bedpilled
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Amazingly haunting film, definitely not the kind that you'll be likely to forget anytime soon. The movie has a hard job to do with addressing the social matter it does without it coming across as "too much" and it does it masterfully I think, where the impact is certainly felt but doesn't feel gratuitous, more so just really, really depressing.
It's as much a movie about human trafficking as it is a meditation on life, its relative worth and the elements of existence that can make you wish you were never born as well as the exceptions to the rule of suffering that make it somewhat worthwhile.
If you're not a pessimist going into this movie, then you're almost certainly going to be one once the credits roll, especially considering that distancing your mind from the events of the movie isn't even possible as it was based on a real-life story.
Rest in peace, Danguole.
It's as much a movie about human trafficking as it is a meditation on life, its relative worth and the elements of existence that can make you wish you were never born as well as the exceptions to the rule of suffering that make it somewhat worthwhile.
If you're not a pessimist going into this movie, then you're almost certainly going to be one once the credits roll, especially considering that distancing your mind from the events of the movie isn't even possible as it was based on a real-life story.
Rest in peace, Danguole.
The three acts of this movie reminded me a lot of the Godfather trilogy, wherein the first one lays amazing groundwork and the second somehow outdoes it while the third one leaves you with a distinct "ehhhhhh" in your mind and while it's not terrible, you kind of wish it stopped at the second one.
What I will say to people going fresh into the movie is to bolden expectations. What I went into the movie for- and what it did indeed somewhat deliver for the first two acts- was a kind of Requiem For A Dream/Perfect Blue hybrid. The movie unfortunately devolves into some weird rejected entry for an ABCs of Horror film by the last half hour or so and the shift in tone is about as jarring as you can expect.
It really does feel a lot like Saltburn's spiritual successor in that they're both movies that I feel wanted to say a lot and people overhyped but really don't leave you with that poignant of a message once you leave the cinema and you're mostly there for the gratuitousness and shock factor anyway.
At least Saltburn didn't take itself too seriously social commentary-wise whereas the same cannot be said for this movie and the people who made it, who no doubt thought they were producing the second coming of The Shining.
And as far as the social commentary element of this movie which feels more like a comically large spoon someone is trying to force-feed you with....yes, people have a complex with aging, yes this feeds into self-destructive beauty standards imposed by advertising and media and this has adverse consequences on everyone but much in the same way that you don't need to watch a 10 hour compilation of gazelles being devoured by lions to understand that nature can be cruel, this movie's gratuitousness to hammer home a kind of superficial message makes the whole thing feel really cheap and has me thinking maybe the intended demographic is kids who never before in life considered these ideas and would no doubt be impressed by their delivery and who also consider comically excessive blood spatter to be the pinnacle of what makes something scary instead of well....funny, since oddly enough I spent more time laughing at what went on in the movie than I did being genuinely unnerved or frightened.
It's not a terrible movie, just don't go into it expecting too much except for a slightly better produced Grindhouse flick.
What I will say to people going fresh into the movie is to bolden expectations. What I went into the movie for- and what it did indeed somewhat deliver for the first two acts- was a kind of Requiem For A Dream/Perfect Blue hybrid. The movie unfortunately devolves into some weird rejected entry for an ABCs of Horror film by the last half hour or so and the shift in tone is about as jarring as you can expect.
It really does feel a lot like Saltburn's spiritual successor in that they're both movies that I feel wanted to say a lot and people overhyped but really don't leave you with that poignant of a message once you leave the cinema and you're mostly there for the gratuitousness and shock factor anyway.
At least Saltburn didn't take itself too seriously social commentary-wise whereas the same cannot be said for this movie and the people who made it, who no doubt thought they were producing the second coming of The Shining.
And as far as the social commentary element of this movie which feels more like a comically large spoon someone is trying to force-feed you with....yes, people have a complex with aging, yes this feeds into self-destructive beauty standards imposed by advertising and media and this has adverse consequences on everyone but much in the same way that you don't need to watch a 10 hour compilation of gazelles being devoured by lions to understand that nature can be cruel, this movie's gratuitousness to hammer home a kind of superficial message makes the whole thing feel really cheap and has me thinking maybe the intended demographic is kids who never before in life considered these ideas and would no doubt be impressed by their delivery and who also consider comically excessive blood spatter to be the pinnacle of what makes something scary instead of well....funny, since oddly enough I spent more time laughing at what went on in the movie than I did being genuinely unnerved or frightened.
It's not a terrible movie, just don't go into it expecting too much except for a slightly better produced Grindhouse flick.
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