Sinners

[MayIDestroyYou]

Honestly epic. Deep, thrilling, astonishingly beautiful to look at …

Directed by Ryan Coogler. Something made me want to see this immediately - and I’m glad I did yesterday, before I’d read too many previews. I wouldn’t know where to start in describing it - just want to urge everyone to go and watch it, preferably on an imax screen or something big, with good sound. Don’t to more than glance at this review:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/10/sinners-review-ryan-cooglers-deep-south-gonzo-horror-down-at-the-crossroads

I should say, though, that Wunmi Mosaku, who I last saw doing unglamorous plod work on Vera, looks like an Oscar contender in this.

Watched it in the cinema last weekend. Sound, costume and cinematography were impressive. MBJ is dapper as hell.

But… the story is not well constructed. Vampires are not very scary. Dialogue is incomprehensible.

We left as soon as the credit rolled not knowing there was an epilogue. What did we miss??

The whole point of Sinners is that it isn't actually a vampire movie, or horror. Once you realise that, the story makes sense.

I didn't have a problem understanding the dialogue at all.

I’m glad they weren’t very scary!
What was wrong with the dialogue?

Mumbling, strong southern accents, historical slang/vernacular - all made it hard for me to understand.

That's the setting though. Maybe rewatch it when it comes out on streaming services, subtitles on.

I had no problems understanding it at all.

I’m glad I watched it home with subtitles. Never leave before the credits as there are usually some extra parts of the film as there was with this one tying it all together

only seen the trailers but it seems very good

Gosh, I forgotten this thread! Probably meant to come back to it on Oscars night …

I saw it again this week on the big screen as part of a local Oscars revisit type schedule. Despite watching it a few many times on AppleTV it was still so awesome on the big screen.

A couple of people walked out even before the juke joint opened. I saw them in the bar later and they said they couldn’t understand the dialogue. Older people (I am 54 so no shade meant there!) and to be fair the sound in that particular venue wasn’t the best.

Hmm …

Yeah. I don’t doubt there was some ‘hmmm’ going on. I saw In The Heights there years ago and people walked out. I remember thinking ‘not enough white people in this film for us’ about them at the time and I am willing to bet there was a bit of that going on. It’s the tiny rural town I grew up in and the population was only one family off 100% white then, and hasn’t changed much.

I kept rewatching the post credit scene/s they are on YouTube if anyone missed them)and they just get more and more poignant at every watch. In fact, I'd say they are incredible sad. Makes a great film even better.

I loved it but it's very niche / genre specific. You have to like a good vampire film gorefest

I don’t know about that. To me, the gore is incidental to the real story. I agree that you have to be OK with gore and about 107 gallons of fake blood!

I saw this last week at the cinema, which I'm glad about because it wouldn't have been the same experience watching it for the first time on a TV. I liked it on the whole but felt a bit underwhelmed. Just felt generic and not at all scary. Acting-wise nobody was outstanding.

What?!

generic? 😲

Surely you and I saw two different films? 😄

Vampires - garlic, stakes, sunlight - yes that’s the (generic) trope.

The setting, the wider story, the characters - nothing generic about that!

@topcat2026
Just read your comment and you're entitled to what you think.
But tell me,
What is your idea of a "non-generic film" perfectly formed film then??