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The Lighthouse (2019) film

Discussed in 7 episodes · 7 film takes
PKA Score 7.6/10
Kyle
8.7/10
6 takes
Taylor
6.0🦉/7
1 take
IMDb 7.4 RT 90% Metacritic 83
PKA and critics roughly agree

Every time it came up

▶ PKN 401 @ 11:43 — PKN 401
Discussion of Robert Pattinson's acting performance in Batman, with reference to his Lighthouse role
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i really like him as an actor i thought he was great in the lighthouse”
▶ PKN 549 @ 58:53 — PKN 549
Brief recommendation of the film featuring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe in a black-and-white lighthouse setting
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I like him in that Lighthouse movie where he and Willem Dafoe are like losing their minds in black and white at the Lighthouse. That's a really good one. I like that.”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“Kyle recommended that one to me.”
▶ PKN 395 @ 48:20 — PKN 395
Brief mention as evidence of Robert Pattinson's acting range in dramatic indie films
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Watch the Lighthouse movie with him with Willem Dafoe. that's very i think it's he's a tier to me he's a tier you know like he's certainly not s tier but he is an a tier actor”
▶ PKN 443 @ 32:42 — PKN 443
Mentioned as an example in an aspect ratio discussion where the speaker argues that character-focused films benefit from tighter framing.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“The Lighthouse, right, where you had Willem Dafoe and Pattinson screaming at each other and ranting and ranting and going through soliloquies. I probably don't need to see the background too much.”
▶ PKA 573 @ 2:15:35 — PKA 573 W/ Josh Pillault: Prison Body Mod, Honey Bun Scheme, Boo
Discussion of the film with Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, their performances and cinematography
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I got sucked into that movie on Netflix. It's a Western with Fat Damon, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Kirsten Dunst. It was watching them slowly lose their marbles, it was good. I enjoyed that movie a lot.”
Taylor · unverified▲ positive
“I think it's called a soliloquy. When Willem Dafoe goes on that long, uncut, no camera moving away, just him reciting that nonsense. It's incredible.”
▶ PKA 793 @ 2:18:30 — PKA 793 W/ Trout & Goblin: Lets Get Married At Taco Bell
Discussion of Robert Eggers film with William Dafoe and period dialogue
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“William Defoe, I think, is uh, like he's just chewing through that dialogue.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the lighthouse is one of my I like the lighthouse way more. Uh, it might be my favorite of his movies.”
▶ PKA 614 @ 2:34:46 — PKA 614 W/ Tucker: Brett Farve Welfare Fraud, GOT Talk Returns,
Taylor discusses the film's artistic choices with black and white 4x3 aspect ratio and Willem Dafoe's performance
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“if you want like a weird like find the best scene of it's Willem Dafoe going on this Soliloquy this rant where where like he's like drunk and mad it's really [ __ ] good”
Taylor · unverified▼ negative
“but that specifically it just makes it a little bit harder for me to get into it because it's like actively taking it's not an enhancement quality it's a purposeful like degradation”
Taylor · unverified◆ mixed
“I watched the first 95 or whatever came before I know it's fan I know it's really really good it's not my type of movie”