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doppelgreener

11:38

@BESW Attack the Block! Me! I saw it!

BESW

Sorry, was looking at Jugendstil.

So: pheromones.

doppelgreener

Yes!

BESW

A case of mistaken identity is a perfect justification to focus on the party without caring about them.

Anyway, how'd you like the film?

doppelgreener

It was REALLY well done!

I enjoyed it a lot

BESW

I think I missed some of the societal commentary, and I know some of my friends did when I showed them.

doppelgreener

11:56

@BESW was there much?

BESW

Well, the very premise of the piece is a social statement, about the potential of the marginalised and discarded.

doppelgreener

yeah that's true - and about the kids being kinda nice, despite mugging a nurse at the beginning

BESW

The people society has given up on as irredeemable, shoved away into projects and forgotten, are the heroes. And yes--despite winding up as heroes, they are portrayed optimistically but not ignoring their real... problems.

doppelgreener

\o/

BESW

What did you think of the monster design?

doppelgreener

12:08

@BESW It looked very cool. And even in well-lit rooms, it helped them stick to the rule of showing as little as possible.

The thing was pure bigness, frighteningness, and teeth

BESW

It reminded me of the xenomorph from Alien: "This is a thing which is a mouth. It is here to eat you."

doppelgreener

That is it

There are no unnecessary parts in its design

BESW

It is "perfect," as Bishop would put it: perfectly designed for its function.

Also it's fuzzy.

I liked that.

doppelgreener

I liked that too.

(And I liked that that helped them hide its shape further. No clear silouhette.)

BESW

Overall, a really great example of How To Horror.

And they didn't do much with gore, or jump scares, and nearly everyone lived!

It was all style, and very textbook style, but with a few twists. Don't show the monster much; we'll make 'em shadows. Focus on the visceral horror of being prey; the mouth is the only detail.

I think it's a good primer.

(And the acting was spot-on from everyone involved.)

doppelgreener

12:30

@BESW The acting was out of this world

BESW

Sorry, I know I'm gushing.

doppelgreener

I am super impressed

This is something that is 100% okay to gush about, haha

It was just so good

BESW