TALK TO ME
Added 2023-08-03 05:15:17 +0000 UTCJust caught a late night showing of it, was high af. Was really great. Really wasn't expecting it to be as engaging as it was. Who has seen it? What are your thoughts?
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I was extremely disappointed with Talk to Me. Thought the first 40 minutes lacked any suspense or tension, I just sat there waiting for something interesting to happen. And the directors idea of horror seems to be loud really sound effects. Story was also half baked in my opinion.
Henri J. Mertens
2023-08-18 09:23:32 +0000 UTCIt's growing on me and I do have the urge to see it again so that's positive.
Tyler Shobe
2023-08-03 21:22:32 +0000 UTCTo me it made perfect sense. These demons are a representation of drugs and their distortion, when you cant find connection in your own life that is meaningful after loss. You hear the truth, but the drug tells you something very different...and gives you the purpose you think you need and crave. Drug addicts, destructive people...will believe anything at a certain point once things get bad enough. To such extremes. Far more than is portrayed here. And for our main character...things get bad enough to where she is that desperate for someone to help and love her...even with a dad at home she refuses to acknowledge out of fear. All of this is very realistic to me for a young woman struggling with few by her side. I never believed that the mother demon was telling the truth to her even remotely. She only told her what would help rope her more into destruction. The point was that yes...the mom killed herself, and the daughter cannot face the consequences of that even when the truth is told blatantly to her....because of the spell of this drug which makes her feel the love and want she once had. It feels better, to hear the distortions...the idea that she didnt betray her daughter. And so...the destruction of the protagonist and those around her continues. I personally found that angle to be really devastating.
Deepfocuslens
2023-08-03 21:19:20 +0000 UTCwhich part? Yeah I mean...not much of it scared me per se. But the emotions haunted me pretty hard. The ending really was powerful.
Deepfocuslens
2023-08-03 21:12:03 +0000 UTCtotally agree
Deepfocuslens
2023-08-03 21:11:25 +0000 UTCI often see things with shitty audiences but...I try not to let that ruin the film for me. Wouldnt be fair of me as a critic to blame the quality on the audience response, and certainly not fair to those who worked hard on the film. I feel like tired tropes are a part of the makeup of horror films and always will be. You will always see cliches even in the masterpieces. Its how they are employed. And the way this film explored the idea of grief and addiction, I found to be so much more focused and interested than we have seen in a while. So many of them fall through due to not understanding their characters, their destruction, etc.. but this film understands destruction more than most. And for me, this gives it a lot of extra points.
Deepfocuslens
2023-08-03 21:11:15 +0000 UTCIt is a little scatterbrained at times for sure. But at the same time, I found a lot of even the more silly ideas to make sense under the idea that drugs can force you into outrageous behavior, distortion, and belief. I don' think it was necessary to explore the rituals of teen behavior. I think it's fairly obvious. This film decided instead to dig deeper and push those ideas into an actual story with stakes and emotional weight...rather than trying so hard to make a point. I found it deeply refreshing. I found this far more engaging than Hereditary. The ideas far more focused.
Deepfocuslens
2023-08-03 21:08:05 +0000 UTCI am too. Found it really lame in Smile, and also fairly thin as an idea in Bodies Bodies Bodies. But this really made up for those films.
Deepfocuslens
2023-08-03 21:05:54 +0000 UTCPretty tired of horror as a malevolent force preying on trauma, but I like the foregrounding of the cycle of addiction and self-harm and a failure to communicate in the contemporary world, all done very elegantly through the form. Also surprisingly funny for the guys whose previous claim to fame was Ronald McDonald Tastes Burger King
shotcumposition
2023-08-03 18:48:19 +0000 UTCIt’s rare for me to have a visceral reaction to horror films anymore, and most of Talk To Me was pretty benign yet still fun, but there was 1 sequence in the middle that was probably the freakiest thing I’ve seen in a few years.
Christian Reiswig
2023-08-03 16:12:24 +0000 UTCSaw it yesterday. I was extremely mixed coming out of the theater, but it’s the first A24 horror film I’ve seen in a long time that I feel like I’ll need more than one viewing to fully see how I feel, which I haven’t even been able to say about movies I’ve really liked like Pearl. I really liked the kinetic filmmaking and visceral shock value, but I do find it to be a bit of an undercooked mess in terms of its ideas. On a literal level, it’s somewhat of an internet curse horror film akin to something like Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Pulse, and yet I never feel like the film has more than a surface-level understanding of internet culture. I was really hoping for more investigation into the psychology behind why these characters do these rituals. And beyond that, I found it to be a rather shallow retread of something like Hereditary or The Exorcist in that it’s focused on a grief-fueled family drama. I do find the ending really creepy and interesting though, which is what makes me wanna go revisit the film with the knowledge of its structure and see how I feel about how it handles the themes then.
Jackson Littlewood
2023-08-03 14:21:24 +0000 UTCI unfortunately had a shitty audience for it and I think that painted it in a shittier light than it should have for me. I liked it overall but found long stretches of it boring, particularly any of the "wrestling with my grief" stuff. I'm incredible over horror movies that use the death of a parent as a jumping off point cause it just feels like such a tired trope especially lately where there's like 4 dead mom horror movies a year. I would like to see it again cause I think rowdy teens harshed the mood for me a bit but wasn't that into it personally.
Tyler Shobe
2023-08-03 11:06:29 +0000 UTCThe centerpiece sequence is truly shocking and upsetting. What more can you ask for from a horror movie?
Jim Barnes
2023-08-03 07:08:41 +0000 UTCThe mother's change of heart moment, which set up the final climax (amazing climax regardless, that felt like an edge of your seat kinda moment), kinda bothered me when I first watched it. Maybe it wouldn't bother me as much on a rewatch, but I remember feeling a little puzzled when that happened.
vince2k
2023-08-03 05:31:24 +0000 UTCI saw it Saturday and thought it definitely worthy of seeing again. I like when horror pulls the stops and this one doesn't fuck around. No doubt has some Hereditary influences, but that's not a bad thing. The idea of possession as drug of choice is original and horrifying. Glad you liked it. I thought about low dosing acid before going but decided against it. 🫠
Atticus Xey
2023-08-03 05:31:16 +0000 UTCYeah I mean, not perfect, but a pleasant surprise. As much as I loved Barbarian, I loved this even more. What were your issues if I may ask?
Deepfocuslens
2023-08-03 05:30:08 +0000 UTCI have a few gripes with the movie, especially some contrived moments, but it's overall super well made. And the performances in the film are phenomenal, especially from the lead actress.
vince2k
2023-08-03 05:28:53 +0000 UTCI saw JeremyJahns rated it “Awesometacular” and then you just called it great so now I must check it out.
Shane Palamara
2023-08-03 05:24:19 +0000 UTCI'm the wrong person to ask because I don't get scared in horror films really. But I was very emotionally invested, which is rare.
Deepfocuslens
2023-08-03 05:19:32 +0000 UTCLmao sounds like a good time
swift minus one
2023-08-03 05:18:44 +0000 UTCI'm seeing it on Friday or Saturday, looks scary
kron
2023-08-03 05:18:25 +0000 UTC
