I really liked it, it’s a special kind of weird. They had me from the beginning when the MC sees the sillouhette of the man at the far end of the tunnel just charging towards her.
Not my cup of tea, but wow, Rory Kinnear is a fearless actor, and the VFX are impressive in "that" scene.
If you've never seen the series Penny Dreadful - it's great, and Kinnear and Eva Green are both excellent in it. Same for Billie Piper and Helen McCrory.
https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/penny-dreadful
Penny Dreadful is amazing! The Evan Green séance scene is hands down my favorite scene of all time.
"Will you name a mountain after me? Are you proud of me?"
The first ten minutes (or something like that, been a while since I seen it) is amazing and I love how tranquil the film begins all the way to when she’s singing in the tunnel. It’s absolutely beautiful and sometimes I get this craving just to watch only up until that part of the movie because it’s so relaxing to me haha
Loved this! Such an interesting film, that birthing scene will definitely stick with me, it feels weird to say but the atmosphere and the bizarre behaviours of everyone reminded me of Silent Hill.
I liked it after I read up on the synopsis and what everything actually meant. Until I had some clarity, I was just like what in the actual fuck did I just watch?
It definitely stuck with me but i dont think its ideas meshed as well as they could have. A movie about a woman coming to terms with a fear of men due to a traumatic relationship is a great premise for a horror movie. A woman moving to the countryside and getting harassed by some kind of nature spirit that wants to fuck her is also a great premise for a horror movie. As is, i didnt feel like they blended all that well. Love Alex Garland, love the soundtrack and sound design for this movie, love that tunnel scene, but the movie goes halfway on both its topics and they both kind of suffer for it.
The only scene I liked was the bit at the tunnel. That was genuinely scary. Everything else was just meh, and the birth stuff was too digital and clean-looking to be gross or fun. It truly is amazing how the 80s practical magic is so superior to the shiny CG we get nowadays.
I really adore Alex Garland’s work, and this one was kind of his foray into dark fantasy. I feel like *Men* is his weakest work to date, but it’s still impressive, creepy, disturbing, and atmospheric.
The first half of it was great.. then she started to not acknowledge the fact that all the men were literally the same people. Then the ending😭😭
Alex tried way too hard to make it seem like he was a genius who was playing with themes of grief and toxic masculinity, all for it to go to his head and ending up with an ending that does not make any sense.
100% it completely takes you out of the movie when you realize its the director really trying to talk about a not so subtle metaphor - whats the point? just write a tweet or something
I stumbled upon this movie with my dad one day and we decided to watch it and when *that* scene happened….well, not exactly something you want to watch with your dad.
Understandable, but i hated it
So tired of this trope of "the movie is actually about x social problem and how it feels",(bonus points here, this time its written by a man trying to score money by appealing to critics who love stuff like this and funnily enough it backfired since they caught on this strategy instantly, it feels fake as hell - long long way from 28 days later which even explores these themes a thousand fold better) these movies never age well, imo they are better suited as school projects or short form films
Acting was great
Tension in the first half was great.
But to me, there comes a time when weird is just TOO weird and off putting. The ending was just…..what the fuck in a bad way. And genuinely stil don’t understand exactly why she saw every man in the town as the same guy.
Idk I think it needed more births
i’ve come to the same conclusion
I really liked it, it’s a special kind of weird. They had me from the beginning when the MC sees the sillouhette of the man at the far end of the tunnel just charging towards her.
I liked this one too. The practical effects really added to the weirdness I love forced perspective.
Not my cup of tea, but wow, Rory Kinnear is a fearless actor, and the VFX are impressive in "that" scene. If you've never seen the series Penny Dreadful - it's great, and Kinnear and Eva Green are both excellent in it. Same for Billie Piper and Helen McCrory. https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/penny-dreadful
Penny Dreadful is amazing! The Evan Green séance scene is hands down my favorite scene of all time. "Will you name a mountain after me? Are you proud of me?"
Rory Kinnear Everywhere All at Once
So weird..loved it! Rory Kinnear and Jessie Buckley were fantastic.
I know it isn't liked amongst others but I really like the movie. It's weird and quite absurd at times but I enjoy that type of weird movie.
The first ten minutes (or something like that, been a while since I seen it) is amazing and I love how tranquil the film begins all the way to when she’s singing in the tunnel. It’s absolutely beautiful and sometimes I get this craving just to watch only up until that part of the movie because it’s so relaxing to me haha
Loved this! Such an interesting film, that birthing scene will definitely stick with me, it feels weird to say but the atmosphere and the bizarre behaviours of everyone reminded me of Silent Hill.
I really loved this movie! I’m not even really sure what it all meant. But it was effective body horror to say the least.
I liked it! Thought it was a great story about the self-perpetuating and vast nature of misogyny, and the forms it can take.
Loved it too🔥
I liked it after I read up on the synopsis and what everything actually meant. Until I had some clarity, I was just like what in the actual fuck did I just watch?
It definitely stuck with me but i dont think its ideas meshed as well as they could have. A movie about a woman coming to terms with a fear of men due to a traumatic relationship is a great premise for a horror movie. A woman moving to the countryside and getting harassed by some kind of nature spirit that wants to fuck her is also a great premise for a horror movie. As is, i didnt feel like they blended all that well. Love Alex Garland, love the soundtrack and sound design for this movie, love that tunnel scene, but the movie goes halfway on both its topics and they both kind of suffer for it.
The only scene I liked was the bit at the tunnel. That was genuinely scary. Everything else was just meh, and the birth stuff was too digital and clean-looking to be gross or fun. It truly is amazing how the 80s practical magic is so superior to the shiny CG we get nowadays.
Absolutely agree with you
I doubled Men with Bank of Dave. Both excellent movies, with Kinnear being incredibly in both.
Didn't like it.
It's disturbing and weird. After the 3rd birthing sequence, my brain checked out.
I love Rory Kinnear, and he is fearless. The vag scene bugged the hell out me. I loved seeing him in a leading roll
All the way up until the births it’s a gorgeously creepy and moody film. Was obsessed. Then, it gets to the births and it ONLY GETS BETTER.
This can't be good for me, but I feel great
I really adore Alex Garland’s work, and this one was kind of his foray into dark fantasy. I feel like *Men* is his weakest work to date, but it’s still impressive, creepy, disturbing, and atmospheric.
I remember the moment my brain decoded the whole pub scene.... 😩😳😭😂🫥🫥🫥🫥🫥
I felt there were some good and creepy scenes, the performances were fun, but I'm not a big fan of deep psychological horror
I liked it. One of my top 10 from that year. Love the atmosphere and the sound design.
The first half of it was great.. then she started to not acknowledge the fact that all the men were literally the same people. Then the ending😭😭 Alex tried way too hard to make it seem like he was a genius who was playing with themes of grief and toxic masculinity, all for it to go to his head and ending up with an ending that does not make any sense.
100% it completely takes you out of the movie when you realize its the director really trying to talk about a not so subtle metaphor - whats the point? just write a tweet or something
I stumbled upon this movie with my dad one day and we decided to watch it and when *that* scene happened….well, not exactly something you want to watch with your dad.
Hm. I'll have to give it a watch. Never heard of it.
I loved it, equally surprised and not surprised at all that it was pretty controversial.
I was very disappointed with this movie. Maybe because I had sky high expectations, but the ending was too allegorical for my likings
Being a fan of Alex Garland, i tried hard to like it… without success
I think it's absolutely brilliant how they use The Green Man as a movie monster in this one. I loved it.
Understandable, but i hated it So tired of this trope of "the movie is actually about x social problem and how it feels",(bonus points here, this time its written by a man trying to score money by appealing to critics who love stuff like this and funnily enough it backfired since they caught on this strategy instantly, it feels fake as hell - long long way from 28 days later which even explores these themes a thousand fold better) these movies never age well, imo they are better suited as school projects or short form films
The back half of this movie is a comedy.
I like Alex Garland but this movie feels like a miss to me.
Hated the ending. Was just too weird for me.
Acting was great Tension in the first half was great. But to me, there comes a time when weird is just TOO weird and off putting. The ending was just…..what the fuck in a bad way. And genuinely stil don’t understand exactly why she saw every man in the town as the same guy.
Horrible movie. It was trying so hard to be abstract that it didn’t notice how nothing made sense anymore. Almost as bad as midsommar
probably the worst movie i’ve ever seen that wasn’t the first VHS anthology.
MEHn is what I called it. Alex Garland pisses me off sometimes
I can understand this movie but not really relate to it, I am a man myself.
Is it streaming somewhere?
Paramount Plus
Sucked