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Just got back from the theater...


Fucking hated The Witch, but this was quite good. The Twilight twink brought the goods, the director did an amazing Ingmar Bergman impression, & Willem Dafoe probably deserves an Oscar for this.

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Yeah, Defoe played the greatest pirate since Mr Krabs.
Pattinson had four different accents
Beautiful b & w cinematography.
Not sure yet what the whole thing was about.
Reminded me of Eraserhead, which is the greatest b&w surreal black horror/ comedy of all time

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I think that I'm going to have to see this for Dafoe as the pirate. And for some really eerie photography hopefully.

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i want willem dafoe bug-eyed, underlit & in b&w in all of his roles going forward.

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i absolutely loved it, for whatever that's worth. don't ask me what it's about - i'm no good at such things - but i loved every second of it, it's stayed rolling about in my head since i saw it, & i'm probably going to sneak out & see it again this week.

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Thanks for your insights. I've been considering going to see TL just because of Dafoe but your post and corresponding comments have sold me.

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This is the best of Dafoe's that I've seen. Both he and Pattinson did an incredible job.

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