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The Neon Demon

The Neon Demon (2016)

June. 14,2016
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6.1
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R
| Horror Thriller

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.

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Artivels
2016/06/14

Undescribable Perfection

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Jeanskynebu
2016/06/15

the audience applauded

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Stometer
2016/06/16

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

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Mandeep Tyson
2016/06/17

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Katherine_7
2016/06/18

Some will say this movie is soulless trash, visually stunning but nothing inside, no story, no plot. And that is exactly what the movie is about. Outside beauty. It's superficial and the person, as some of the characters you'll come across in "The Neon Demon", might be dead inside. Beauty is depicted through the characters, lightning, with every camera angle, through the whole atmosphere which will leave you feeling empty. Even the conversations they have are regarding beauty. The movie is about the inner ugliness of the people surrounding our protagonist - Jesse, how she copes with it and how she is devoured by the beauty world by giving into it. I do agree that this movie has nothing new to say, but by that analogy all the movies have nothing new to say. Every movie is about things we come across in every day life, of course not to the extent the movies show it. I guess the bad reviews are from hasty, unpatient people that like action movies where good plot is concidered "Uugh, my wife/kid/dog got killed! I'm gonna spend the next hour killing and destroying!" Nicolas Winding Refn takes his time with his scenes and if you're in a hurry, go watch Mission Impossible or something similar to that kind.

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christianrmaxwell
2016/06/19

The movie Dogtooth directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and this movie both have some things in common. Not only are they both movies that are very abstract in their production, but they are also both movies that I would describe as experiences rather than films. My reasoning for this is somewhat hard to explain, but it mainly boils down to the fact that both films present a string of events, presented in a very "realistic" (I use this term referring to the shots and dialogue, not at all with the content being presented) manner. This movie was outstanding in terms of visuals, and my god, the soundtrack was phenomenal and added much needed suspense to some moments in the movie that might have suffered without it. The acting in this movie was great as far as the main characters and Keanu Reeve's character go, however, there were a few side characters that I believed did not deliver their lines so convincingly. However, they are side characters and as a result did not draw me out of the movie too often. The story of this movie honestly did not have a lot going on, but again, as with Dogtooth, I believe that is kind of the point. Nicolas Winding Refn is too good of a director and writer to just accidentally present a film with little story. I believe this was done on purpose for this movie, to make it play out, like I said before as an experience. The movie also makes some surprisingly great social commentary on beauty and human nature itself. I have no idea why this movie has "horror" as its first genre, as the movie was not horrifying at all in my opinion. However, I do agree that this movie is a thriller, Refn takes the audience on a ride, winding up the coils of suspense until he just releases the coils and lets everything fly, referring to that crazy ending of course. The strangest and perhaps most intriguing thing about this movie to me was the fact that even though the ending was absolutely insane, it did not seem out of place at all in terms of the movie's universe. Even though the universe at first was presented as very realistic, as the movie went on you could feel the reality start to slip as if Refn had been slowly pulling a rug out from under you. This movie was fantastic, although there were a few flaws, and I do not believe I have the desire to watch it again, it is definitely a thrilling, visually compelling, smart ride that will have you holding on for your life as the credits roll.

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jrmeretis
2016/06/20

I'm glad I took the chance to watch this despite the ratings. I really enjoyed it, and have seen it a few times now. It is abstract and has a pretty simple message about the issues with vanity and the modeling industry specifically. But personally, I found it entertaining and the acting was on point from all the actors / actresses. Keanu Reeves did a great job; his character was horrible yet hilarious at the same time.POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEADThere's pretty much one sane character (the amateur photographer) and everyone else is psycho or becomes corrupted in some way. But the characters were pretty interesting. There were a lot of strange things that were a bit "what...?", but it worked for a more abstract film. I also think it was clever how the woman who warned Jesse at the beginning to watch out for the male photographer and that "it's good to have good girls around" was ultimately the one who was the worst psycho of all.

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tinman-71042
2016/06/21

It's an accidental comedy in one or two scenes. Nothing artful about it at all. Not even really visually stunning like some claim. It's about as visually stunning as a cotton candy bloated dizzy carnival nightmare. Yea, I'm pretty sure this is the worst movie I've seen in a good long time.

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