(Heyyyy, remember me? Tumblr is breaking down as we speak so I'm going to spend time here more often. :)))) )
Anyway, I think the big reason why Crimson Peak got lukewarm reviews (and I've noticed that when talking about the movie with some people) is because of how "predictable" it was - and I agree, even if I loved the film. But I kind of see it as intentional, to a certain point, since the film is basically one big homage to the Gothic horror/romance genre. Half way through the movie first time I saw it, I started joking to myself the Sharpe siblings were probably incestuous and boy did it not disappoint... But it's a movie that's all about style over substance, *up to a certain point*, and those types of stories are over the top most of the time. I'll admit, it's what I like about them. I find it way more tolerable than F.F. Coppola's Dracula, but the Sharpe siblings and their "sympathy for the Devil" aspect definitely brings the film to a whole other level.
Sidenote: I did find interesting that Thomas' ghost is the only one who's white, considering all the others are either red or black - which kind of makes me wonder if he got to go to some kind of afterlife since he looks different and he had a redemption by death... and as for Lucille, she ends up living in her own personal hell as a ghost: she's "locked away", trapped in the house, and she's alone.
For the cylinder recordings, they did mention in the film they belonged to one of Thomas' wives before they married, and that she brought the device with her. I always assumed Lucille kept the recordings around on purpose, since she kept things from Thomas' previous wives as creepy memorabilia. I can totally see her listening to them while busying herself with something else (and now I have a hundred weird scenarios in my mind, half of them I'd much rather forget about).
The log cabin made me laugh, not gonna lie. It looked cozy, but it's so typically... well, not British anyway :P Thinking about it, I can't help but see it as a callback to Edith's home and really have it contrast with Allerdale Hall and the snow coming in through the roof...
Before the film was released, considering how much emphasis was put on Allerdale Hall and how it was often repeated in promos that it had a "soul" of its own, my theory was that the house set a curse on his inhabitants and that the Sharpes were enslaved to it, and that Edith would be the next victim that the house would demand - weird scenario, I know. But I liked it. Ah well. :P
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Anyway, I think the big reason why Crimson Peak got lukewarm reviews (and I've noticed that when talking about the movie with some people) is because of how "predictable" it was - and I agree, even if I loved the film. But I kind of see it as intentional, to a certain point, since the film is basically one big homage to the Gothic horror/romance genre. Half way through the movie first time I saw it, I started joking to myself the Sharpe siblings were probably incestuous and boy did it not disappoint... But it's a movie that's all about style over substance, *up to a certain point*, and those types of stories are over the top most of the time. I'll admit, it's what I like about them. I find it way more tolerable than F.F. Coppola's Dracula, but the Sharpe siblings and their "sympathy for the Devil" aspect definitely brings the film to a whole other level.
Sidenote: I did find interesting that Thomas' ghost is the only one who's white, considering all the others are either red or black - which kind of makes me wonder if he got to go to some kind of afterlife since he looks different and he had a redemption by death... and as for Lucille, she ends up living in her own personal hell as a ghost: she's "locked away", trapped in the house, and she's alone.
For the cylinder recordings, they did mention in the film they belonged to one of Thomas' wives before they married, and that she brought the device with her. I always assumed Lucille kept the recordings around on purpose, since she kept things from Thomas' previous wives as creepy memorabilia. I can totally see her listening to them while busying herself with something else (and now I have a hundred weird scenarios in my mind, half of them I'd much rather forget about).
The log cabin made me laugh, not gonna lie. It looked cozy, but it's so typically... well, not British anyway :P Thinking about it, I can't help but see it as a callback to Edith's home and really have it contrast with Allerdale Hall and the snow coming in through the roof...
Before the film was released, considering how much emphasis was put on Allerdale Hall and how it was often repeated in promos that it had a "soul" of its own, my theory was that the house set a curse on his inhabitants and that the Sharpes were enslaved to it, and that Edith would be the next victim that the house would demand - weird scenario, I know. But I liked it. Ah well. :P
(Although, I might write that story one day.)