Nosferatu 2024 by AverageMansReviews
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Warning:
there is chopping/impaling/burning/ritual/bodily functions/cutting/animal
cruelty/feeding/drugs/medical
In the year of 1838, in the town of
Wisborg, Germany: in a nutshell; Ellen Hutter
[Lily-Rose Depp:] she has recently gotten married which really doesn't sit too
well with someone, but he will come in her head or physically, but wherever he
goes death follows behind him.
Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 132 minutes film is
roughly for the vast majority of the first half is slow and steady, but as you
will read; it is down to one missing/absent character/performer, but after that
it does have enthusiasm and real character.
Art
and action; the art is the continuous and one of the biggest assets to this
film, with I should give you a friendly heads up with a graphic representation,
but putting that to one side; they did excellent at bringing this part of
history to life and likewise using black and white and shadows such as when we
have Count Orlok/Nosferatu across the land from above so we can see the land
swiftly; this is a small piece of action, but it shows so much from the aspect
of what he is capable of.
Character
developments and performances; on both counts for the majority of the character
developments and performances are all good; they all play their part with good
chemistry. But let's be honest; this film needs the combined effort of
Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter, Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok/Nosferatu: he
wants his love and will not let anyone stand in his way. Then we have crucially
Willem Dafoe as Prof. Albin Eberhart Von Franz: basically I am paraphrasing
here when I say he is deemed to be essentially a bit of a crackpot with his
theories and so on and so forth, but he is the only one that knows how to
resolve this situation. Defoe in all rights should get nominated for an Oscar
in the Best supporting role category or something to that effect, because he
does really brings film to life; because the other two individually or/and
together do a in hindsight a very good job putting in their
versions/interpretations of their characters before Dafoe entries the film, but
when he enters the film; things drastically improve from the drive of the
project to Depp and Skarsgård individually or together being able to flush out
their characters/multilayer character developments and/or performances; in a
nutshell Defoe is the linchpin to this entire film and also Depp and Skarsgård
so roughly speaking by the end of the film; we have three excellent
performances, it is just a shame that we don't have Dafoe in this film much
sooner as then I would have had no other choice but to award another mark.
This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; as I have already stated in
one way or another artistically it is very beautiful and it does need William
Dafoe as Prof. Albin Eberhart Von Franz
to be its firestarter. This film also has many awards accredited to its name;
such as 30 Winners that includes but is not limited to Online Association of
Female Film Critics 2024 OAFFC Award Best Cinematography Jarin Blaschke and 100
Nominees that include but not limited to from the same award ceremony/event
OAFFC Award Best Costume Design Linda Muir 2nd place
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