The Devil All The Time

[RunningFromInsanity]

30mins in and bored (and a little disturbed)

I was so looking forward to it too

We’re watching this too! I’ve said twice already I am not enjoying this but DP wants to press on. So I’m on here :-)

What the fuck was that with the dog?

Everyone is crazy in this film

The dog part was disturbed.

Tom Holland has just shown up and I like him so fingers crossed...

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but I'm two hours in and I'm scrolling Mumsnet now 😴

@Carrotgirl87

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but I'm two hours in and I'm scrolling Mumsnet now 😴

Oh no

The accents are making me laugh though

Couldn’t take Dudley Dursley seriously with that accent. Although I do think he has matured into a really decent actor.

This really is dull. All the men are violent/abusive and all the women are walking cliché stereotypes with no story of their own. What is the actual point of it?

And then everybody dies.

Still got 40mins left

Read the book in preparation for the film coming out

Haven't bothered as a result

We’ve given up. Life is too short. Especially if you are from wherever that film is set, apparently.

@Lemonylemony

We’ve given up. Life is too short. Especially if you are from wherever that film is set, apparently.

16mins to go and the dead dog is back...

So what was your conclusion @RunningFromInsanity? Was there a payoff for all the tedium by the end?

I think the problem for me was there was very little development of any of the characters - mostly I guess due to the need to kill most of them off quickly - so I didn’t know them or care about anyone, or find any of their actions particularly interesting or shocking, apart from what Bill Skarsgärd did to that poor dog.

That and despite it being billed as an “ensemble” film, the women not having their own stories, they were all just stereotypes written to serve the mens’ stories. I pointed this out to DP and his response was “well, it is the 60s”. I threw a pillow at him. Inspired by the violence on screen clearly.

My conclusion is it was a crock of shit.
Absolutely ridiculous and one of the most boring movies.

How people can say it is was deep/intense/gritty/well acted is beyond me.

It was basically a load of famous actors with laughable southern accents, who only got 10seconds of screen time each where they did something shitty and then they died.

The end.

And speaking of the end- Predictable and eye rolling.

0/10.

Our review: depressing dirge, totally humourless and strangely one-dimensional characters - didn't care about any of them. I want my 2 1/2 hours back!

didn't care about any of them I think that sums it up.
Within 30 minutes you realise each character is going to die pretty quickly so you give up trying to get invested in them.

I would be embarrassed if I were Tom Holland/Robert Pattinson/Seb Stan etc to have been in such a plotless waste of time.

I definitely need help, because I really enjoyed it. I do have a soft spot for a good comeuppance though.

I thought it was really good.

Out of interest, what sort of films do you like? Maybe it’s just not your thing? Did you like other sort of slow films, like There Will Be Blood?

I pretty much assume that if a film has millions of warnings for the viewers at the beginning ,then that's the film for me .

The movie is so gloomy and dark, but I really enjoyed watching it!

I enjoyed it, along with the accents!

Watching it now. Enjoyed it.