The Northman vs. The Lighthouse vs. The Witch
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whats ur favorite egg movie
lighthouse :]
The one where there’s 2 men and they explore each others lighthouses
honestly robots
The Northman.
The Emoji Movie
crazy to think Robert Eggers only has three films but his sheer talent and creativity are already above most experienced directors at their prime.
He started off as a stage actor before he found his passion as a production designer and writer.
@@rickardkaufman3988 film is just theater with extra steps, thats where it all goes back to, hes a man born at the start of where every actor should come from.
And he's only 38 years old. I'm so excited to see what's to come.
Perhaps we are seeing the beginning of a really big one here. He will evolve and change.
Consider for example Scorsese's 3rd film was Mean Streets.
What will be Eggers Taxi Driver? King of Comedy? Goodfellas? Silence?
Of course it will be completely different films. I just love movies and Eggers has real potential. Already knocked out 3 milestones.
He’s just extremely disciplined and dedicated to the craft. Seems like he’d been in the background working hard on other films, while writing and researching his own stories. Obviously it’s a creative medium, but there’s definitely a real craft and technical element to it that he’s become so brilliant at!
@@merlenclownshuffles not only is what you said incredibly pretentious, that's insulting to every other profession involved in filmmaking. Cinematographers, vfx artists, sound directors. And even costume design and set design in film is far more complicated than in theater. Even the very setting of theater doesn't allow actors to perform the subtleties of voice and emotion as in film.
So no, film is not "just theater with extra steps"
The Lighthouse has gotta be one of the most insane, surreal and wild films I have ever seen, The Witch is one of the most disturbing and unnerving films I have seen and The Northman is one of the most epic films I have seen.
You should watch more film
I agree :P
Northman was not epic
It most definitely was. Especially the action scene in the 1st act when Amleth and his crew raid the village and the ending-it was awesome.
@@babadook4404 you watch film theory and game theory unironically
Eggers talking about how awful the editing process for the northman was and how he felt the movie had to compromise what he wanted a decent amount and then turning in one of the most stylistically interesting blockbusters in a very long time honestly just shows how rich his movies are
Blockbuster? It was a huge loss.
@@Max-nq4in How much a movie makes is irrelevant to if it's a blockbuster or not
@@Max-nq4in it's still a $90 million budget movie, the fact that it didn't end up making money doesn't change the fact that it's a huge operatic historical epic
@@firepork082 it is entirely relevant, 'Blockbuster' refers to the success of a film/book etc.
And yet it's still one of the 3 best movies of 2022.
it’s a fight to the death: a viking, a building, and a young girl
& a black goat
I think the building would win
I think the "young girl" wins
The lobster will win
The Goat, the Seagull, and the Fox!
Fun fact: In The Lighthouse (2019) Robert Pattinson had an unusual approach to psych himself up before emotionally extreme scenes. Director Robert Eggers states, "Sometimes he'd beat himself in the face so bad. Or when it was raining through the cottage roof, Rob was drinking the rainwater in-between takes. He also spun around in circles a lot, that was helpful for him. Or he'd stick his fingers down his throat to make himself gag, stuff like that."
Jared Leto can do better.
@@fernandosegovia8806 he would have hunted and eaten real seagulls, drink nothing but seawater and had save sex with f fish to prepare for mermaid scenes.
@@fernandosegovia8806 Jared Leto would make everyone else on set drink the rainwater and say it was to help him act
he would routinely gag himself and throw up n stuff...
@@fernandosegovia8806 Jared Leto is a creep in person, and in movies I find his acting meh at best
The lighthouse had one of the most immersive atmospheres that I’ve seen in a movie and it’s one of my favourite movies so I’ll have to go with that one for the best
Absolutely. I hate to say it, but I can't see Eggers ever surpassing it despite his obvious talent because it's such a unique and perfect piece of psychological horror. Here's my analysis without watching the video and seeing Karsten's analysis to bias my viewpoints.
The Witch was fantastic and an extremely impressive debut feature film, but it's also a film that is much better on rewatch when you fully understand the themes, and while the shots and style displayed Eggers massive potential they didn't show his finest. There's much to analyze, and a great ambiguous ending to interpret. It is like The Lighthouse in most technical and narrative aspects just a little bit lesser in almost every way but that's not saying much.
The Northman was good but not great; in my opinion it suffered a lot from lack of consistency. I don't think big budget Eggers is the best Eggers, as much of his talent lies behind the camera and in his insanely specific and detailed concepts and settings for his films, which he only needs a medium budget for. The Northman showed his ability to create atmosphere and successfully capture a time era long-past, but the larger story was too straight-forward for him to best show off his strengths and engage the audience. I was never really guessing or analyzing, I was just observing it and even the cinematography wasn't quite as bold or insane as his previous films. And I like straight-forward narratives sometimes- I don't need psychological/unique storytelling to be engaged- but his strengths lay elsewhere. I'm hoping he sticks with a 10-20m budget in the future as I think that's his sweet spot.
But The Lighthouse... ah man. It is peak modern cinema, and I could analyze it for days but I'll spare it. The setting is PERFECT for Eggers, Defoe and Pattinson are given a flawless script and an atmosphere that leads to career best performances, the audience is constantly at the edge of their toes trying to figure out what's going on and all the while you're looking at some of the best compositions and frames you've ever seen. There's a perfect mix of surreal and straightforward to further the story and make it more interesting, the kind of mix that is present in dreams but almost impossible to accomplish on the screen. The only other film I've seen that does a better job is Mulholland Drive, and that's about it.
Basically, to make a long story short, I agree. Lol.
@@jacobyoung729 completely agree, i also feel like big budget leads to the main vision of the directors story being diluted by big time investors who want a say. When in reality they are in no place to give someone like eggers constructive crit. Thats why Lighthouse is a masterpiece.
Its a masterpiece
@@jacobyoung729 in the end, even if shot beatifully, vvitch didnt have anything going on. it wasnt really anything one can consider fun to watch and i love bladerunner for example
Same here mate
As someone whos icelandic and read alot of the handrit/sagas in school i will say that the northman is the most accurate viking movie i have ever seen. Not only with the clothes they wear and the weapons they use and stuff but the story is also very similar to the icelandic sagas. Alround fantastic movie :)
Well, Eggers was a production designer before transitioning into filmmaking hence why he's good with period piece accuracy.
The northman is based on zero icelandic stuff
That’s awesome, Icelanders are the coolest.
Even the Younger Futhark runes were crafted perfectly by an expert runic professor. They built the villages from scratch to be accurate, as they did the lighthouse . Eggers has said he cares more about history than filmmaking.
@@connorleonard4047 lol, what?!
@@unotruno3707 its danish
Bobby Egg is making movies I've been wanting to see for a long time.
egg bob
Cant wait for Nosferatu by him!!
@angelwing damn, i didn’t know about this. Well i hope its only delayed, not completely scrapped
@@orbistertius3686 It’s happening now!!
@@chadanderson9872 I have heard so as well! Couldn't be happier!
I think with his talent Id love to see him do a movie on the Dyatlov Pass Incident
Holy shit that would be amazing.
I don't know if he wants to do something that modern, but I hope he does, that would be awesome.
I've kinda thought it would be cool if he'd do one about the Roanoke incident
The most disappointing thing about being a Robert Eggers fan is trying to get other people to like them as much as I do. Got my brother to watch the witch and he liked it. Then I got him and his wife to watch the lighthouse because I said it was my favorite movie of that year. They both hated it to an unbelievable degree. To this day they bring up how I wasted their time and like to say that I have terrible taste in movies. This coming from the two people who like every single adam Sandler movie... all of them
i mean know your croud before reccomending the fucking lighthouse
Not Adam Sandler movies 💀
🤣 we can relate, man. It’s a lonely world when you have a passion for artistic merit rather than vapid amusement.
I recommended Inglorious Basterds to a guy who likes the Fast & Furious franchise. He said he got bored coz they talk too much.
@@jaives 🤣
watching the lighthouse for the first time last week brought a tear to my eye. i was just so happy that something like it existed. i’m so grateful to live in the same timeline as eggers. same with pattinson and dafoe. they’re two of my all time favorite actors.
i agree its pretty rare to see a historical film like the Northman or the Witch where its about things people back then actually cared about.
‘The Lighthouse’ is not only my favorite Eggers film, but also probably one of the few movies where I can honestly say that literally every artistic choice had landed perfectly with me. For what it was going for, it achieved near perfection for my pallet.
I saw The Northman with 3 friends, they don't really watch these types of movies. One's a gamer that doesn't watch movies much, the other is a action-comedy guy, and the 3rd is a marvel fan.
All of us came out loving every scene and that goes to show how good eggers is at writing a damn good story.
I also watched this movie with friends, all hated it except me :/
W friends
Personally I became a fan of his work ever since I went to see “The Witch” in the theater by myself and it really was the moment where I fell in love with his filmmaking because of his attention to detail in historical accuracy and the other part is how he made magic in those times seem real, like it’s not overly CGI. Honestly all of his movies are great and this will certainly not be the last we will see or hear of Robert Eggers. This guy is like an artist and a novelist with his film work and I am eager to see what he comes up with next. Currently he’s working on an adaptation of “Nosferatu” and possibly a “Rasputin” miniseries. Imagine if he did Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy? Anything is possible. Let’s see what Robert has in store for us!
If he did a Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein adaptation I will literally be so happy. It’s one of my favorite books
@@Bayuuk Same here! It's also one of my favorite gothic horror novels ever. Eggers is definitely the director for the job.
Imagine if he were to adapt The Iliad or The Odyssey! Eggers is my favourite director at the moment, and I'm looking forward to his miniseries, but I'm *definitely* excited for him to get his hands on Nosferatu! I also fell in love with him when I went to watch The Witch in the cinemas with my cousin, and both of us loved the experience a lot. I remember a group of three teens sitting a few rows ahead of us and I remember thinking that they would cuss the film by the end, but when credits starts rolling, one of them was adamant that it was a fantastic film and the others were idiots lol
As much as I'd love to see his own take on The Divine Comedy, I genuinely hope that if he does that then he does a TAKE on it and not a 1:1 recreation, or just something inspired by what happens in it. The actual Divine Comedy is a mess of characters and Christian fanfiction and is genuinely really bad lol
Not to say it had no impact or that it wasn't good for the time or that it's poorly written, it's just in now times it's pretty meh. Plus trying to make Roman and Greek Gods figures in a Christian setting would be odd for Eggers to attempt.
That said, can't wait for Nosferatu :3
Couldn’t agree more about the Lighthouse being the one that really lasts the tests of time. There’s just something about it that sticks in your brain for a loooong time.
I’ve seen The Lighthouse 4 times and it somehow gets more engaging every time I watch it, it has to be my favorite movie
Watching The Lighthouse in theaters is one of the best experiences of my life i wish i got to see it more than 4 times
Endlessly grateful that I got the chance to see The Lighthouse in a theater. What an experience.
"Witch enjoyer wouldnt be caught dead with a Lighthouse enjoyer" as Im here loving all three
Yeah like that was a weird take
Damn I don’t know why but sometimes I forget that Karsten is really good at making videos, shit made me both nod in agreement in a serious way and giggle in a goody way nice job
I personally prefer The vvitch but I really like the lighthouse and the northman as well. They're all great👍
A Robert Eggers video? Why don’t yer spill yer beans, Karsten
I’m so grateful for filmmakers like Robert Eggers.
Egg has one of the most definitive artistic perspectives I’ve seen from a modern filmmaker in a while, both in story and visuals. I struggle to fully describe his style, but I always come back to something along the lines of brutalized Scandinavian gothic. It’s different from a Fincher or Nolan aesthetic that’s also dark, but not necessarily historically influenced the way Eggers is. I’ve just never seen a filmmaker that so accurately encapsulates “gothic” in the most pure and historical sense of the word and I’m LIVING for it.
in agreement with a lot of this. i think The Northman is his most accessible without sacrificing almost any of his signature style and decisions, while being maybe the most badass thing I have ever seen. The Witch is an amazing debut with such dedication to the dialect of the time and for me the atmosphere was incredible and so grounded despite all the supernatural stuff (which dont get me wrong, is also amazing). But man, The Lighthouse is something else. It does what both of those movies do so well, and wraps it up in such a distinctly bizarre package. There is totally an argument to be made for each of these being his "best" movie, but The Lighthouse is pretty much perfect to me.
And regardless, these 3 movies are an amazing unofficial "trilogy". Despite them all being obviously disconnected from each other, they all fit together somehow. With all of them he's covered so many bases and it's truly incredible what he's been able to do in such a short time. The "The" trilogy, if you will.
Eggers is already a Master. And even though I prefer the Lighthouse to Northman he’s only getting better and that’s scary lol
3:24 What's even surprising is that out of all of Robert Eggers' movies...
The Northman has his most happiest conclusion to a film.
sort of, still not a happy ending, dude literally died. but in comparison to the others, yeah, maybe it's the rather "least dark"
doesn’t The Witch have a very “good for her” happy ending ?
@@DarklordofDOOM57 yeah, true.
As level of darkness goes, the witch and The Northman are equal, both movies have both a dark and happy ending at the same time
@@DarklordofDOOM57 technically not because she turned evil at the end and was eventually consumed by the darkness that is the devil, so that movie is more of a tragic tale at the end. the lighthouse he gets consumed literally by the light when he wasn’t supposed to and gets punish for it at the end of that movie . Now The Northman are main character does some terrible things but actually never actually rules as king and does an honorable death at the end so in comparison he is the only one who dies in good standing in the end
@@seanpanigel5494 death is the opposite of sadness in this movie, the whole viking culture centered on dying honorably. It's hyped up through out the movie, dying in battle, all any of the men want is to continue their lineage and die in battle. That's exactly what happens at the end
I loved the Lighthouse and immediately fell in love with Egger’s style. The Northman cemented that love. Plus big fan of the setting and Icelandic saga feeling of that movie. (Am Scandinavian)
To me it’s easily the vvitch, I will never forget the last 20mins of that film
with me being native american, navajo&apache, The Northman struck a interest with me more than the other 2 movies. I watched the witch alone w my gf when it came out. it was very scary and felt like he was whispering in my ear at the end. but the nature of which craft in The Northman, the way the movie rotates around it reminded me of my own culture. Plus the amount of symbolism is astounding. Just loved the whole movie. I might watch it again bc it's just that great.
I need to rewatch The Witch because it's been awhile since I've seen it, but I definitely can see myself watching and analyzing The Lighthouse as the years go by.
It's just one that I get something different out of every time.
The Northman was just so brutal at times that I don't know how often I'll rewatch it as much as I loved it and will definitely buy that Blu-ray
My second viewing of the Lighthouse was in an empty theater - being the only one in a pitch black theater, only focused on the screen, it was absolutely absorbing.
Also, I could’ve watched another few hours of the Northman, I was so enthralled with the story. Probably my favorite movie of his, though that is back and forth with the Lighthouse.
2:45 "I feel like it gets in and out pretty fast..." That's what makes it perfect!
The Northman is probably one of the most violent films I've ever seen. I watched it last week, and there were plenty of moments where I found myself having to shut my eyes throughout the film. However, I thought the cinematography was spectacular, and the acting was great
You should of seen Alexander Skarsgård in True Blood
Give The House that Jack Built a watch…
in my personal opinion the violence in the northman is a walk in the park compared to any marvel movie, or King Kong vs Godzilla, or any of those god awful transformers movies, id get it if people were talking about the blood or the way the film makes you imagine a lot more violence than you're actually seeing, hell even lord of the rings is more violent.
@@Bolts_Films I am of course talking about the bloodier scenes
@@Bolts_Films ain't no way you just said the MCU is more violent then The Northman
"it's very clearly a debut" is something I never thought I'd never hear about 'The VVitch'
this guy along with Denis Villeneuve had the most interesting filmographys out of the 10's
The VVitch was soo immersive for me precisely because of it`s "simplicity" and blandness. It made it feel that more realistic for me because of that. It`s one of my fav movies (not just as a horror). At the same time I felt I was "lacking" something with the "LIghthouse"! Cinema is such a wonderful form of art - two people can be huge admirers of the same writer/director but at the same time hold polar opinions and impressions about his work :)
Btw I re-watched "The Witch" today and after that I watched "The Norseman" which I picked on random and after hearing just negative things about it from ppl. Throughout the movie I was pleasantly surprised to find out I actually enjoy it and just when the credits came out I found out it was written and directed by Eggers!
I love all of them. But if I have to choose one favorite, then The Lighthouse definitely trumps the others, in terms of the cinematography, the art direction and the complex human condition it tries to portrait.
A great comparison video would be The Revenant vs The Northman. They’re both about trusted allies killing family. They both consist of long odysseys and, ultimately, difficult battles of vengeance. But an interesting separator is how The Revenant ends with a fight in freezing snow, while The Northman ends with a fight by flaming lava - polar opposite conclusions.
I feel like it’s pretty unfair to use “scare” as a category when only 1 of them is a true horror movie.
I’ve only seen the Lighthouse, but from that film on only one watch it has had a spot in my mind since I saw it in theaters. I need to see the other 2 but I can say for sure that the Lighthouse is a movie I’m never going to forget
the thing about lighthouse it has that feeling of short horror novels, you get on read in old houses in the middle of nowhere, specially at cold nights
a pretty hard feeling to convey through a movie
dont expect witch to be on that level but have fun
The Northman & Annette were the most fun I’ve had watching a movie in theaters in a decade. They’re the type of film-epic experience the medium was made for, & it feels exciting to get to experience things like them happening. It feels like the luxury of going to see a new Bergman movie & disliking it.
I also think that something as big in scope & artistically concise as The Northman won’t happen again soon, nor do I think Eggers has interest in doing more of that kind of thing, so it feels like an exciting detour on his more art house-focused career.
The Witch. Hands down. So good, so disturbing. Only seen the other 2 once. I do plan on revisiting The Lighthouse and see if I feel differently. Great B/W cinematography and Willem Dafo. Loved the look of The Northman and I too love a good revenge movie.
Watched Lighthouse in a small cinema inside a museum, everything felt way more personal and like you could feel everything, from the smell of sea water to the cold and Willem Dafoe's farts, when I got home I couldn't leave my blanket because I was so cold, definitely reccomend
seen all 3 movies multiple times and would watch them again without a second thought
Eggers hasn't made a bad film yet. But I'm gonna go with "The Witch." It's a jewel of a film, and (in my opinion) it's the one he has done (so far) that people will watch for years to come.
Personally I would agree with The Lighthouse being my favorite and being the best out of the three films Eggers has done. The Northman has some of my favorite visuals and action of all time already, but as immersed as I was while watching The Northman, the experience I had whilst watching The Lighthouse was the most memorable theater going experience I ever had. It was so intense and gripping and as soon as that foghorn blared as I was instantaneously thrown into the world and enjoyed every second of it. I feel like Eggers is a master at making people’s jaw drop. With all of his films there is just so many moments where you are like “what the fuck? Did that just happen?” And I love that!
I absolutely loved the lighthouse and the Northman so this is a pretty damn good interpretation
Your video was so well argued, structured and - even more so: straight to the point without wasting any time of its audience; great stuff in that respect. Also, and that's just a sidenote; I almost fully agree with what you said about these movies.
I only differ in the immersion factor of "The VVitch"; while the atmosphere was not quite as visually extreme as in "The Lighthouse", the sparse, emotionally cold, almost Spartan look coincided VERY well with the Puritan constrictions of the setting in a strange and alien frontier place at in an emotionally very controlled society with very strict religious norms and at a very superstitious time, and that zeitgeist and sense of alienation came across perfectly in "The VVitch", and my conviction is that the whole visual style did a LOT to carry this all-encompassing tension and emotional/social intensity of a belief system that doesn't tolerate any dissent or non-conformity and is always threatening to turn against even its most integrated members and people with intimate bonds and relations. It's he perfect mood set-up for all the horror that ensues over the course of it's plot.
On another note, my ONLY difficulty with the movie lies in something you did NOT mention, namely the turn of events/denouement at the end of the story, where the entirely ambiguous tone of the rest of the movie suddenly becomes "explained away" and which felt a little sudden and underwhelming to me, a bit of a anti-climax letdown to end the movie on. Still it kept my attention and immersion right to the end titles.
So, to sum it up:
I estimate ALL of Eggers movies masterpieces in their own right, but agree with you that "The Lighthouse" left the strongest impression on me.
Thanks for sharing your sentiments, analysis and talking points!
I didn't like The Lighthouse. Loved the style and the aesthetics and the absolute manic energy, but I needed more story. I know 'style over substance' is a stupid critique like 90% of the time, but I kind of think that's where I land on it. It felt I lot like "oooh that's neat!" over and over again but then it never really added up to anything for me. And like, it was neat! But I haven't really thought about anything beyond the aesthetics of it ever sine
The Witch is amazing. I love it so much. Love that really intense claustrophia and the way the paranoia overtakes each family member. When cool/weird shit happens in that, it felt earned.
The Northman is easily my favorite though. The bold aesthetic weirdness, period detail, intimate settings, and go for broke performances of his previous films tethered down by a classic, mythic narrative that drives everything forward. Totally immersive and bone chilling sound design. One of the most memorable film going experiences I've had in recent years
I mean I get your opinion but I love how some of the details about Thomas’s backstory sort of slowly fade in with time. It’s mostly very implied with a lot up to interpretation sure, but I love that, and my second watch gave me more ideas for what could have been intended by Eggars. Also everything ‘the light’ is intending to symbolize while also driving the story of these two men going mad is just the SHIT
I share your opinions on The Lighthouse. Great display of acting talent and incredibly unique (at least to modern movies) atmosphere. But I was also asking myself "Okay, how long can this go on?" And just like the 2 characters seemingly stuck in a purgatory - I felt stuck there with them. And not in a good way. Just not my personal taste.
I am a walking The Northman (2022) advertisement.
I recently googled what Eggers’ next film will be, and according to the internet, he wrapped up filming Nosferatu in May of 23….. I simply cannot wait.
The Northman is my favorite, as much as I love Eggers' other films. However many instances of quality filmmaking one can point out in The Witch and The Lighthouse, The Northman simply has more. It also has a poetic spirit fueled by mystical moments, chapter division and its underlying score that makes it transcend anything Egges has done or any other filmmaker can hope to do.
It's just such a ride.
The Lighthouse is probably his best movie. It's the most artsy movie of his (if that makes sense), it's excellently paced, very enjoyable, brilliantly shot, etc.
The Lighthouse is far and away my favorite of his.
The Witch was very good. A little pretentious in places, but overall a solid movie.
The Lighthouse is a movie I respect but don't enjoy. I'm glad it was made and I was pleasantly surprised a movie that weird was that well received by an American audience. Overall, the movie leaves me cold. It's weird but uninteresting.
The Northman is excellent. It gave me everything I wanted. A completely feral and visceral yet controlled film. The most confident filmmaking I've seen by an American director in years.
I share the same sentiment towards The Lighthouse. Truly brilliant acting, but was kind of just wondering, "how long can this go on?" - and also "why?" Not my taste.
His other 2 - would definitely view again.
For me my favourite is The Northman i just love epic revenge stories plus it's criminal of how good it ended up
Robert Eggers is a wizard. That man makes magically charged, enchanted movies. Is the magic horrifying and life-altering? Absolutely.
With these three films Eggers really cemented himself as a "Must Watch" Director. Whatever project he puts out next, I'm going to watch 0 trailers, try to have as little knowledge on the film as humanly possible, and my ass will guaranteed be in a seat in theaters opening day
Robert Eggers deserves the Matt Reeves Hollywood treatment. Give him a bunch of money to make whatever he wants, and trust his vision.
Northman without question, I like the other 2 but I've only watched them once and I'm not in any real rush to watch them again in the near future.
all of them are great. hard to pick a favorite
Best 3 of this and the last decade, Robert Eggars, Alex Garland, and Ari Aster
The Northman got me through having a blood clot in my lung’s. I did watch it for 4 hours lol so, there’s something very special about it.
To me, The Witch and The Lighthouse are truly gems! The Northman... mmm, I don't know man. I don't think this movie sustains itself storytelling wise as firm as his previous gems do. A lot of the main plot points are resolved through an informative dialogue rather than a cinematic proposal -a department which Eggers paradoxically tends to stand out- full of clichés, over the top acting, and sometimes clumsy fight scenes.
Im with you there, loved The Witch and The Lighthouse so much... The Northman unfortunetly was a disapointment. Maybe my expectations were too high thou
I watched the Lighthouse in a tiny but 100% filled little theatre in Melbourne, Austrialia for its Aussie Premiere and my god ...
That intro did blow out the speakers there and just ughhh from the first sounds I was pulled in. I felt the eyes of many different people doing the same, so my different people. Plenty who I bet hated the Witch and the film Eggers made, but they were all here for this one.
Absorbed in an experience unlike any other.
This was my favourite cinema experience I've ever had, watching The Lighthouse. Beats End Game any day ;)
Idk, theyre all masterpieces in their own way but he really does just get better with each movie. Northmen is easily his best imo. It literally does everything his previous movies do AND some. And bro, Witch is more then just "one of the best horror movies of its decade" lol its easily top 10 greatest horror movies of all time.
Was going to say the same thing about The Witch. Should be in a lot of conversations for one of the best horror movies ever.
Tbh though I did like The Northman a lot overall, it felt pretty shallow and conventional compared to either of Eggers' previous movies.
@@a.t.3192 I think it might be more conventional than the previous two, which were more buttfuck insane, but The Northman still has that unique style of Robert. That weird father-and-son ritual at the start, the witch, the talking head, the dead warrior hallucination, the limbs nailed to the house. They all fit perfectly and reasonable with the myth of Amleth and the general Norse mythology, and still carried the weirdness of him. I, for one, never expected a director to include such things in a Viking movie! Most people tend to see the Vikings as just brutes and would put conventional themes of war in movies about them. Robert said he struggled with the action genre a lot, and maybe he won't attempt it again, or at least not one as big as this one, but I'm glad he is trying out new types of stories in different genres. Learning and trying new things is how masters improve their craft and stay on top!
The Lighthouse is my fave Eggers film. An astonishing masterwork that blew me out the back of the theater with its jaw dropping craft.
As a history nerd The Northman just might an all time favorite for me.
I love them all. They each hit a different niche and they're great.
Great Video! Your takes on the Lighhouse are spot on.
It's been 3 years since The Lighthouse came out and I still find myself at random moments thinking about it and going "holy fuck, Robert Eggers did THAT". Such a masterpiece.
Just started but it’s the lighthouse
He will be rememberd as a genius artist in filmmaking
« But a Lighthouse enjoyer wouldn’t be caught dead in the same room as a Witch enjoyer »… vice-versa ! I looooved The Witch but really really couldn’t get into The Lighthouse.
Same. And I loved The Northman most of all.
Honestly, I can't choose a favorite among all three of these. They're all powerful works of cinema from a guy who looks like he's going to be a genuine master: The Witch was a severe bone chiller, The Lighthouse sent me into laughing fits as it drove me to madness and The Northman made me scream like a Berserker after seeing it.
Also New Hampshire pride! So happy to see a fellow New Englander pull this stuff off.
Watched all 3 today and all I have to say is Robert Eggers is incredible
Haven't seen Northman but Lighthouse will age like wine.
Light house is the best story I’m sorry. Endlessly interpretable, great pacing, intensity, and a plunge into insanity where you can never tell what’s gonna happen next
The Northman takes the spot for the main character's awesome beard.
Just finished the northmen.
The movie was just taking my breath every 12 minutes. Excellent.
Ive seen all of Eggers films including his first two shorts.The Lighthouse is in my opinion, his best so far.
I've seen all three. And The Witch is by far the best one for me followed by The Lighthouse and The Northman.
the northman and the ligth house will live on for all ages i swear to god
I've just realized that The Lighthouse is a minimalisation of 12 Angry men into 2 Angry men.
Just started already love it
And with all that The Lighthouse is a comedy. One of my favourite films of all time.
Eggers and peele are killing it for me to be frank. Them and Nolan may be my tops
The Northman is my man, the message in it is stronger than the other 2 movies very strong message specially for the current times, a message that is NEEDED I dare say for mankind, I was so impressed that when the movie was over I went there AGAIN and watched it AGAIN!, yes 4+ WELL INVESTED hours into this film I LOVE IT and can't wait to watch the next Eggers film.
I watch Northman at least once a week, it is a good intense kick in the pants.
Robert Eggers and Jordan Peele are the reasons I still have hope in the horror movie genre.
no Ari? ight.
@@hereticsox ari is infinitely better than Peele. imo
@@black666phillip totally agree
@@black666phillip yea i’d say Eggers and Ari are at about an S tier and Peele is at maybe a B tier if i were to rank them as directors. I can’t deny Peele has some potential though and I really liked Get Out but Us definitely wasn’t for me
@@black666phillip bad take
Three films deep and he’s already one of the greatest directors to exist.
Yes, i'm with you. If timegods told me that i had to choose only one of them and live in a timeline where that's the only Robert Eggers movie, i would surely pick The Lighthouse.
And I just learned he and I share a birthday, as if there weren't enough reasons to love this man
Really excited for Nosferatu. Really hoping it goes back to those pure horror vibes the witch had but with more finesse
God I thought I couldn't love Karsten even moreeee🥲
I'd personally say The Witch is my favorite, followed by The Northman, and The Lighthouse in third; but those fluctuate all the time. I love them all for different reasons. I just think The Witch is a perfect period piece with just the right amount of horror and the supernatural; but you could easily say that about all three. It's just personal preference. Can't wait to see what he does next.
I swear to fuck if his Nosferatu remake isn't named: _The Nosferatu_
i like the new gray background a lot, its pretty visually pleasing and idk why lol