Nosferatu

Saw this yesterday for part of our yearly ritual, and I was pleasantly surprised. It was the first movie I've seen in a long time that really leaned into atmosphere and building dread and all that. Fortunately Hoult is a big part of the movie, as Ms. Depp is a terrible actress. I rarely notice "bad" acting, but I noticed this time. And, as I commented after the movie, she isn't anywhere near hot enough for that level of crazy and drama. If someone that looks and acts like her and her fivehead tells me an ancient terror is coming for her...well, he can have her. We get to see her naked, but put some ice on your own nipples and then look in the mirror, and chances are your tits are bigger than hers.

There was a LOT of stuff like really dark sets where you felt the dread along with the character (Hoult usually), and some stuff was hard to understand, so I can see where people might not like it for those reasons, but they were clearly done to make you feel uncomfortable and tense, and it worked great. I really liked all of that stuff, even while sort of complaining about how hard it was to see shit.

Dafoe was fine, but not a big role really. Biggest thing I noticed from him was the vast height differential between him, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and then Hoult. If I had to guess, Dafoe is just slightly taller than Lily Depp, maybe 5-4, then Johnson at maybe 5-10, and then Hoult at 6-2 or so. I'm sure I'm off, but some scenes were almost comical with how small Dafoe really is.

It was a bit long, they probably could have easily shaved 15-30 mins from it. And I will likely never watch it again, but I'm still happy that I saw it and was pleased overall.

As an aside, the much better looking blonde friend of Depp was bugging me throughout the entire movie. I knew I had seen her somewhere recently, but I couldn't place her at all, and I didn't whip out my phone mid-movie to check. Once I did, I realized why I couldn't get it: last time I saw her she was bald in Deadpool vs. Wolverine.

I've always enjoyed the old black and white film and really wished they would remake it but also weary about it given how Hollywood is today. After reading Void review... I'm definitely going to go see it.