Nosferatu (2024): 6.5/10
Old man from Eastern Europe causes shit in a German city.
I’ve noticed I’m giving a lot of 6.5/10 ratings on movies recently and that’s because I’m seeing quite a few decent ones but nothing that I think is very good or worth a rewatch down the line. This joins the list of Conclave, Heretic etc in that category.
So, the strongest thing I think about this rendition of the story is the script which I think is excellent and uses a lot of iambic pentameter which gives it a nice rhythm and suits the era in which it’s set. The A-list cast is decent and costume design is great. Eggers also avoids the temptation of going nuts with CGI so a lot of the suspense is created with shadowing and old school effects which work well.
Having said that, there isn’t any really any suspense as the story follows the old narrative pretty closely so you pretty much know exactly what’s going to happen. The ending is disjointed and makes no sense to me, I didn’t really get why Skarsgaard and Depp have the connection they do or what the connection is and it’s not stylistically impressive enough to be that memorable (for example, it’s a much better production than the Coppola/ Oldman version but of the two, I’ll remember the latter for the score (used on Oakenfold’s Fluoro) and the imagery.
It’s good, but I wouldn’t go out my way to watch it. Still rate the Christopher Lee’s 1958 version as the GOAT.
