my question for you is did you like the lighthouse and if you did what was your
favorite aspect that question is actually very relevant because the
lighthouse is kind of hailed as this fantastic film and I finally got around
to watching it and on the one hand yes I can see that there's a lot about it that
makes it very good but on the other hand there is one aspect of it because of
things that I enjoy from cinema that made me not like it quite so much the
reason that kind of wind my attention wander every now and then is that there
is no real narrative but that's kind of the whole point the lighthouse is about
these two men who work in a lighthouse two lighthouse keepers and their
day-to-day very mundane repetitive routine and how they just have kind of
each other of a company and how you have to try and stop themselves from going
insane and that lack of narrative it's kind of the point there's not much there
to distract them there's not much to stop them from hating each other's guts
because they spend so much time with one another so because there's no narrative
for us there's no narrative for them and it's just watching them get on with
their day and I think that that sounds a bit more boring than it actually is but
there's no kind of this happens this happens this happens we just observe and
it does work I'm not going to say that it doesn't work but for me somebody
who's very narrative driven yeah I love films that look beautiful but if there's
no narrative for me it's not going to be the best so it's directed by Robert
Decker's and I will say that while I didn't think it was amazing if you're
the kind of person who enjoys watching a film for the cinematic Beauty and if you
like the cinematography and the lighting and and sound I think this is one that
you will really enjoy and where people are hailing it as being fantastic I can
see it being pulled from those elements first of all as I'm sure you're aware
this is set in black and white which is not wholly inovative for the 21st
century a few other films have done it and they've done it successfully but I
try and think if this had been shot in color but it worked as well and I don't
like it would have done not just because it's set in the 1890s but because it
kind of gives it a slightly darker kind of atmospheric quality makes it a little
bit more sinister like I think in color it just it wouldn't have had the same
effect the use of sound is what I think makes this cut above a lot of similar
style films the use of silence the use of sound effects it's just it's not
respect I can see it doing very well at the Oscars by the time this video goes
up I think the Oscars will have happened I could be wrong with that I could be
right who knows but the sound I did think I'm pretty pretty quickly I kind
of personally identified the sound as being one of the aspects with this that
I did think was pretty incredible the character development was really
interesting to watch even though this is shot over and kind of in in the same
enclosed environment you would think well how can they have any characters
develop there's not much going on but actually it does and as one character
develops and changes their actions it has a knock-on effect on the other
character and it's like we're constantly climbing and climbing and climbing which
is highly suitable so it's a lighthouse until you kind of get to that crescendo
ending and I'm not I'm not in the slightest going to bother telling you
what that anything is but I will say I didn't expect it it is brilliant and
even though there was for me no beginning middle end kind of narrative
it was entirely worth it to get to that conclusion it's very well acted I think
it's the second thing I've seen Robert Pattinson in that isn't Twilight or
Harry Potter and I I do think we have a lot of these talks but I was going to be
playing Batman and after watching this and also the other film I watched him in
that I can't remember I I can see him doing very well with that kind of role
it was very well done so I can see that I'm talking very positively about the
lighthouse and I did enjoy watching it but as I said I personally could have
had a bit of a more meaty narrative few more solid plot points but because it's
more of a character study and it's more of an immersive cinematic experience
I think in that respect I would give it 9 out of 10 for the narrative or story
I'd say maybe five or six out of ten because there is a little bit there as
the character develops within their own kind of mini story the lighthouse I'd
recommend it's not perfect from me but if you like quality cinema and editing I
think you'll like