“Us” is at its core an experiment in acting, wherein the principals are asked to play alternate horror-versions of their characters. I assume that each actor was worked with individually to come up with this character; I might be wrong who knows.
Anyway that experiement in acting can be judged either to the good or to the not-so-good, that’s probably why this movie is divisive. The other reason it is divisive is due to the gaping blatant holes in the plot and logic. You can really chalk this up to the shitty writing. I tried to find a sort of neo-camp disregard for plot or logic but nah.
Also J.P. is still not that great of a filmmaker, things were really boring and slow a lot of the time, and the momentum of the film stutters a lot. There are some pretty cool images and scenarios, though.
Anyway that experiement in acting can be judged either to the good or to the not-so-good, that’s probably why this movie is divisive. The other reason it is divisive is due to the gaping blatant holes in the plot and logic. You can really chalk this up to the shitty writing. I tried to find a sort of neo-camp disregard for plot or logic but nah.
Also J.P. is still not that great of a filmmaker, things were really boring and slow a lot of the time, and the momentum of the film stutters a lot. There are some pretty cool images and scenarios, though.
Counterpoint: mythic underworld follows mythic underworld logic.
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ReplyDeleteget out i liked in large part because the protagonist was being reasonably smart and doing the things i would do in his situation. he actually gets away from the bad guys by coming up with a plan - taking the stuffing out of the arms of the chair - that would not have occurred to me
us does not have this quality. the characters are in fact morons who just do shit at random and get away with it. the shot where they're doing hands across america and some of them are up to their necks in water was good tho
agreed and I'll add that I think "horror movies need rules/clear logic" is a pretty good rule, which US does not follo
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