I think some people just like to be different and sometimes that means they jump on films that are badly criticised, some sort of non conformity perhaps. However the films that get trashed usually are pretty trash over all, there is notjing deserving of classic whatsoever about this film, nothing new, groundbreaking, thought provoking, no new film tech. Therefore a cult movie (of these types of people) but classic suggests no grasp of what actually makes a classic

It's definitely a cult classic. From an Art perspective, it's well colored. But the script lacks credibility and substance. Mrs. Jump should've given more respect to the book when writing the screenplay.
It's not a movie for everyone and should've been shown in selected cinemas or only at independent film festivals.
It's disturbingly empty development in the scenes and cutouts, besides the well done acting from the characters.
I would love to see a remake of this.
And animals "were" hurt during filming

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That is true. I loved the movie, and watched more 2 times. It is really funny and stylish. I think that people who are 13-15 yo didn't love it, and they just wanted to see Tom Hiddleston, they didn't want to receive work of all other people who made this movie.

I totally agree with you!

Possbly, but I suspect it will always be overshadowed by Snowpiercer.
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Agreed. It hits you over the head too much with it's point without having any sort of engaging narrative to it after the beginning. It felt like the second half was just a series of montages about things falling apart.

For me, the story gets boring after first hour. It could become a cult film, but it's a bit one-dimensional, so a minor one if so.

Most of the typical movies considered cult classics tend to go down easy on repeated viewings. This is a bit tedious to get through one viewing.

ive never known a tower block hold middle class people upstairs and lower class downstairs, that's just ridiculous. The film however was.. dull

Yep. The rigid British class system caved in on itself and everyone was reduced to animals. No one won, and Ballard never made a point to show which viewpoint in his narrative was correct- he just
observed
them as Laing does in the film by the end. Like an impartial case study on humanity.

"This is my party. My guests. I should decide if someone gets lobotomized"

It was much more clear in the book. The breakdown went along class lines, pitting the residents on the lower floors against the ones on the upper ones.

I wanted to like this movie but I didn't get it and I watched it twice!
What made
the residents implode? Was it because of competition over who had the better party?
Or because of the utilities being disconnected? (I missed how that took place)
Can someone share their understanding of the movie for my questions please + thank you?!

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Completely agree, what a dud! Quite a few exited before I followed suit, after sitting through a tortuous hour. I rarely walk out and hope it doesn't happen again this year.

Amen. In every screening of this movie to date, the smartest beings present have been those who smelt dog $hit early and decided to hit the exit before the stench got out of hand. Unfortunately I wasn't one of those people.

I suspect that that will be a very small cult - I was so bored and uninterested in the characters that, after a hour, for the first time ever, I gave up on this and left the cinema.

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It is 40 years since the book was written and people are still talking about it. I had just finished re reading it when I heard about the film.
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I'm actually glad the film is generating this type of divisive reaction. It's exactly the type of film to do so.

Exactly. Hence why it's ridiculous and self-defeating to make a wannabe cult film, stealing from legit. cult films like A Clockwork Orange.
No one will be talking about High Rise in twenty years.

The viewers decide whether a film becomes a cult classic not the film itself. Any Ballardian adaptation is at risk of becoming a cult due to the extremes themes and lack of plot

By viewing it.

What makes you think this film WANTS to be a cult classic? That was never stated.

Any film that so badly wishes to become a cult classic probably won't become one.