The Menu - New HBOMax movie starring Anya Taylor Joy..Horror Satire

[gaystoner]

im only halfway in but its oddly mesmerizing. Wanted to stop and make this post during it / see what other kiwis thoughts are. I'd refrain from spoilers but the direction/dialogue and delivery of the story so far is astounding.

Basically a 'Top Tier' restaurant with a 'killer' twist. I haven't gotten to the craziness yet but the first 40 minutes or so are pretty enchanting with a mix of wit and unsettling behavior.

Edit: Okay...fucked up shit is happening. Woah.

 

[Uncle Sid]

Not much to say but...

 

[Schwarzwald]

I saw an advertisement for it in theaters when I went to see a film a while back. It looked pretty good, but I kind of had forgotten about it until seeing this thread. I really like Ralph Fiennes in general, as he's turned in some wonderful performances. Schindler's List, The English Patient, and Red Dragon (his performance was great even if the movie itself wasn't) were all unforgettable.

Something that you'd recommend after watching it? I don't watch many modern movies, but I might have to make an exception if you think it's especially good.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

I originally skipped it because I thought it was just gonna be som cannibalism horror film, but I’ve heard it’s has nothing to do with that and is actually really good.

 

[electrician's apprentice]

Good: the movie was funny
Bad: the movie is predictable as shit, I watched it with my mom and both of us knew what was gonna happen like 20 min in, even guessed the boatman thing.
also when she found the photo it was so obvious what the ending was going to be
5/10

 

[Autistic Monkey]

I think it was pretty enjoyable. The plot wasn't anything special, but the performances carried the film.

 

[CharcoalChkn]

I liked that he simply killed a guy for making a garbage movie.

Also the fact the protagonist didn't try and be the moral hero and save everyone, she just got out and was like, lol, bye.

It was just a weird little movie, I enjoyed it quite a lot. Even with it's more predictable parts, I was still having a lot of fun.

 

[Bennytehsmeghead]

I liked that he simply killed a guy for making a garbage movie.

Also the fact the protagonist didn't try and be the moral hero and save everyone, she just got out and was like, lol, bye.

It was just a weird little movie, I enjoyed it quite a lot. Even with it's more predictable parts, I was still having a lot of fun.

So our heroine is concerned with her own well-being and survival more than saving the day?

That's... That's actually how you should do a horror protagonist in a film like this.

 

[namelesstacotruck]

So our heroine is concerned with her own well-being and survival more than saving the day?

That's... That's actually how you should do a horror protagonist in a film like this.

I mean not a single one of the other guests were "savable". They were all raging assholes and pieces of shit. She was the only "bystander" present.

 

[gaystoner]

Something that you'd recommend after watching it? I don't watch many modern movies, but I might have to make an exception if you think it's especially good.

Honestly I skipped both but my next movie im checking out is 'Death on the Nile' (Clue in Egypt from the trailer) and Nightmare Alley. Saw the first 45 minutes and was intrigued but fell asleep cause I was tired lol.

I originally skipped it because I thought it was just gonna be som cannibalism horror film, but I’ve heard it’s has nothing to do with that and is actually really good.

Nope zero people eating but people do die.

 

[Mulva69]

I mean not a single one of the other guests were "savable". They were all raging assholes and pieces of shit. She was the only "bystander" present.

Judith Light was just a neglected wife with a cheating husband, I don't remember her being awful. She even waves off the protag at the end with a little "go on without me" gesture.

 

[namelesstacotruck]

Judith Light was just a neglected wife with a cheating husband, I don't remember her being awful. She even waves off the protag at the end with a little "go on without me" gesture.

She didnt remember her 10000 dollar meal either. She was privileged and enabled her husbands bullshit.

But her cardinal sin was getting the fish she ate wrong.

 

[Mulva69]

But her cardinal sin was getting the fish she ate wrong.

LOL yeah I could see Chef Slowik consider that un-fucking-forgivable.

 

[Trig.Point]

Sorry to bump the thread, but I just watched this for the second time, and I'm left wondering about a few things.

Firstly none of the guests were that bad, even the finance bros who come closest to actually giving the staff shit, and only because of the breadless bread platter which was clearly the Chef fucking with them (something that Margot realized instantly). The restaurant critic helped make Slowik, the actor as he pointed out didn't direct the film, and his assistant is just there because of him.

The end where the Guests just accept their fate and even shout "we love you chef", is bizarre but just about believable, if they were picked not because they were assholes but because Slowik knew they would accept dying in such a way.

Most of the staff other than the Sous Chef Katherine and Elsa, are just expressionless background characters. Although it is interesting that Katherine says she's the one that came up with the idea of killing everyone. Earlier in the film when you see how the staff are living in a spartan barracks, on an island isolated from the wider world, it does kind of imply that a lot of crazy shit had been happening.

Ultimately the film seems to imply that Margot survives because she's the only one that doesn't really want to die.

 

[Oats12345]

Sorry to bump the thread, but I just watched this for the second time, and I'm left wondering about a few things.

Firstly none of the guests were that bad, even the finance bros who come closest to actually giving the staff shit, and only because of the breadless bread platter which was clearly the Chef fucking with them (something that Margot realized instantly). The restaurant critic helped make Slowik, the actor as he pointed out didn't direct the film, and his assistant is just there because of him.

The end where the Guests just accept their fate and even shout "we love you chef", is bizarre but just about believable, if they were picked not because they were assholes but because Slowik knew they would accept dying in such a way.

Most of the staff other than the Sous Chef Katherine and Elsa are just expressionless background characters. Although it is interesting that Katherine says she's the one that came up with the idea of killing everyone. Earlier in the film when you see how the staff are living in a spartan barracks, on an isolated from the wider world, it does kind of imply that a lot of crazy shit had been happening.

Ultimately the film seems to imply that Margot survives because she's the only one that doesn't really want to die.

I wouldn't be shocked if that was ment to be implied. Most of the characters seem pretty negative or cynical in life. Like they make it clear that the actor is pretty much wash up and was going to do a shitty animal show. So I wouldn't be shocked if the character secretly wanting to die since that pretty much sounds like your career will be completely shit for the rest of your life.

I find the chief a character who gave everything away for fame and eventually after achieving fame regrets as he enjoys nothing anymore. The movie makes it clear that cooking use to be a fun job for him until he got to famous and his clients were noting but rich A-holes.