Carrying zero cinematic literacy. 15 minutes of saying absolutely nothing other than "this wasn't the movie I wanted it to be and I refuse to change my perspective" nothing wrong with that, basically just the worst possible approach a "critic" can have though. Your Horizon review is still worse, somehow.
@grim_2000 I think that was moreso directed towards some of his other reviews, namely Furiosa and Horizon, but I honestly couldn't tell you for sure. I've since cooled off on this and don't really care anymore lol
Well, damn. I'm pretty convinced Jake decided to go contrarian precisely because everyone was hyping up the movie, and him being hateful about the movie generates more reactions/views than him praising it. You can tell because he apparently found Skinamarink, the most boring, non-eventful movie in history of horror, super compelling, and Longlegs he found to be pretentious and artsy. Longlegs at least tried to have some semblance of a plot, something was happening, something was being said. Longlegs has a narrative. Skinamarink was devoid of anything meaningful beyond long shots, devoid of any actual narrative or story or characters. It's pretty disappointing that you opted for this route. Oh well.
Saw this garbage ass movie yesterday. Don't believe the hype, the critics who compared it to silence of the lambs suck. Talk to me was scarier and basically the same type of plot.
This main character was such a lame pussy the whole movie 😂 Clarice Starling is the greatest female protagonist to grace the big screen. Beatrix kiddo a close runner up.
Nic Cage’s character came across as way too silly to be intimidating and he really disrupted the tone of the film. The second act dragged, and the third act’s info dump was inelegant and far fetched. This was unfortunately a case of great marketing overselling its product. That interrogation scene was so disappointing!
You know it's going to be an entertaining review when the title has "(we argue)"
Oz Perkins’ tight framing really sells the “homely” feel Nadia mentions. The cinematography gives the movie almost a home video quality, like it’s something personal we shouldn’t be seeing
sitting down for a full Madeas is scarier
Jake: “I’m tired of these high brow artsy fartsy horror movies that have no substance”
Also Jake: “Skinamarink is a modern masterpiece”
Try again, this is not what he said at all. The opposite actually.
I've never seen a movie that wasn't artsy actually have substance
I watched this movie with rapt attention, totally engrossed by all the shot-to-shot stuff the film was doing. The sound design, the cinematography, the performances. I loved it. Once the credits rolled, however, I went "Awh :( Is that it?"
It's hard to put my finger on it, but it felt like it was missing something critical to pull all the parts together and make it gel. Maybe I just didn't like the ending? But more generally it felt like the "evil" at the heart of the story was missing any substance.
I agree that there was something missing at the center of the film. There's a sudden shift from "supernatural serial killer hunt" to "supernatural family drama" that happens in the last act that basically takes away some of the mystique behind what Longlegs was doing. Instead of giving us more of what Longlegs did or how or why he did anything, it basically just became "yeah, the mom was in it the whole time, and Longlegs actually lived in your basement, and the mom did all of this to save you".
It just feels like Longlegs literally got pushed off to the side once he died, when they could have explored how his death(?) made his presence more felt thought Satanic magic or something.
I agree with Nadia - I loved this and I'm still thinking about it
What it is making you think about? Thematically?
I haven't watched this film yet. But hearing Nadia be so positive has motivated me to go see it today since Fridays are my day off.
Man Carrying Dolls 👀
It's a really sad documentary. To think all of the events of the film could have been avoided if they hadn't canceled national treasure 3 😔
I was really struggling to stay awake
Same lol
loved it. not super scary but very unsettling & have been thinking about it since i saw it saturday morning. i doooo wish they would stop selling things as "scariest movie of the year/decade" because... everyone is going to be extra critical & odds are it just isn't. it wasn't "scariest movie of ___" i think the true horror story is in the metaphors & symbolism presented in the movie (the subtext) & i enjoy that. also nic cage was the perfect person to play that wacky sort of character. i'm glad it wasn't taking itself too seriously.
"black coats daughter" is imo way scarier & way more compelling as a horror movie.
I’m carrying Man’s opinion here, I enjoyed the aesthetics of the film but it felt pretty hollow to me. He articulated himself well here so it’s weird to see so many people salty because someone didn’t like a movie they liked.
I think there is a tecnology based explanation for the powder/ash smoke thing scene when Lee's mom shoots the doll. That ball thing that the dolls have implanted in the heads have some interference or kind of signal that emits to the person who has contact with it.
Like the scene when the doctor examines it and says "I could swear that thing was saying my ex's name", so I think the daughters have another implant in their heads, something that Longlegs and Lee's mom (a nurse) do to the girls, some operation/implant, I dunno. I watched the film just yesterday, I'm late 😂🥲
But this detail of the little ball really made me intrigued.
I agree with Jake, the movie needed more character development scenes, like the great dinner scene in Se7en. By the end of Longlegs I really didn't care about any of the characters
Honestly, every time they said "hail satan" it got a little chuckle out of me. The religious elements of it ironically made it less creepy.
The first hour or so felt like i was going to get the exact film ive been looking for but that feeling fizzled out after she immediately solved the message
120% agree with Nadia on this one, Man Carrying My-love-but-not-my-opinion
"That's close to me!" - Yup, it do be like that!
I think this movie really benefits from seeing his first movie, The Blackcoat’s Daughter. Lots of themes of parenthood in that one as well, so feels in accurate to say the theme of motherhood is just tacked on because they “needed it to be about something.” Just my 2 cents. It really seems like Cage’s performance makes or breaks the movie for people. The jarring contrast of tones between the rest of the movie and him really made it seem like he was in his own world in a way that set me on edge, and everything else in the movie just clicked from that point on for me
I am a scaredy cat, and I was not scared at all after they went to the farm
My sister and I literally left the theater thinking Nicolas Cage's character was meant to be comic relief. Imagine my surprise to learn people found him deeply scary. Plus I agree that the satanism immediately made it less scary than if he were a serial killer.
Here before this blows up!! 💯💯💯
Waiting for there to be a review that is titled (we agree completely)
Thank you for covering this movie! Love this channel!
The Outsider perfectly sums it up, it’s a movie that feels grounded and presents problems that I was really excited to find the answers for but by the end it went supernatural and left me feel dissapointed. The first part and the style of the movie was banging though.
it had a few very effective unsettling moments, the first shot of cage was horrifying but overall the performance didn't work for me. it was over the top and could have used more subtlety and nuance in this kind of role. i agree with jake but my grade isn't as harsh. it was fine 6/10.
Finally watched it! I plan to rewatch it to have a more complete, as it were, opinion, but for now, yes, the ending felt like it came (almost) from nowhere... we do see a couple of calls from the protagonist's mother, but I felt their relationship and their past should've been explored in more depth... also the nihilistic sidings of the nick cage character were so random and shallow... everything actually in this film felt interesting on a conceptual plane, but not deep enough to strike the landing... loved the performances and the film's style, though. also love perkins' prior films, so this might improve on a second viewing...
As for the mannered style you point out, to me it makes sense because the families were kind of entranced at the point, with that girl at the ending not even reacting to the killing because of the doll's power... that's what I got anyway...
I agree with Jake, the third act made things too resolved. Although I liked the movie a lot more overall the first 2 acts were great. Maika Monroe was great but the Cageness of Nic Cages performance bled through too many times and took me out of it in some scenes where he was just too over the top. The more subtle he played it the better it was, like the initial scene with the girl in the beginning that gets flashed back to multiple times, that was the best he was and in other parts I could only see Nic Cage being Nic Cage
The Blackcoat's Daughter is another film by the same director which was effective in creating atmosphere. Haven't seen Longlegs.
@@videostoryanalyses8910 honestly yeah that checks out
Just saw this last night and I liked it a lot even though I normally dislike horror and hate being scared
Bro Jake, I completely agree! Nic Cage had me hysterically laughing personally and the third act is dogshit
I loved the movie. Initially I found the ending abrupt and unsatisfying but it didn't ruin the movie for me. I think the movie just builds such great tension and mystery and could have stuck the landing a little better.
Overal very much agree with Jake. I also disliked how they used jump scares, like oh its too slow we need to do something here lets put a random low effort jump scares that dont even make you jump. It also gave scp vibes to me until they started pushing devil stuff evey 30 seconds. The best part of the movie for me was seeing the smile 2 trailer.
Smile 2 trailer was SO GOOD!!
I also didn’t understand the addition of jumpscares in this. They’re not numerous so it’s not that big a deal, but they’re jarring when they share space with great scenes like the one at Lee’s house and the barn. Imo those were the scariest scenes in the film.
Gotta go wirh Nadia on this one, I saw it last night and it is instantly one of my all time favorites. I can see why some may find it boring or a little cliche, but the nervous feeling it has had me scared shitless for the entire movie. I love the acting, the style, the story, all of it was just a chefs kiss
Sorry but I'm with man here, this movie slapped a very pretty aesthetic over a bog-standard "uh oh, saaaaaatan and dooooooolls" and totally ditched the interesting investigation aspect that it had at the beginning. The movie was sloppy and really careless with its elements, and Mr. Lonlegs himself didnt even have to be there, Cage was way too goofy past the initial scene.
Its interesting he sees it as a failure trying to elevate horror where i saw it as schlock elevated by a fantastic director who knew exactly what kinda film they were making. 7/10
THIS!! screw "elevated horror" or whatever...
So I saw this on the 11th because I wanted to avoid spoilers before it came out, and while I did overall like the movie it was not at all what I'd thought it be based on the first trailer where the father is on the phone saying "that is not my daughter", the trailer then cuts to an image of a girl on the floor where her legs look just long enough to be sort of out of place. That's what I first thought was so scary about this movie going in, was the girl with the "LONG LEGS", the uncanny valley effect that a parent would have knowing that their child isn't who they say they are like the movie "The Hole in the Ground" IDK just thought the movie was going to be more about an imposter living among a family, that would have been more scary than what we got.
That’s why I’m glad I didn’t watch the trailer before watching, Trailers usually ruin it
@@ALovelyLad me too most of the time, but this wasn’t even really the trailer, this was the teaser that introduced me to this movie existing, it really didn’t even show the movie at all except for 2 still images, but that alone really peaked my interests
The movie did so well for the first act and change, then by the third act I was not scared at all nor invested strongly, and just say burn the doll at the end, take a hammer, smash it, etc. The non-resolution ending was not a good hook for me.
I’m in the middle of you two on this one. I’d say 6/10-it’s okay.
Sorry kids, we have silence of the lambs at home
I felt like this movie turned into a black comedy in the third act
I laughed more than I should've. Nic was unhinged 😅
Jake being a hater 😂
What's new? I'm unsubbing
I feel like everyone is gaslighting me about this movie
Difference of opinion =/= gaslighting
@@georgenapper532gaslighting is being used in the hyperbolic sense. It’s a bit odd to call this movie a “masterpiece”…”scariest movie of the last decade”…etc. this language seems like gaslighting; if you’ve even been paying attention to horror you would see how derivative and cringey this film actually is. In that context it makes the positive “press coverage” seem incredibly fake or contrived in some way since by many objective metrics the movie is not successful at anything it sets out to accomplish. Watch Silence of the Lambs, Seven and Zodiac (as a starter) and youll see that this film is just doing a very poor job of standing on the shoulders of better filmmakers. You can’t call it homage when the execution is this lazy.
Gaslighting can really mean anything at all it seems
@@JMWilyatHonestly, how have people still not realized that RUclips bots semi randomly delete comments? You're not being shit down, you're having bad luck.
You are. It’s a thoroughly mediocre movie
I liked it
This film gave me the creeps
The movie wasn't very scary and that's exactly why I loved it. And I agree that it was really funny!
I'm with nadia on this one
I think everything about this movie is good except for the story.
I agree with him. The movie kind of made me fall off into Bordem. I was over it, and Nico cage didn’t scare me at all. He seemed like a crazy crackhead, I just wasn’t scared at all💀also when Nicolas cage smashed his head on the table in the interrogation room, that is toooooo, cliche. Like I liked it, but hated it. One positive is the people of color, it was nice to see. And glad it wasn’t the selling point of the film, they just exist as characters. Love that, need more of that😊
Gyatt damn
Thought this one sucked lol. I was really hoping for a straight up classic detective and killer movie, but they always have to fuck it up. People who compare long legs to the silence of the lambs or seven have no idea what they’re talking about. Clarice starling was an incredible character no because she was a female fbi agent, because she was A BADASS with an incredibly compelling backstory. The main character in long legs was just a weak anxiety ridden bore the entire movie. I almost fell asleep in the theater towards the end. Nick cage is one of the GOATS and he was the only redeeming factor when it came to the acting in this movie. Cinematography and score were cool, otherwise it would have been unwatchable.
Finally! I thought I'd watched a different film to everyone else. I didn't find it funny though, it just made me angry.
I’m in the middle of you guys. I really liked it most of the way through but the ending felt very flat. Overall I find it alright 6/10 fun watch.
100% agree with Jake. This was a bad movie. There was nothing there. God forbid they make a sequel.
are you gonna review maxxxine?
I think she watched a different movie.
I agree with him, it was shot and dressed up beautifully but it wasn’t very scary and it builds up very slowly and it leans way more into the supernatural which took away from some of the agency of the characters actions
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Great atmosphere but I still don't know what this movie is actually supposed to be about or represent.
Definitely has something to do with family obsession or guilt.
@@mr.dirtydan3338 I could see that but I think Hereditary did it better. I really cared about the family dynamic in that one.
@@SuperPal-tr3go then again, I don't think movies need some over arching theme or intrinsic meaning. House is one of my favorite movies and that movie literally has no meaning.
@@mr.dirtydan3338 That's fair. I think I just needed more... and for someone else to play Nicholas Cage's character.
@@SuperPal-tr3go what? He was the best part. Love that guy
I don’t comment often, but I just had to say you guys really don’t understand spoilers. If I hadn’t seen it already I would’ve been pissed. Also his takes all suck.
Yeah lol they gave away that it was supernatural in the no spoilers section when there was ambiguity on that for a while lol
I felt underwhelmed, very messy film and Cage felt like a Batman villain. I love him but he felt excessive.
I love your babies/dogs
This is a good movie, not great, but good! Not even in the same conversation as The Exorcist, Se7en, Silence of the Lambs! Nick Cages performance was also very good, however, his character was more comical than sinister! Way overhyped and overrated, good story, OK, not frightening at all!!
Yeah idk, I wanted to love LONGLEGS, blackcoats daughter is one of my all time fave horror movies.
But other than the art direction and photography, it was a big disappointment. It felt like an average episode of supernatural with an artsy veneer.
I think the main difference is that the Blackcoat Daughter is actually about something while this one... I don't know.
@@SuperPal-tr3golonglegs was alot better than blackcoats daughter
@@SPACE-98 I feel like Blackcoats Daughter actually had a narrative point about isolation and the lengths people are willing to go to not be alone. I'm not sure what Longlegs was supposed to be about and even with its good atmosphere I got bored with it since it didn't seem to have anything to say. Also I just fucking hated Nicholas Cage's performance.
@@SPACE-98 well, now that you say it that way, it must be true :p
Seriously tho, I don't really think you're thinking of movies in the same way if you prefer LONGLEGS.
I can't tell you that what you like is wrong. You do you. But I simply find that there's simply no subtext or significant meaning in LL.
Blackcoats daughter is slow, moody, dark and very limited but it has a very clear and interesting subtext. It does a lot with its constrained scope.
LONGLEGS on the other hand is more exciting, but to me, it feels like it's missing pieces, so it rings hollow when it comes to the payoff. Theres so little character development that its hard to root for anyone, so it just ends up feeling like a hokey mashup of better movies.
It feels like its all textual, and the text is quite predictable and blunt.
That said, if you like it. More power to you, I've been very desperately trying to find some interesting meaning to the movie, but in the end it feels like I'm just making excuses for it.
On the upside, this probably means a big upgrade for Osgood Perkins, because this movie seems to be causing much more of a stir than any of his previous works. Even if I prefer those.
@@bernardodelcast so from my perspective the blackcoats daughter was good to me mainly
for the atmosphere and imagery, also the characters were decent. The main thing that I didn’t like was the tricky decision of casting Emma roberts as the older version of the main girl (forgot her name). I know it was supposed to be confusing to add more mystery considering the timeline &structure of the film, but to me it just seemed like trick for the sake of a trick…I don’t see how her face would have changed that drastically from age 14-15 to 26& I know that sounds like a nitpick but it did take me out of it (probably because the rest of the movie feels properly grounded). I would’ve honestly preferred they just used the same girl for both time periods because as a reveal it was underwhelming to me.
Longlegs kept me guessing where it was going the whole time and to me the reveals + supernatural Elements were a lot more exiting and creative…
I was also a big fan of nic cages contrasting performance in comparison to the tone of the rest of the film. It was larger than life and jarring but that’s what made it interesting and fun for me, like two worlds colliding. Makia Monroe’s performance was also great to me& i do feel like she had development even though she was a bit of an awkward stoic character. I feel like longlegs took the best parts of the subtle horror imagery from blackcoat, turnt it up a notch & mixed it with a over the top but not overused nic cage performance and it came out to be a completely original and new thing
Jake is a lucky man.
Have to say I agree with Jake. Started atmospherically, then I was struggling to invest, then Cage came in with every Cage-ism, and then it turned into a tacky grab-bag you’d see in a Netflix movie imo. It actually got so lazy and cliché and predictable in the second half that it honestly reminded me of a random generator.
I think it’s absurd to find this movie scary lmao
The film isn't scary but it has a sense of dread... That doesn't save it from being kind of empty.
How?
I laughed some but it was mostly cuz it seemed like it was just trying to be stressful the whole time and eventually it just stopped working and i kind of just got bored and didn't really care about anything happening. Also why does a devil need a little orb to go evil. Also why not just like throw the orb through the window lol
Wheres thing carrying woman?
Nah, there's already Woman carrying things. And a baby.
Man Carrying zero cinematic literacy. 15 minutes of saying absolutely nothing other than "this wasn't the movie I wanted it to be and I refuse to change my perspective" nothing wrong with that, basically just the worst possible approach a "critic" can have though. Your Horizon review is still worse, somehow.
Fair point, but what does it have to do with cinematic literacy?
@grim_2000 I think that was moreso directed towards some of his other reviews, namely Furiosa and Horizon, but I honestly couldn't tell you for sure. I've since cooled off on this and don't really care anymore lol
Man Carrying Bad Takes
Well, damn. I'm pretty convinced Jake decided to go contrarian precisely because everyone was hyping up the movie, and him being hateful about the movie generates more reactions/views than him praising it.
You can tell because he apparently found Skinamarink, the most boring, non-eventful movie in history of horror, super compelling, and Longlegs he found to be pretentious and artsy. Longlegs at least tried to have some semblance of a plot, something was happening, something was being said. Longlegs has a narrative. Skinamarink was devoid of anything meaningful beyond long shots, devoid of any actual narrative or story or characters.
It's pretty disappointing that you opted for this route. Oh well.
Not one scare in the whole film. Horrible
Saw this garbage ass movie yesterday. Don't believe the hype, the critics who compared it to silence of the lambs suck. Talk to me was scarier and basically the same type of plot.
This main character was such a lame pussy the whole movie 😂 Clarice Starling is the greatest female protagonist to grace the big screen. Beatrix kiddo a close runner up.
this dude is so pretentious
Why? Cause he didn't like it and you did?
I genuinely hated this movie
Just a copy of Se7en too unoriginal.
Nic Cage’s character came across as way too silly to be intimidating and he really disrupted the tone of the film. The second act dragged, and the third act’s info dump was inelegant and far fetched. This was unfortunately a case of great marketing overselling its product. That interrogation scene was so disappointing!