Last Night in Soho [DVD]

I liked this movie however it is very slow...sad, and the twist ending was ehh.The underlying message is centered around feminism. Big shocker there. Everything now has to be riddled with left wing undertones. I was able to move past it with this one as it wasn't overtly obnoxious and I truly love watching Anya Taylor-Joy, she is so talented. All the people in this movie did a great job, their acting skills are really amazing, but I just wasn't thrilled with the pace, the undertones, and the way the film wrapped up.Spoilers:At the ending when we figure out the killer is Sandy...the main character Eloise is so blinded by her adoration towards Sandy that she completely absolves her of the horrific crimes that took place in her bedroom, that now houses the remains of multiple men stuffed into the floor boards and walls. In my eyes only one of those men truly deserved what happened to him (Jack) as he forced Sandy into prostitution and was attempting to kill her. Self defense is justified, however when she continued to "prostitute" aka luring men back to her apartment under the guise of prostitution as a means to kill more men is not justified or worthy of absolution when she had every opportunity to move on with her life. To be honest I think Sandy had plenty of opportunity to escape the life before things got out of hand....why participate in a burlesque show when she thought she was going to be the "star"? Right there she should have left, but instead she was so focused on stardom that she allowed herself to be used in a degrading way just at the thought of getting what she wanted. There is just zero accountability to the actions and steps taken that moved her closer to a lifestyle that she never wanted, and instead of figuring out how to get away and start over she goes completely insane and went on a killing rampage. Don't get me wrong I have my own feeling on men that use prostitution to get their rocks off and none of them are good, but to kill them after she herself offered a "service"...um no mam' they aren't forcing anything, you are inviting them in, and they didn't deserve to die because other men took advantage in the past....The whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth when Eloise hugged Sandy at the end and said the male victims did deserve what was done to them and that Eloise understood...I could be taking the message wrong, but I don't believe I am. Killing as a form of revenge for someone else's wrong doings doesn't seem like justice to me, and to teach or send a message that killing is ok when its applied to men "because they are pigs" just adds fuel to the "all feminist hate men" idea, and with films like this it just seems to be more and more true. All men get painted with the same brush "abusers/oppressors" and women are endless "victims" who lose their sense of self or their spiritual self dies due to the cruelty of men. Lame. I'm tired of this narrative.

I had big, probably unrealistic, expectations for Edgar Wright's "Last Night In Soho" and was mildly disappointed. I was entertained by Wright's movie geek visual hat tips to movies he loves (me too), including the films of Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Hitchcock, Polanski, Antonioni, Romero, De Palma, the slasher genre, giallos, head movies and more. You'll have fun spotting the references. Bava's "Blood And Black Lace" is a strong influence in its use of super saturated color and a fashion/design school setting.Much of "Last Night In Soho" takes place in the 60s and the soundtrack is stellar, consisting mainly of hits from that swinging era, including Them, The Walker Brothers, Cilla Black, The Searchers, Petula Clark, The Kinks, Peter and Gordon, The Graham Bond Organisation and John Barry. Wright deftly uses music to set the scene.The casting of sixties Brit stars Terence Stamp, Diana Rigg (her last film role) and Rita Tushingham is quite brilliant. The two leads Anya Taylor-Joy and Thomasin McKenzie are terrific and beautiful to behold. Cinematographer Chung-hoon Chung (who shoots Park Chan-Wook's movies) gives "Last Night In Soho" a lysergic, neon-soaked, Technicolor look that reminded me at times of the original "Suspiria".Though I wasn't as wowed as I was hoping to be, I still recommend "Last Night In Soho" to film lovers who dig movies that revel in the joys of cinema, both high and low.

I knew nothing about this film, and I was horrified, in a good way. Now I see dead people, they're everywhere on Carnaby Street, and they're so well dressed. The Whovians out there are going to see another side of the Doctor, the bloody side. Do yourself a favor and don't read anything about the plot. Let the fright wash over you as you go along with Ellie on the roller coaster of thrills. It's worth the ride.

What a psychological thriller! Many twists. Ended the movie with goosebumps. Glad we watched at home I think I jumped a few times. Very interesting and well done.

If you came just to see Anya Taylor Joy dance around in 60's attire, then this is your movie. Unexpected benefits, the color schemes and other visual themes throughout the movie are pretty spectacular. The plot isn't great, but it honestly blew Candyman out of the water. And it doesn't really harp on any themes too hard besides, "don't abuse s3x workers & s3x workers have a hard life"- was basically the moral of the story.But, since it didn't try to drive home too much "woke" b.s. and it was fun to look at, I'd say it beats about 80% of all movies nowadays.

Desde que la vi en el cine por primera vez no tuve duda que Last Night in Soho sería mi película favorita del año. Hace mucho que no me emocionaba tanto con una película que te mantuviera al borde del asiento, un poco asustado sin saber lo que va a pasar, pero disfrutándola al cien por ciento.Con una dirección impecable de Edgar Wright (quien también dirigió mi película favorita de todos los tiempos, Shaun of the Dead), Last Night in Soho nos lleva a un viaje a los 60’s acompañado de excelente cinematografía, un uso ingenioso de cámara y colores (esas tomas de espejo o con Thomasin y Anya en la misma escena son magníficas), vestuario impecable, ambientación súper fiel a los años 60’s, una historia llena de giros inesperados y sobre todo la gran mancuerna que logran Thomasin McKenzie y Anya-Taylor Joy.Sin duda veo a esta película convirtiéndose en un clásico en los próximos años, pues no sólo se trata de terror, si no que la historia tiene una gran profundidad sobre lo que tienes que pasar para lograr tus sueños que muchas veces se encuentran idealizados, y tener en mente que hay riesgos que tomar para lograrlos, pero Last Night in Soho se atreve preguntar: ¿qué estarías dispuesto a hacer para alcanzarlos?Sin duda estaba muy emocionado de por fin agregar esta película a mi colección y ahora que la tengo sin duda vale la pena, pues también los bonus (los cuales ya veo muy raramente con otras películas), te muestran mucho del making-of y todo el proceso de grabaciones de la película.Si no la han visto y son fans del suspenso/terror lleno de estilo y una historia original e impactante esta es su tipo de película.

Muy buena película, disfrutable de incio a fin, destaca en todo incluyendo el gran soundtrack! El 4K luce, los extras están buenos. Llegó con slipcover.