Beau is Afraid (Ari Aster, 2023) • Page 13

Yes! I thought that too. Felt borderline like it was parodying his previous films at times.

Also love the absolutely terrifying element that every anxious or paranoid thought you have is correct; everyone is out to get you in one way or another, and you were right to never want to leave your home.

 

May catch this with some friends again on Monday

 

Since no one has mentioned it outright, I will say, the penis monster, despite being awesome in some ways, is the one thing that felt like a bridge too far, which I realize is an insane thing to say about this movie. But as a whole, the package is so good that I roll with it.

 

I was game for anything by the time the dick and balls monster showed up

 

Heh.

 

That’s his dad, be nice to the penis monster.

 

At the time I thought the penis monster was too much but looking back I liked it. It really hits home just how fucked up Beau is and how truly an unreliable narrator he is

 

Parts of this were infinitely scarier than Midsommar and potentially Hereditary to me. So much pure dread and anxiety and I hated experiencing that so deeply.

Had a pretty good crowd for this, not many people but no one was screaming in anger when it ended and no one walked out. Guess for something so polarizing that’s a win.

“O’Loha” got the first major laugh from me and there were too many other absurd lines/moments to list. “His mother, who was terrified of squirrels.” Patti and Nathan were perfect.

Knew this thread would be all over the posters. I turned into the Leo gif when I saw PUP.

Didn’t love it as deeply on first watch as his other two, but I need to see it again to delve in more. Felt even more Kaufman than I expected, which is not a bad thing. Very happy that it exists and that I was able to go into it knowing basically nothing.

 

As someone that isn’t a squirrel fan, definitely appreciated that line, haha.

 

The “Follow every rainbow ‘till you find your dream,” sign also killed me. Least expected Sound of Music reference I’ve seen in quite some time.

 

I liked it

 

The storybook sequence already in the running for my favorite scene of the year. Reminded me of The Shivering Truth

 

That was nuts!!! *no pun Intended*

Very confused by the ending

 

"I really felt that"

 

Birthday Boy Stab Man

 

I laughed really hard when one of the theater troupe guys was like "sorry both your parents died" and he was like "oh it's okay"

 

Phoenix was made for this role imo

 

Loved pretty much every second of this and also haven’t been this anxious in a long time lol

 

Anyone know why Toni kept knocking on Jeeves little front door?

 

I understood it to just be her attempting to sic him on Beau more and more

 

Walking out of the theater i was convinced i strongly disliked this but now i feel like i loved it

 

my same exact feeling

 

My partner and my friend whom I went with said it was too much, and boring at parts, I loved every second of it, I will forever watch any of his films, his attention to detail and symbolism poured throughout just really has me in awe of every frame, I walked out liking it but a bit confused, but as I keep thinking about it I really really loved it and I can't wait to see it again.

 

I think this does dream/nightmare logic better than basically anything I’ve ever seen. Lynch comes to mind of course, but Lynch feels a lot to me like watching someone else’s dream where this felt like being trapped in your own.