Line #5 YMMV/TheLighthouse


1	* {{Applicability}}: The film is either a fascinating PeriodPiece about a pair of lighthouse keepers who GoMadFromTheIsolation during a freak storm, a CosmicHorrorStory about two men cursed by the gods of the sea for violating maritime tradition, or [[spoiler:the MindScrew DyingDream of a Canadian man dying in the wilderness of frostbite]].
2	* AwardSnub: Despite being one of the most acclaimed films of the year, the film was only nominated for one UsefulNotes/AcademyAward: Best Cinematography. While it's obviously something of a niche picture, many people argued that, at the very least, Creator/WillemDafoe should have gotten a Best Supporting Actor nod.
3	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The film's trailer and end credits make excellent, haunting use of A.L. Lloyd's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbAhU913SSk rendition]] of the classic sea shanty "Doodle Let Me Go (Yaller Girls)."
4	* CrossesTheLineTwice: An angry lighthouse keeper suddenly killing [[spoiler:a seagull]]? Disturbing. That same angry lighthouse keeper [[spoiler:repeatedly smashing said seagull against concrete [[Film/TheAvengers2012 like it's Loki and he's the Hulk]]?]] Oddly hilarious.
5	* FountainOfMemes: Both of the film's characters have a high number of memetic, highly quotable lines.
6	* GeniusBonus: Wake's declaration of "Monkey pump!" isn't just a NonSequitur, but a reference to [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/monkey_pump an actual piece of nautical slang.]]
7	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: It's ''incredibly'' minor, but Winslow getting a genuine laugh out of Wake during their second dinner scene is a nice PetTheDog moment, [[spoiler:since it's the only time in the movie where Winslow actually smiles.]]
8	--> "Curse me if there ain't an old tar's spirit somewheres in ye, lad!"
9	* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Not that he hasn't [[Film/GoodTime proven]] [[Film/HighLife this]] [[Film/{{Cosmopolis}} before]], but this film really should put to rest any remaining doubts about Creator/RobertPattinson's acting ability.
10	* HoYay: Wake and Winslow have some serious SlapSlapKiss chemistry. At one point, they share a slow dance and both lean in for a kiss, before Winslow snaps out of it and punches Wake.
11	* MemeticMutation:
12	** Some good-natured ink has been spilled online about the fact that the first trailer features Willem Dafoe repeatedly and ominously growling the phrase "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Why'd ya spill yer beans?]]" and [[NarmCharm still managing to make it somehow]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome sound menacing.]]
13	** As the second trailer had Wake and Winslow repeatedly say ''"What?"'' at times, people ended up quoting [[Film/PulpFiction Jules Winnfield]]'s frustrations about that word in the comments, as well as also noting that Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin [[CatchPhrase would love watching this video]].
14	** A hilarious scene of Winslow singing and dancing while drunk has been making its ways around Twitter, with subtitles like "leaked footage of how [[Film/TheBatman2022 Batman]] interrogates his rogues gallery".
15	** The movie's nautical atmosphere has reminded many viewers of ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Spongebob]]'' for some odd reason, resulting in videos like [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=41FqKnnkU6s this]] and [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=afLFfRbghkc this]].
16	** The entire "Hark!" scene, to a degree that rivals even [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Baneposting]].
17	*** "Say it! Yer fond of me lobster!"
18	*** "If I had a steak right now, hoo boy, a big, juicy steak... I'd fuck it."
19	*** "Alright, have it your way. I like your cooking."
20	** Joking that Dafoe and/or Pattinson (the latter of whom is thought to be a bit of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} in real life) weren't acting when they did this movie; they're just "like that."
21	** In retrospective light of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, many under stay-at-home orders identified heavily with [[GoMadFromTheIsolation just how stir-crazy both men get from their own prolonged seclusion]], likening the bizarre happenings they encounter to an average day in quarantine.
22	** "MONKEY ''PUMP!''", which gave numerous fans a new exclamation of choice for expressing their approval over a good drink.
23	* {{Narm}}: More than a couple people found themselves unintentionally chuckling at Winslow's WebVideo/FilthyFrank-like yells and screams [[spoiler:while masturbating to the mermaid hallucination, signaling his SanitySlippage]].
24	* NarmCharm: Creator/WillemDafoe is essentially channeling the Old Sea Captain from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Winslow [[LampshadeHanging even calls him "a parody"]] toward the end of the movie, but he's so committed to playing Thomas Wake as crusty and salty as possible that he disappears into the role.
25	* SignatureScene: Wake's "HARK!" monologue, to an almost WatchItForTheMeme degree.
26	* SpiritualAdaptation:
27	** Between the setting, Robert Eggers' ear for AntiquatedLinguistics, and the ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous]]) presence of [[spoiler:sea monsters/[[GoMadFromTheRevelation unknowable terror]]]], ''The Lighthouse'' might be the best [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft]] story that Lovecraft never wrote.
28	** Being the story of a lighthouse keeper with a guilty conscience descending into utter madness, it pairs well with the song "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" by Music/VanDerGraafGenerator.
29	** A two character piece about passing the time in a desolate location? Sounds like ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot.''
30	** An arrogant character killing a seabird despite being told it was bad luck to do so and in doing so [[NiceJobBreakingItHero brings grave misfortune on not only the people he's trying to survive with but himself]]? ''[[Literature/TheRimeOfTheAncientMariner Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]'' anyone?
31	* {{Squick}}: Oh, and so so much of it. From the dead gull corpse oozing its guts into the cistern, to Winslow's frequent masturbatory hallucinations, to Wake's semen dripping through the lighthouse floor grate, the film is chock full of icky moments.

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