Longlegs (Oz Perkins, July 12, 2024) • Page 7

i can't wait for drew to see this movie on his phone in two years

 

Seated. Our local indie theater’s first showing is totally sold out. That hasn’t happened since Barbie.

 

This was great. Loved the atmosphere and the sense of dread from start to finish. Performances ruled. The Blackcoat's Daughter still remains my favorite from Perkins though

 

This was really good! That one jump scare with the visual effect got me good ha. Kind of was able to predict where the last scene would take place.

Cage was awesomely weird, would have maybe liked a little bit more background on those metal balls.

 

This was fine! Felt like Nic Cage was in a totally different movie

 

I was so tense the whole runtime. One of the most unsettling movies I’ve seen in a long time

 

The marketing did its job and then some - that was the most full theater i’ve been in for a thursday horror showing in a while

 

Besides having to tell a dude to put his phone away after he did it 4 times, this was incredible. Met my expectations and then some

 

Sitting down now. If I see a single person on their phone I will Longlegs them (don’t know what that means yet)

 

It's Longlegsin' time

 

Pretty mixed on this. Loved the atmosphere and the cast. Just didn’t quite grab like I had hoped. Never really felt that tense. And I swear I’m not saying that to be contrarian. I put it up to expectations like “Seven” and “Silence of the Lambs” and I don’t think it’s close to those.

 

Exact same feelings I have.

 

Gonna see tonight. Planned Saturday but fuck it

 

hell yeah longlegs

 

trying to get tickets for Saturday

 

Going tomorrow night and feeling very impatient already.

 

Unspoiler-y thoughts: this was good, not great. A solid sense of dread throughout (mostly due to the beautiful cinematography) but the third act lost some steam for me.

Nic Cage gave it his all, and that’s what you need from the man. The character of Longlegs was genuinely unsettling and cartoonish in the best way. I loved his brief introduction in the opening scene so much.

The accomplice third act was a little wonky for me. It felt like I was watching a different movie when Harper entered the house and everyone acted like they were under a spell. For a movie that played it pretty grounded in reality, the way that scene was acted really took me out. I genuinely like what they did with the accomplice idea though.

 

Nail on the head, for me.

 

Some spoilery thoughts:

Cage definitely walks the line of being menacing and goofy. I just never really felt like he had a Joker-like turn of going from cartoon to pure evil.

This is a problem I have with a lot of movies like this - it didn’t feel like anyone was human. I really like the first act because we got a glimpse into Lee’s partner’s life and he seemed to kind of care for her and his family. Once it gets into the “Longlegs” lore, it’s a lot more about dolls and Satan than humans and that’s where it kind of loses me.

I think that’s the magic of “Seven” - even when it’s knee-deep in the seven deadly sins, Freeman and Pitt’s characters still feel like living beings that care about each other.

Also, I really didn’t care for the last act. Felt like “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” level stuff.

As said, I really like the look and atmosphere of this and that it wasn’t completely dour. I was surprised at how funny the movie was. Our audience was chuckling at all the right parts.

 

Enjoyed this a bit! Interrogation scene had me a little tense

 

When Cage yelled “Mommy! Daddy!” it immediately had me thinking of all his other big performances (for some reason Kickass came to mind??) and had me giggle like an idiot lol

 

In the “good, not great” camp as well, I think, but I’ll have to think about it some more.

Shout out to the lady in front of me who played Candy Crush on her phone the entire time. Like, why?