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SALT CURES HAM posted:This sounds so, so good but the title is so, so hard to take seriously. I love the title. Promises a boogeyman.
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Have any of you US people seen this in a theatre anywhere?
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K. Waste posted:The best part about the movie is that it is really, wickedly funny. The magic trick at the end is the perfect mix of innocence and pure diabolicism. The Babadook is about as good a Sam Raimi/Guillermo del Toro movie not directed or produced by either of them that one could have gotten. A lot of the shot choices reflect that, and the big, clean spaces in the house with dirty corners are very GDT, very scary storybook.
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K. Waste posted:Yeah, the integration of Mister Babadook into those silent films is really impressive. According to IMDb, all the silent films used in that fever dream sequence are either de Chomon or Melies, which is appropriate given that Samuel wants to become a magician. de Chomon and Melies were both very similar in that their films use cinema to expand on the tradition of magic and theatrical performance. And what's interesting about a lot of these films is how explicitly they enticed the audience to laugh at and take pleasure in ghosts and diabolical characters taking advantage of foolish innocents. Before the ending twist, Kent is laying the seed of the idea that Mister Babadook is both a devilish and cathartic figure. This was my favorite part of the movie, a nice "did I actually see that" moment.
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Dec 6, 2014 22:46
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Strontosaurus posted:What was up with the tooth thing? It was foreshadowed during the whole movie but wasn't explained and I didn't pick up any obvious metaphor. Tooth damage is a dream image, abcess/bad roots. Pain you can feel in your soul.
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Dec 7, 2014 19:25
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axleblaze posted:Did you actually see the movie? Is there a reason to acknowledge it at all?
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Dec 9, 2014 00:37
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I think we might have found this forum's first Annabelle fan.
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Dec 14, 2014 02:16
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It is emphatically not.
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Dec 14, 2014 07:26
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Yeah, the Babadook is extremely Mighty Boosh.
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Twanki posted:Also Dada Book. I like it.
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