It took me til like the end of the movie to realize this was interactive and I was supposed to be picking options the whole time. Every time choices came on the screen I thought it was some meta commentary on the viewer's culpability in their voyeurism. Very Haneke-ish.
A creepy and haunting film featuring Orson Welles and directed by Hilton Edwards, but really probably directed by Welles, is a tale of a man picked up on the side of the road by a driver and he proceeds to tell him a story that Welles narrates to the audience.
It feels like a campfire ghost story. The deep, baritone voice of Welles and the eerie cinematography helps drive that feeling home. It even has flashes of Welles sardonic humor, including towards the end. Recommended watch.
Just out of a screening and I'll write more later. Halloween Kills is brutal. The violence is so well directed by David Gordon Green, maintaining an over the top ruthlessness but never leaving the grounded reality of this world. The film is clever, exciting and at times hilarious.
People may have a problem with the direction they go with Michael, but the choices are less about him and more the response to him. And some may feel it's not a…
"911, what is your emergency?"
"I'd like to report a theft. It appears a Netflix movie stole from a Danish film."
"Ok, sir. What did they steal?"
"The whole movie."
"So is it a remake?"
"It's less a remake and more like they just put the script through google translate."
"Sir I don't know if this is an emergency."
"It is! You aren't listening. Please arrest Netflix. You aren't taking this seriously. The original was so much better and is…
