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Film reviews for the newest releases. https://youtube.com/@thoughtsonfilmreviews?si=F_PuJWXBMcSUiDpg

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Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Oct 14

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Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · May 7

New Video: Thoughts on April 2025. Less films seen this month but just as many rambling thoughts...
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Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Apr 10

After failing to realise why the original video was being blocked for two full days, newest video's out!
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Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Mar 10

New video, a collection of thoughts on all the new films I saw in February

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Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Feb 12

New Video: Thoughts on January 2025. Reviews for #Babygirl #ACompleteUnknown #WeLiveinTime #Nosferatu #TheBrutalist #WolfMan #Maria #ARealPain #FlightRisk #Presence

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Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Jan 30

My ★★★★½ review of Presence on Letterboxd boxd.it/8F2kpd

A ★★★★½ review of Presence (2024)

At first glance, Presence’s big, subversive trick is to basically take the most interesting aspect of the first Friday the 13th and go all the way with it; just instead of a slasher film with a serial...

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Jan 29

A Complete Unknown
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A ★★★ review of A Complete Unknown (2024)

It is refreshing entering one of these musical biopics with absolutely zero knowledge of the artist’s life story, aside from some descriptions of Bob Dylan as someone who has redefined his musical output on multiple occasions, which is something very much at the centre of A Complete Unknown. I had a theory going into it that my ignorance of Dylan’s life would help me to escape the typical tropes of the tried and tested Hollywood MB, especially as A Complete Unknown squares its focus on a particular period of Dylan’s career, 1961 to 65, rather than go all the way

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Jan 17

Many filmmakers understand the language of cinema and communicate through it beautifully. David Lynch was one of the few who could convince you that cinema was his native tongue. RIP to a one of a kind, mesmerising artist

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 4

New Video: Thoughts on Conclave youtu.be/oRcgW6mbzNM?...
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Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 2

New Video: Thoughts on Moana 2 youtu.be/BBMpZIs7P2E?...
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Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

Though the film still ends a little abruptly, the absolute spectacle of the climax definitely means it concludes on the right foot.

1. Dracula 1958 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Nosferatu 1922 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Dracula 1931 ⭐⭐⭐1/2

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

And finally, Dracula's demise is not anticlimactic. Having already shown the stake-through-the-heart method on the bride and Lucy, we get a full-blown scrap for survival between the Count and Helsing before his flesh melts away in the sunlight.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

This is the most Lucy's time as a vampire has been put to screen, the heartbreak of her suffering, death, and damnation all effectively communicated. I think all we need now is to see her actually prey on someone, perhaps whittle down the fiancées that way.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

Between this, the most thematically in keeping score thus far and the lovely, if occasionally tacky looking, set design, it ups the atmosphere of the first two by a significant margin.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

Lee's magnetism and the fixation of his victims ups the tension magnificently, in a way that only really felt hinted at in the chapter where Lucy is entranced and lured to Whitby Abbey.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

Between the book and the first two films, I'd started to wonder where this assessment of Dracula as a sexual being came from. Now that we've gotten to Christopher Lee, I get it.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

The idea that he will just prey on his next victim, move on and disappear into the night really is all you need to communicate Dracula's menace. And from there, the remainder of the book's plot moves ahead mostly intact.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

From there, Van Helsing is our protagonist, determined to eliminate Dracula before he kills again. No plot to take over England/Karlstadt this time either. Dracula simply sees pictures of Lucy and chooses her as his next victim, leaving the castle post haste.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

And, as it turns out, killing Johnathan off doesn't have to be as radically plot altering as I'd previously predicted, now that Lucy's three fiancées have been reappropriated, and it helps, once again, to establish Dracula as a threat.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

Jonathan's intentions to kill Dracula at the castle eliminates some of the mystery from the opening chapters, but it proves no great loss as Arthur, Mina and Lucy remain unsuspecting victims of a threat we now understand the full calamity of.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

Dracula has only one "Bride", appearing both as human victim and mindless monster to give a full scope of Dracula's terror. Her earlier death at Jonathan's hands also gives an early demonstration of the vampire's weakness.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

Jonathan Harker and Van Helsing are colleagues aware of Dracula's vampirism from the start. Jonathan is engaged to Lucy who is Arthur's daughter. Arthur is married to Mina. No Renfield or Quincy. Dr. Seward's role is restricted to the family doctor.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

This is the most streamlined adaptation of the book thus far, full of big and small changes that all the same seem to be in aid of making the most faithful version thus far.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Dec 1

Well, that was prophetic... Dracula 1958 AKA Horror of Dracula, Hammer Horror's original foray into the iconic vampire tale. I'm amazed by how short all of these films have been so far.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Nov 23

Not only does this give us more context to Renfield's relationship with the Count, but it more fully establishes the full breadth of the threat he poses, as Renfield can be the victim to Dracula's bite that Jonathan just can't be without further altering the plot.

Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Nov 26

New Video: Thoughts on Wicked youtu.be/-SgTIHsLWXs?...
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Thoughts On @thoughtson.bsky.social · Nov 24

Gotta appreciate the irony that recording my review for Wicked is being sabotaged by strong storm winds.