I blogged about the movie Last Night in Soho. This movie stars Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Rita Tushingham, Michael Ajao, Terrance Stamp, and Diana Rigg. This movie also has famous actors, such as Sam Claflin from The Hunger Games and James and Oliver Phelps from the Harry Potter series. The movie’s director is Edgar Wright, who has also directed Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Baby Driver, and The World’s End.
On a scale of 1-5, I would give this movie a 4. It has many plot twists and a dark horror aura. The casting for this movie was amazing; all the acting seemed authentic. I didn’t like how some parts of the movie would be confusing and distanced themselves from the plot. My favorite part about this film was the costumes and the hairstyles. I also liked the choreography in some scenes.
The plot of this movie is this young woman named Ellie (Thomasin McKenzie) moving to London to study fashion design. She later encounters a woman (Anya Taylor-Joy) named Sandie, who was around during the time called “the swinging sixties.” One night, Ellie has a vivid dream where she travels back into the 1960s. She sees Sandie in her dreams and follows her throughout this nightclub. Ellie then creates a fashion based on Sandie and dyes her hair blonde to look like her. Ellie then meets a guy named Jack, who has a history with Sandie, and she discovers how Sandie became the way she is.
Dreams and nightmares are referenced throughout this entire movie. Ellie is transformed back to the sixties in her dreams, she encounters Sandie for the first time. Then, Ellie continues to replicate Sandie’s life into hers. For example, she creates clothes from her dreams that Sandie wore and dyes her hair like Sandie to become like her. In her dreams, Ellie and Sandie are almost in sync. In one scene, they are dancing with a guy named Jack, and Ellie and Sandie imitate each other through a mirror. In one other scene in the movie, Ellie is at a nightclub, and she sees Sandie and ends up freaking out. However, Ellie’s dreams about Sandie end up becoming nightmares because of who Sandie is and what happened to her.
This movie has a lot of good qualities and some bad qualities. One of the good qualities is that this movie has many references to dreams and nightmares. The dancing scenes where the actresses are switched out were well-edited. The costumes, hair, and makeup matched the sixties vibe. The club scene was very realistic to the sixties. The acting was phenomenal because you could feel the tension and how it had everyone on the edge of their seats. I liked how it ended on a good note, and Ellie got to move on with her life studying fashion and creating her fashion line. She also learned the truth about her landlord and her connection to Sandie. Something I didn’t like about this movie is how it turned away from the plot at some points, and certain scenes didn’t make any sense. It also had this creepy aura in the scene where Ellie sees Sandie from her dreams in the nightclub, and that sort of freaked me out.
My conclusion to this movie is that I think it’s a good movie. The plot was great, the cinematography was good, the casting/acting was well chosen, and the costumes, hair, and makeup matched the sixties. I also really like how it was different from most movies. It referenced dreams and nightmares and how they became some sort of reality. My favorite thing about this movie was the sixties vibes and how they created all the club/dancing scenes by switching out both actresses in certain scenes.
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