Indie Film Release Guide: December 3rd [An ONTD Original]

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[catharsiskat]

I was all about the lesbian nun movie until I saw the writers and director. Men stop writing and directing lesbian movies challenge.

I watched Power of the Dog last night and daaaamn. That's all I can say. Just daaaamn.

[seenghost]

I heard there were some tough animal scenes. Were they really bad??

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I'm pretty squeamish and wasn't bothered, but I think you have enough time to look away before anything happens if you want.

[catharsiskat]

On an emotional level, they're a bit sad and one of them did shock me. On a grossness level, they're not bad imo but I watch a lot of horror. I wouldn't call any of it gratuitous, I don't remember any lingering camera shots and there's not excessive blood or gore or anything. Here's everything I remember: [Spoiler (click to open)]there's a rabbit that Kirsten Dunst plays with and pets at one point that her son caught, then in the next scene he has the rabbit cut open on his desk and is drawing the insides for an irl study of anatomy, he's studying to be a surgeon (this one shocked me tbh). Another scene, he and Cumberbatch are out in a field and there's another rabbit whose leg is broken. Cumberbatch tells the son to put the rabbit out of his misery, and you hear his neck snap. Finally, there's a scene where a calf has died, you see that an animal has been at the calf already so there's a bit of blood and general insides showing but not much, and you see the son cutting the hide off of it. (spoiler is detailed so you know exactly what to expect, but I

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Good summary - gotta add [Spoiler (click to open)]that castration scene.

[catharsiskat]

Oh I forgot that one! I wasn't entirely sure what I was looking at and I think I was distracted at the time lol.

[seenghost]

Oh that isn’t as bad as I feared, thank you! I was scared it was animal brutality or torture but this seems “milder” at least. I’ll watch this!

[flirflir]

Im watching the power of the dog Tonight 😵

[catharsiskat]

What did you think??