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Saint Pauly says...

4 years ago

Watching _The Lighthouse_ is like trying to tickle myself, I know what I'm supposed to be feeling but I know what's going on more than feel what's going on.

And I'm not sure why. The cinematography is breathtaking, the acting is above par (Willem Dafoe shattered my low expectations of him) and the sound scaping is aural sex, yet still the effect the film had on me was more cerebral than psychological, and that's not what I've come to expect from Robert Eggers and A24.

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filmboicole says...

5 years ago

Mesmerizing, spellbinding, and strange. Pattinson gives an absolutely breathtaking performance in a film so hazy and rich that I was on the edge of my seat. This is the type of film I can only hope to experience when I go to the theater. A journey into the psyche and into the weird.

I am on board with Eggers and wherever he wants to take us.

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GigaBerry says...

4 years ago

Some excellent cinematography. Some great monologues by Dafoe. But mostly, I’m left with a feeling of “What did I just watch...? And why...?”

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fawlty70 says...

5 years ago

I absolutely loved "The Witch" and was excited to see what director Eggers could do with two great actors and his great attention to detail and obvious talent.
Well, turns out - not much.
"The lighthouse" has fantastic cinematography, set decorations, costumes, and Dafoe and Pattinson are really digging into the material with gusto. The problem is that there's no discernible plot, nothing that happens on screen is particularly interesting, and it builds up to nothing.
Probably the most disappointing movie of the year for me. I hope for his next movie, Eggers pays as much attention to the plot and story as he does to veracity of the setting and the characters.

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Reply by hagbard

4 years ago

@fawlty70 first third: oooh wow, black & white movie, but what is going on. Second third: now what is really going on? Third third: Uhm this doesn’t make any sense and is rather pointless.

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TvWatcha3 says...

5 years ago

My Review of ‘The Lighthouse’ in 3 Sentences:

1. I feel like I just watched a two-hour bar fight.

2. Even great cinematography can’t save a movie.

3. The farting was absolutely unnecessary.

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Whitsbrain says...

5 years ago

This is what the hooch will do to you.

"The Lighthouse" was exhausting. The characters sink into total insanity or maybe salty ol' Tom Wake is an evil sea god or something. I really never knew what was going to happen next and that is a rare thing when I watch newer movies.

The grainy black and white look and strange aspect ratio made me feel a bit like I was watching an older film. It takes some patience early as the characters are hard to understand and it starts a bit slow but ends up clipping along perfectly. Most definitely not a boring art film.

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gunsgirl says...

4 years ago

This movie is a journey into madness. Trapped on an island 2 lighthouse keepers try hard to maintain sanity while drinking, hallucinating and slipping further into the uncertainty of their existence. Beautiful cinematography. A great watch.

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Reply by tgrbabydoll

4 years ago

Yeah that was the story in a nutshell. So really no reason to watch it since you didn't bother putting a spoiler alert.

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kempd31 says...

4 years ago

This was a violently disappointing film. After what I considered to be a horror masterpiece in The Witch, I was rather eagerly awaiting this period horror piece starring the unlikely duo of Willem Defoe and Robert Pattinson, and a mermaid. Unfortunately, I found it interminable.

It’s a movie too obsessed with its own weirdness to provide any payoff worth the viewer’s time. I found the writing to be overwrought and often incomprehensible. On the positive side, the two lead performances are quite good. Still, this movie pales in comparison to its predecessor.

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+schmoogie says...

4 years ago

I don't understand all the hype and rave reviews for this movie. Yes, it was visually stunning. Yes, Dafoe and Pattinson gave superb performances. But everything else...was pretty pointless, meaningless, boring. Watching paint dry would have been a more productive use of my time.

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rickay says...

4 years ago

STUPID
Great performance from Willem Dafoe,
I don’t understand everybody commenting on the great cinematography. It’s just been done in the old style of a good black-and-white movie but this is not a good movie

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Evergreen2017 says...

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4 years ago

My 4 only for cinematography and sound. This is a bad movie not offering anything. Why should I care about an ex-criminal and a sea-dog dive into madness? And since when seagulls eat men alive?

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JB4times4 says...

4 years ago

The Lighthouse feels like it's somewhere between a weird dream and a bad trip.

Robert pattinson and Willem Dafoe nail their roles as two lighthouse keepers, and very much carry the film throughout. The acting was amazing and the whole story flowed very well.

Definitely a weird one, but would recommend to some people.

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Watchmode says...

4 years ago

Don’t expect a typical horror movie. This is “art house horror” and will not be for everyone

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