A Cure For Wellness (The Horrors Of 2017) | Video review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- From the director that brought us the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies, as well as The Ring, comes this big horror/mystery movie that somehow didn't receive a lot of attention. Let's take a look at it!
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Funny review. When I was watching the movie, my mind was constantly comparing it to Shutter Island. So the reveal made me happy that they were at least trying to tell a different story. If you're a fan of horror movies with characters grossly obsessed with their mortality, Antiviral is a pretty weird flick.
Incredible film, honestly. It trailed off near the end and has some pacing issues (which I could tolerate), but the originality and the oddly Lovecraft-lite fantasy vibe makes it so, so memorable. The atmosphere was so cold, leaving everything to be surreal and grim. I can't really think of any recent horror (more thriller/mystery, I know) that I'd put in the same category as this film, it was just pleasant, especially after how misleading/un-informing the trailers for it were.
Magpiestripe exactly. That’s how I felt, especially about the end. It felt beautiful and fluid (pun unintended) up until the end.
With a good script, it would most definitely could have been one of the best horror movies ever. Wasted potential imo
Magpiestripe i wouldn't of minded the end so much, if it was handled better. It just seemed so sloppy and killed the vibe the movie had built up until that point.
Magpiestripe : I had my doubt, your review pushed me over, i'm going to watch it.
Lovecraft.....yes! I whispered his name when I was watching it.
I loved it. I agree, it is very silly, but most Gothic horror stories are pretty ludicrous. Even warhorses like Poe's Fall of the House of Usher and Richard Matheson's Hell House are absurd when you think about them, but that's kind of the point. Taking an over-the-top, melodramatic premise and turning it into an atmospheric tale of terror. It reminded me of films like Roger Corman's Poe adaptations, Mario Bava films like Black Sunday and Baron Blood and other 60s and 70s Gothic horror movies, but with a little Cronenberg style body horror thrown in. Yeah, it was outrageous, even silly, but it was also mysterious, atmospheric and beautifully shot. I saw it in a theater, so that helped as well!
I'm surprised you didn't talk about the grin at the end of the film
dominic glover I was baffled too ..
Please spoil it for me because I am not planning on watching - what happens with "the grin"?
WeirdCityCitizen in short terms, at the end of the film the villain is defeated and both the girl and lockhart are free from the centre. As he is peddling away from the burning centre on a bike, he ominously turns to the camera and grins psychotically, suggesting that he could possibly be planning on going back to his commercial roots with the idea of selling the immortality juice that the baron had discovered
dominic glover or he accepted the fate of knowing he would become insane and he just embraced it..
I mean what else is he going to do he basically quit his job and has no family left..
Loving the videos. Every weekend I put horrible reviews on the chrome cast and let them play while I'm cleaning or making lesson plans for school. Thank you
I love your style of reviewing movies. That train shot was amazing, I bet even the cinematographer wasn't expecting that. I mean, why would he. Though just going on this review he does seem to like symmetry and reflective shots (i.e. the pool shot which was also amazing). Looks like a film that had great potential - just perhaps let down by an overly convoluted plot.
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Are you in Denmark Horrible? This Peter Madsen case you have going on right now is fascinating. I just can't get my head around any of it. The guy was practically I celebrity (or so I believe).
He's from and lives in the Netherlands
5:03 I was waiting for that exact response.
Can't believe I missed this video it was a great one, I'm definitely gonna check this one out. Mainly for the cinematography and the scenery but hey that crazy plot sounds interesting too haha
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Haha I feel like you summed this movie up really well. I saw it a few weeks ago & I really liked it but I did have a lot of questions after. At one point I really thought it was going to be the same ending as shutter island, I thought the guy in it looked a bit like him too, but I was glad the ending was different even if it was a bit weird. Love your videos! And would be awesome if you could do another one of those videos where you read all the funny comments you get 😂x
Great video!
I whatched the movie in the cinema back when it came out and i loved it. I actually fellt like I was choking when someone in the movie was choking and the people i talked to afterwards said the same, that they were really drawn into the movie
I really loved this movie! It was visually stunning, absolutely flawless. I definitely see how people could think the story was crazy though lol But that's part of what I liked so much. It's SO wtf, not at all what I was expecting going into it.
SPOILERS -
Anyone who has seen the movie, what did you make of Lockheart's smile at the end when they were riding away on the bike? Based on the dialogue it seems like he was just happy to be leaving his corporate life behind. But his smile looked so EVIL, was the baron in his body? Or is that just how Dane Dehaan's face looks? Lol
Just finished this movie for the first time 10 miutes ago and I come online to see this video. Couldn't be happier !!!!!
I have been so scared to watch this video becasue I LOVE this movie so much and I was afraid that you would hate it. I'm glad that you liked it though, even if you thought it was silly. I definitely can't deny that it is silly, but I just love everything about it. I even love the ending and the delve into madness. The over-the-top-ness of the whole thing just pays off in my opinion. I think the fact that it is so odd is almost a swerve in and of itself. Like, think about what the movie "could" have been. I like it like it is!
perfect timing on the video as I watched this movie a couple of days ago. it's so eerie and beautiful. I very much enjoyed it up until that part at the end which made me question whether I like it or not lol. so I basically agree with everything you said!
Wow. I love your review of this one. I wanna check it out now!
I really liked the soundtrack of the film
Great intro. Truly marvelous. Keep up the great work
I think the movie also bombed because I think it came out the same week as Get Out and a lot of people were more interested in that one
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Great review :), I haven't watched the movie yet, but I will check it out. The only thing that seems very strange is that the castle is in the south of Germany, I live very close to it, but in the movie it's in switzerland
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Spot on review! I also enjoyed the movie so much for what it was visually and the tension at work for about 3/4 of it, but the storyline revealed at the end was absolutely ridiculous. I was so excited to recommend this movie to a lot of people, but am now hesitant. A bit of a waste of amazing cinematography. Had the plot reveal been much strong (and a different plot revealed all together, lol, this would have been an astounding film. What a shame!
I loved the movie, the cinematography was wonderful and I welcomed the Lovecraft vibes. Theatre was empty when I saw it, aside from a few people who walked out and were noticeably dissapointed, mainly due to confusion and frustration over the last 15 minutes of the film.
I'm normally bad at guessing the plot of a movie but with this one I did. It's a pleasing movie to the eye but I didn't see much else here. It's competent and I don't regret watching
5:04 best summary of the movie
I agree with you. The story wasn’t the strongest part of this movie but somehow I enjoyed it a lot.
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Great review brother! Yeah like you it was pretty fun to watch but a total mind-fuck LOL
I watched this movie , couldn't wait for the climax. For it to catch some momentum. Never did.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the soundtrack!!!
You are right, I made notes to mention it but I guess I just completely forgot... The soundtrack was indeed very nice, especially the bits with the "girl vocals". Great stuff.
I have to agree with you on this one, Horrible Reviews. Although A Cure for Wellness was visually great, it lacks in a cohesive story. My fiancé and I felt ripped off since we saw it in theaters and waited 2 1/2 hours for a random ending. It started off strong and promising, and the ending couldn't come soon enough. I think they were trying to go for a twist ending and didn't execute it correctly.
It's a fantastic film, very engrossing. I'm not sure that the employees had to know about the operation in order to go along with it, though I can see the Baron potentially bribing them. A small scene would've explained this, but the lack of it doesn't detract. As for the daughter, she'd been groomed from birth by her father, it's not hard to believe she'd keep her mouth shut. Anyways, have you seen the Belgian film "Left Bank"? Very similar to this one, gorgeous visuals and all. The story for that one is much more ambiguous than this one, however, but I still enjoyed it a lot.
Also, the only thing I didn't understand with this film was the eels ... I can understand them using the old people as a purifying system for the liquid, but why the eels? I thought they were collecting the piss and sweat of the old people, so why? Just to dispose of the bodies? Eh...
I was expecting weird illogical aspects in this movie simply because it's a normal guy discovering a new universe. In the castle, time, privacy and souls are ripped out to create a crazy underground institute. (That would maybe answers your question about the silliness of the movie)
Nevertheless, i respect your opinion and keep making great reviews
This movie was amazing visualy, kept you invested & guessing. Definitely worth a watch until the reveal. Just look up reviews to know that moment if you haven't seen this. I would of praised this movie like no tomorrow if they ended it before the big reveal. But NO, you can't end a movie now without answers. That's were I praise Nolan, he's the only one now who has the balls to do so. I almost walked out after the reveal, I should of.
Great video mate
Keep these coming man
cool review! now i saved a lot of time. thanx! ;)
I loved this film so much, just the ending was a bit over the top^^
There's a part where the doc shoves a pipe down the guys throat then fills it with water for the eals. But the guy doesn't suffocate. Maybe my biology is off. But it didn't make sense to me.
I've done one of those horrifying exams when the doctor puts down a pipe in your throat. Its way bigger in this movie ofc but I can tell you that the body reacts by trying to throw up. It's very unrealistic in the movie
He also breathes underwater in one of those glass water tanks. That biology makes no sense either.
It was shoved down his esophagus, not his windpipe.
I literally just watched it for the first time. Fantastic stuff. Meh pay off but unbelievably awesome movie
I don't like most movies I see, but I liked this one. The story might have been convoluted, but it was so well done I bought it. Maybe it was sufficiently creepy enough that I wanted it to be true.
I saw this movie in the theater was excited as hell but after it was over and I really did not like it. But its been several months now and this review has made me want to rewatch it now.
I loved this movie for the most part until the end. The end gave me the sensation of one of those early Monster films. The tone completely changed and it felt clunky. However, just my opinion. Otherwise the most is straight up so stunning.
Stephanie Douranakis It had a Phantom of the Opera ending.
I had the mostly the same view about this movie. After 2 hours of runtime and all that tension building up it's really hard come up with an amazing ending that isn't some trope twist but it seemed obvious by that point what was gonna happen and the way it played out was so out of place with the rest of movie. Like you said don't overthink it and it's a solid movie.
Ill remember the visuals more than the story I think
Do you have a review for Event Horizon? If not I highly recommend seeing it.. :)
Awesome video, the movie sounds good, but as a chronic over thinker, I can imagine that when I check it out it will make me happy but bug me for weeks!
One of the best to me sci fi movies ever it's like Dr Frankenstein is the pantom of the Opera
Completely agree
A bit late with this one , but awesome review as usual..
This movie looks beautiful, but I've heard nothing but bad things about it. And now from you? I don't know if I will ever watch this. Thanks for saving me 2+ hours. xo
P.S. I was the 500th like. :P
I really did enjoy A cure for wellness, not only the visuals, but i really liked the story, even if it gets a little too convoluted for it's own good.
My only issue is the ending, the last shot of danedehaan smiling, it felt forced, it didn't seem to fit in.
But the movie, as ilogical as it is, it's made to be that way, as also are the characters.
Will you review "The Void"?
Great and also a little silly. Yup exactly. Beautiful to look at but I don’t feel like I want to watch it again after learning the mystery is....silly.
I wanted to go see it, i but it was gone before i had a chance (but have to admit: that happens alot to me :P)
It's never a good thing to overthink a movie, just sit there en enjoy it for what it is, either you end up liking it or you don't. :D
If u like mysterious kind of movie, "The Midnight Special". I like that one 2.
I really enjoyed the film and felt like it could possibly become a cult classic one day.
It was too much of a slow burn for today's general public.. I enjoyed it for the better part, it was shot beautifully and kept me interested.
i would love to know what you thought about the fact that lockhardt somehow had all his teeth again at the very end of the movie
I think your review was spot on & I'll watch the film again purely for the beautiful scenes of dread & horror (losing teeth, classic.)
Sort out your table though mate. It looks like you've either been making sandwiches on it or snorting coke!
i life in the town where the castle is ... dont be foold there are no mountains around the castle like in the film ..lol
Wow another video 💛
It bombed at the box office because it was Amazing and Original. Nobody wants to watch a film that's out of the norm! They like to watch the same-ol mumbo-jumbo Hollywood shits out every week. Something original comes along and People won't watch it. A cure For Wellness is a Modern Day Masterpiece! and I can't wait to see what's next for Gore Verbinski.
damn gonna check it out! probably gonna regret it afterwards also
You should definitely check out the new Stephen King movie Gerald's Game - So good! Scary, gory, disturbing... it's great!
You should review the girl in the photographs.
Can't wait to watch it :D
This movie lost track of itself.
I thought the movie was great but I did wish it had a different ending
*spoiler*
The scene where they drill into his tooth is wild!
I read alot into the themes of cult like modern religions. Convincing people they are sick so they take your "cure". It was a total 10/10 imo but yea, it was very extreme with some of the mystery elements and silly. Doesnt take away from the experience as a whole for me tho
My favourite movie (at the moment - it changes) is The Witch (amazing film). I also loved Under the Skin and Angst (Austrian horror/psycho gem).
Please review Live By Night.
Please review Super Dark Times
You should do Raw on the next one.
He's already made a video talking about Raw.
And everyone things it's so fine here I don't want to leave, like we people not checking out who is ruling the world and responsible for bad things done to humains... We don't realise anything... The Film tell us this face to face LOL
I've always thought that Verbinski was a criminally underrated auteur. I even like The Lone Ranger for being a strange subversion of its genre. Disney let him get away with a lot of stuff. That scene at the end of the world where Johnny Depp is talking to himself and licking rocks is borderline a avant garde sequence in a Hollywood blockbuster film.
Eh, I wouldn’t call Gore Verbinski underrated. He made one good movie that I’ve seen, and that was Rango. I’d admire The Lone Ranger for being subversive if it wasn’t so badly paced, badly written, and if the special effects were actually good.
The best movies are missing some few components that regardless make a great film at least the visual were not so cheaply animated to what some might concede great horror nowadays
I've watched almost all your videos. They are awesome! I've never seen a dutch person I didn't like, what's with you people? By the way, your hair is leaving
Thanks man Karl, glad you like the videos! And the Dutch people. Spoiler alert, there are some assholes within our little group as well, unfortunately. And yes, I know, no idea where they're going!
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I thought this movie was rather mediocre. There were some solid performances and the creepy Lovecraftian atmosphere, however the script wasn’t very good and the pacing made the film feel really dragged out at times. Yes, that’s perhaps my biggest complaint, this movie was just way too long. Again, A Cure for Wellness has some good aspects, but overall it felt like wasted potential to keep.
Ehhhhh double white life! (Double white is the beer that he is drinking.)
I really liked this movie, seems like nobody else did...
you never change you sweatshirt? :)
I loved that movie. Me and my friend were hanging out one evening, and suddenly we were in the mood for a horror movie. The reviews for this were very mixed, but we gave it a shot and went to the late night screening for this. It was surprisingly good, I basically enjoyed everything in it from the the location and its atmosphere to the actors and the story itself.
it was a good movie till one don't start using his mind.
It was a good comment till one don't start learning his English
You look a lot like Sacha Noam Baron Cohen!
I just watched it lol
And maybe the employees were brainwashed or he forces them to drink the water too ? Who knows what he did for the 200 years..
The ending was the best but it definitely didn't make me love this movie any less. It's in my top 10 movies of 2016.
The movie is not to be taken at face value.
This movie was very pretty, but very, very long. I didn't much care for that rape-y ending. Good review though.
If Dane DeHaan hadn't been in it, I think the movie would have been better. He is so wooden its beyond belief.
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I hated this movie because of the STUPID ending, specially the "CGI green face"... that ruined everything for me. I thought it was a psychological thriller at first, and in the end it was a dumb, silly and baldy made horror movie... I was really disappointed.
do it comes at night.
I will!
Horrible Reviews It's honestly one of the best horror films of the year
Yep...looks great but overall a pretty awful movie with a terrible terrible terrible ending..