The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Watched in 2024: Movies (35 movies items)

" Director: Yorgos Lanthimos His 6th Movie My 5th movie watched from the director This is pure Lanthimos, his craft all coming together. Uncomfortable, creepy, depressing, beautifully shot, tertiary color scheme, hard-hitting ending, perfectly cast. Added to Lists: Top Ten Performances - Colin Farrel Top Ten Performances - Nicole Kidman (Honorable Mention) Iconic Dresses of Cinema - Black Terrible Decisions Parents are Forced to Make v for Vengeance Top 25 Characters Actors of All Time - B"

'23 Watched (319 movies items)

" Finished 27/05"

'23 Watched (319 movies items)

" Finished 27/05"

Modern Adaptations of Greek Dramas (8 movies items)

"The story is based on the ancient Greek tragedy Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides. "

The Best of Nicole Kidman (15 movies items)

" Anna Murphy "I believe the most logical thing, no matter how harsh this may sound, is to kill a child. Because we can have another child. I still can and you can. And if you can't, we can try IVF, but I'm sure we can.""

The Best of Colin Farrell (15 movies items)

" Steven Murphy "Do you think your mother is proud of you? Do you think she is happy that her beloved son is a murderer?""

My Favorite Films of 2017 (25 movies items)

" "I don't know if what is happening is fair, but it's the only thing I can think of that's close to justice." Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos Written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou Music by Cinematography by Thimios Bakatakis Editing by Yorgos Mavropsaridis "

“I spent the whole movie muttering "what the fuck" to myself on repeat” read more

A good movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and since there was a decent cast involved, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, to be honest, after ’The Favourite’ which was pretty damned amazing, it was rather tricky, even jarring, to get back to the dark absurdism which has always been Lanthimos’s most unique trademark. Furthermore, it has been 6 years since I saw ‘The Lobster’ and I kind of forgot how Lanthimos treats his characters as some emotionless zombies without much thoughts or feelings. Seriously, as a result, it was rather difficult to really engage myself in this movie but also in his work in general. So, it was definitely a bleak and rather difficult movie, that’s for sure, but the damned thing was still rea” read more

History of Horror (3743 movies items)

"Released on: 1 November 2017 "

Watched in 2021 (228 movies items)

"6.3"

Movies Watched in 2021 (220 movies items)

"19/03/21 5/10 "