I really enjoyed it but havenāt felt the need to really discuss it in depth. Aesthetically great. Acting was great. The story wasā¦ Iām really at a loss for how to describe it but just thinking about it gives me chills! Good scary movie chills š I have some thoughts scattered in my #crimson peak tag, along with fanart for it.Ā
I fully agree with what @annabellioncourt had said about it to me before I saw it:
YOUāRE GONNA LOVE CRIMSON PEAK ITS RIDICULOUS AND DARING, AND ITS FUCKED UP ENOUGH FOR ANNE RICE TO HAVE WRITTEN IT.
Aaaaand if thatās not endorsement enough, I felt like taking notes when I watched it so I could make: Lestat watches āCrimson PeakāĀ hereās a snippet *SPOILERS*:
My loverās sister tried to kill me, too. Hurts, doesnāt it????!!!
The dog is dying! Now Iām actually upset.
āYouāre monsters, both of you!ā Where have I heard that before? Now this is hitting too close to home. IāM NOT CRYING YOUāRE CRYING KEEP TAKING NOTES.
You stabbed him iN THE FACE. IN THE FACE!! Rude. What about the groundrules? Rule number 1: No touching of the hair or faceā¦ AND THATāS IT!
I always used to roll my eyes at people stanning villains and falling in love with them and saying ātheyāre just misunderstood! they just need love!ā
but then guillermo del toro gave me Lucille Sharpe from Crimson Peak, whose name means light but who was locked away in darkness for so long that she was twisted into a monster
who suffered horrendous abuse as a child and as a teenager, caged at home and then in an institution where she was further neglected and assaulted
who clung obsessively to the only source of love she ever knew, her one comfort, which she ended up hurting, confining and killing in her selfish, yet understandable, need to keep it close
who is constantly stitched into rigid and painful clothing
who could not escape her demons, even in death
whom jessica chastain described as being like an abused animal that desperately wants to be touched and loved, but which will bite the instant it is touched
who has committed horrendous, unforgivable crimes, but who is still, at her core, an abused child
who might have been good, once, but who underwent a terrible metamorphosis and hatched out of her cocoon as a carnivorous black moth instead of a butterfly
who will, for eternity, remain that monster, because there is no undoing such a transformation fed by pain, misery and mistreatment
and I went
fuck
anyway good job on the sympathetic villain guillermo she wrecks me every time and I just want to hold her and love her and write meta and 1000 crappy redemption fics for her I hope youāre happy
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