This film had a lot to live up to (I loved Pearl more than X) and it delivered. Goth, who has been great in the worst films (Infinity Pool, The Cure for Wellness), gets the star vehicle she deserves.
As if Tarantino had made Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as one of his grindcore movies, is roughly the zone we're in here. I don't love slasher films, I love referential film-fan slasher films even less, but hey, I just never saw a good one until now, and MaXXXine is the best.
I'm trying to jump on board this train, but I am having some difficulties. I saw "X" a year or two ago, but only got around to seeing "Pearl" about two weeks ago. I thought the first was okay, and while "Pearl" was more interesting from a style point of view, its story seemed very slight to me. To the point where the film ended and I thought "is that it?" I get the aesthetics of this trilogy are part of it's popularity, as was "House of the Devil," but I haven't quite gotten the overall appeal of the storyline itself. Not yet at least. I will see this one too; I was a teen of the 80s, so this may be the one that hits my nostalgia sweet spot the most.
This film had a lot to live up to (I loved Pearl more than X) and it delivered. Goth, who has been great in the worst films (Infinity Pool, The Cure for Wellness), gets the star vehicle she deserves.
As if Tarantino had made Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as one of his grindcore movies, is roughly the zone we're in here. I don't love slasher films, I love referential film-fan slasher films even less, but hey, I just never saw a good one until now, and MaXXXine is the best.
I'm trying to jump on board this train, but I am having some difficulties. I saw "X" a year or two ago, but only got around to seeing "Pearl" about two weeks ago. I thought the first was okay, and while "Pearl" was more interesting from a style point of view, its story seemed very slight to me. To the point where the film ended and I thought "is that it?" I get the aesthetics of this trilogy are part of it's popularity, as was "House of the Devil," but I haven't quite gotten the overall appeal of the storyline itself. Not yet at least. I will see this one too; I was a teen of the 80s, so this may be the one that hits my nostalgia sweet spot the most.
Think of "Pearl" as a feminist text addressing the REAL problems of modern woman, once the patriarchy is no longer a big deal.
After Ti West's X, I'm really looking forward to seeing this.
As for Schrader? Like Scorsese, he's a former rebel turned cranky old coot lashing out at the movies he's in no small part responsible for.