I've watched all the Robert Eggers films.

Who is he?: 

Eggers was born in Born in New York City in 1983, his mother is Kelly Houston. Eggers doesn't know who his biological father is. Soon after, he and his mother moved to Laramie., Wyoming, where his mother met and married Walter Eggers, and the couple had a pair of twins, Max and Sam. In 1990, the family moved to Lee, New Hampshire, when his stepfather became provost at University of New Hampshire. In 2001, he returned to New York to study at the Acting Conservatory. 

Eggers was inspired by his childhood in New England and often visited the Plymouth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts, while writing his first feature film.

Eggers began his career as a designer and director of theatrical productions in New York, after which he moved on to work in the cinema. In 2015, Eggers made his directorial debut in the horror film "The Witch" based on his own script starring Anya Taylor-Joy. The film premiered on January 27, 2015 at the Sundance Film Festival. A24 acquired the film and released it on February 19, 2016.

Plot: 

In 1630, a family of colonists left the plantation to live on a secluded farm near a forest in New England. But soon the youngest child, still a baby, disappears.

Opinion:

My post on Picuco was a showdown of this film, so it will be brief here. Nevertheless, it was with this film that the director's career began. From the very first film, Eggers set the tone and style of his paintings. He doesn't like screamers, so you can only find 1 here, and then you won't remember much. Basically everything plays on atmosphere, music and naturalness. It is the attention to ordinary light rather than artificial light that gives the ribbons their charm.

The film The Witch is about a family that, although it believes in God, does not believe in the church, the tape vividly tries to identify the characters at once. This is a big family that will live in the forest rather than submit to the nonsense that is happening around. They have plans, a vegetable garden, and children. The father takes his son hunting in order to give him courage, knowing that it is dangerous there, the children, that the youngest are behaving badly and apparently they are not being taken care of. And of course, Anya Taylor's character is Joy, she is a witness and a mysterious character in the film. She's probably the main antagonist. But about this, of course, with spoilers. Although it is logical because this is an opinion about films.

After another review, you can understand the film even more. Anya's character is the main unloved family here, she's in trouble, especially after the disappearance of another child at the very beginning of the film. If we take into account the emotions of the heroine and the ending, then it is clear that by the end the heroine has accepted the fate of becoming like a Witch that the whole film devours the family. The main character here is a victim and is not to blame for the fact that her family is like that, so she chooses the natural path to the finale.

Well, if you are interested in more details, then look for a post about the film.

Positive:

+ Actors (Everyone is great, thanks to this movie we discovered Anka)
+ Atmosphere
+ Soundtrack 
+ Details
+ Scary moments 
+ Style 

Minuses:

- Auteur cinema
- Movies are not for everyone (someone does not like screamers, and someone does not like when they are absent)

7.5/10

Plot:

1890s, somewhere off the coast of New England. Ephraim Winslow, a young man, arrives on a remote island to work as a new assistant to the lighthouse keeper, Thomas Wake, a lame, bearded drinker. He treats his subordinate as a personal slave and forbids him to climb the lighthouse itself and control the light. Ephraim does not let go of his own past, so at first the guy who refused to drink alcohol more and more often takes to the bottle, and soon all sorts of devilry begins to happen on the rocky island, either he is imagining it or really.

Opinion:

The Witch was a success and a dramatic breakthrough. He was able to pay off a lot and get different nominations. As a result, it became a cult. The lighthouse reinforces the director's status and reveals another of his features. To begin with, this is privacy. The witch takes place almost within 4 walls, even the forest around it leaves a feeling of isolation. Except that Nosferatu isn't exactly like that. But, the Lighthouse is 100 percent like that. To begin with, what is the interest?

2 people, 2 different editions. One old man who told his life, another young man who is still looking for himself. One believes in superstition stories, while the other laughs at them. What could possibly go wrong? The green elephant from the USA, that's what we called it. And it's interesting, but there's a lot in common. From the strange dialogues that turn into mush at the end, to violence and deaths. There are only two people here.

It's worth noting right away that Eggers' film is currently the most up-to-date. Even though it's almost the early 1900s. The second thing that can be noted is the camerawork, for which she received and was deprived of an Oscar. It creates the effect of an even narrower space, and the black-and-white effect creates gloom to the film. Also note the music, here it's a screaming lighthouse and a hard trip that drives you crazy. Well, it's worth noting Defoe over and over again, any role is a wonderful and often frightening character. Well, Pattinson will open the eyes of many here, both for famous directors and for haters who remember him as the vampire from Twilight.

And most importantly, of course, these are dialogues, I wrote above that they not only reveal the characters, but also turn into mush. In a mess, both in a good and a bad way. For example, here a young hero hides his secret, and the same lover of tales behaves like scum and hides something at the lighthouse. And not only there, he tells about a former partner who died going crazy, and then his corpse is there. And of course, time about your travels and wounds. On the bad side, everything is simple, we have nothing to worry about, because there is no shock effect from the finale.

As a result, it's unlikely that this is a movie for everyone again, and again, the viewer will not see the features. But for me, cinema is unique in many ways.

Positive:

+ Actors
+ Style
+ Operator
+ Soundtrack 
+ Atmosphere 
+ Unique (You don't often see horror about sailors, especially psychological horror)
+ Details (from discussing superstitions to working on the lighthouse itself)

Minuses:

- Characters (unfortunately not very pleasant, which is why you don't want to worry about them)
- Auteur cinema
- Again, movies are not for everyone.
- The ending is a bit strange

7.8/10

Plot:

Late 9th century, a small island in the North Atlantic. King Orvandill returns with a serious injury from a campaign to his wife Gudrun and young son Amlet. Dreaming of going to another battle and dying on the battlefield, he passes the throne to his son, but immediately dies at the hands of his brother Fjolnir, who cuts off the monarch's head and takes the kingdom and Gudrun for himself. The boy manages to escape. Decades later, Amlet grows into a tough, ruthless Viking and one day in another ravaged village he meets a witch who guides him on the path of revenge. After learning that Fjollnir and Gudrun have settled in Iceland, Amlet goes there with a party of Slavic slaves. On board, Olga from the Birch Forest attracts his attention.

Opinion:

The only non-Eggers horror film at the moment. Unfortunately, like the lighthouse, it performed poorly at the box office in terms of fees. But I personally have never looked at it. Moreover, the 70 million budget here is visible in everything.

The history of the Vikings is one of the most interesting in general. All these courageous characters are perfectly revealed in the Vikings series. In Varyag, Eggers was able to fit it into almost 2 and a half hours. The story here is simple, there is a Varangian, he has a brother, a wife and a son, and accordingly the desire for power generates violence and death. The main character survives and makes a vow that he will avenge his father and save his mother. But before that, he lives for many years among real warriors, in order to make a promise at the right time.

And suddenly, it's because of the local witch that he remembers the promise, even though he's been burning with it for a long time. After that, the Hero pretends to be a slave and even found a woman from ancient Russia. She is another one of his motivators for striving for a goal. And that's exactly what the film is based on. Unfortunately, this is not enough for many, and despite the action, the film is rather trying to be chamber again. See for yourself.

The settlement is small, and the main character is practically across the house from the main enemy. But for revenge, he needs a sword, trials, and the very thing he has been learning for a long time. Personally, I always like the ending, even though it's sad, it still gives me a lot of twists. The main character has already learned about the cruel world, and then there is the betrayal of his own mother, who leads his own kind. Well, the final battle is beautiful and beautiful. Although after the nudity scene from Anya Taylor-Joy, I generally remember something else...

As a result, Eggers gave us a blockbuster movie for the first time, but he remained true to himself, because everything he loved remained. Even the horror skips by. But suddenly, it made me feel better. Looking at modern blockbusters, unlike other films, there is style and simplicity here. Beautiful, annoying, cruel. And that's exactly the kind of stories we're missing right now. Because Eggers' film is over 90 percent critically acclaimed. Fair.

Positive:

+ Actors (Anya is always good, just like the others. But, most of all, he surprised me. Alexander Skarsgard, I hadn't really noticed him in good films before)
+ Atmosphere (It can be noted in any Eggers painting. The times and details are here again)
+ Details 
+ Soundtrack (Inherent in the picture)
+ The finale (Noted above)

Minuses:

- The story is too simple
- The message is sometimes controversial (The hero takes revenge, instead of a happy ending, he dies in battle. And how is the child and his wife in a cruel world?)
- The ending of the picture is also included here.

7.8/10

Plot:

Würzburg, 1838. Despite the misgivings of his wife Ellen, who has been plagued by visions since childhood, Thomas travels to the east of Bohemia to close a real estate deal with the eccentric old Prince Orlok. The man becomes a prisoner of the treacherous prince, who turns out to be a blood-sucking undead, and meanwhile Ellen's illness is becoming more and more like an obsession.

Opinion:

And despite as many as 4 Oscar nominations, unfortunately critics rated it below all the director's films. What is more surprising, on the contrary, I chose him as the best director in general. Everything depends on his style, except that they decided to find more disadvantages. But, this is logical, because this is a remake or a film adaptation of the famous book.

Nosferatu 1922 marked the beginning of the era of cinema. The first film adaptation of the story and the first picture about vampires. After that, a wonderful remake of Herzog came out. And after Nosferatu, we saw The Shadow of a Vampire in the film, where it was rather not a film adaptation, but a biographical film about creation. And then we saw The last voyage of the Demeter, but here is a chamber horror about the very Russian ship that transported the vampire across the sea. Despite this, there are many Draculas, but for many it's a different movie. There, Dracula is a handsome and pleasant man, but here is pure evil.

And Eggers has the best version. That's how I understood it after all. Finally, it's not a vampire running around corners, not a lover (almost), but rot. He's the plague carrier here. A mustachioed uncle who owns an entire castle. Speaking of moustaches. Personally, I didn't really understand the perturbations. Dracula was inspired by Vlad the Impaler. And he was not only a Cossack, but also suddenly a moustache. And this again highlights the details and attentiveness of the director. And even though they didn't give him 3 gorgeous vampires, they gave him everything else. At the first appearance, we understand that we should be afraid of him. In other versions, everything is fine. And here Holt is worried about his life.

And of course, the culprit here is the character Lily-Rose Depp. It is she who is endowed with the gift and the same curse here. And it was because of her that evil came to the city. Well, the second frequent minus that the film mentions is Depp's acting. Although I personally would say the opposite, she was even deprived of the nomination. Why? It is worth noting that she plays a loving girl who is aware of her involvement. You can see the innocence and concern on her face for everything that is happening. But even those agonies are beautiful to me. And that scene before the finale? It's all at once and gorgeous. The others should also be noted.

Nicholas Hoult has been aiming for awards for a long time, but the limits of the genre separate him from them. Willem Dafoe played perhaps the most interesting Van Helsing in the history of cinema. The madman again by the way. Aaron Taylor-Johnson is not in a typical genre here. But he was lucky, considering the failures of his recent work. And, accordingly, Bill Skarsgard. The guy said after It that he was done with monsters, but fortunately changed his mind. Every scene with him is beautiful, and you won't recognize him at all under his gorgeous makeup. Technically, the film is a masterpiece in everything. But Oscar had already noticed that.

Well, apart from the technical aspects. Then I'll celebrate the finale again. Not only did they add eroticism, but they also did it for a beautiful ending. This is not just a naked girl for the sake of the genre, but the salvation of everything. This is how Eggers singled out cinema again. That's exactly what I ended up with.

Well, then we are waiting for his next (logical) folk horror about the wolfman and the sequel (why?) I hope he gets his first Oscar.

Positive:

+ Actors
+ Nosferatu 
+ The story is basic, and then you try to be special.
+ Atmosphere 
+ The director's work is the best in the works of the director
+ Operator
+ Makeup and hairstyles 
+ Although there is less horror, it is just as gorgeous
+ The finale, you will be shocked, is one of the most beautiful and vivid in the history of cinema.
+ The best film adaptation of the story

Minuses:

- The main disadvantage that I noticed after watching the YouTube reviews. Although it's a love story, it's not typical, which is both a plus and a minus of the film.
- History has outlived itself, although there are special features here.
- A type of Nosferatu (there will be and there will be spores)
- The horror was given poorly this time 
- Depp's controversial game
- I didn't have enough vampirism

8.2/10

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