Saw it yesterday and I liked it well enough. It's a very well-made movie and many parts of the script, themes and visuals resonated with me pretty well.
It was pretty long and very traditional though. Predictable in the dramatic structure I guess, which makes it feel very long for me. I was not surprised when I read this man directed Okja, also a movie that felt very loooong even though themes should have resonated with me a lot, because hey the meat industry criticized in a big movie? Awesome.
Same here, really good to see a big-name director criticize capitalism. So I appreciate the movie for a lot of things, but something about it didn't resonate with me fully.. gonna think a bit more about why it might be.. 🤔 I think it's just dramatic structure and pacing.. hmm. Cool to see it get lots of buzz, looking forward to more from this director! 😘
edit: I think part of it is that it's very literal and 'on-the-nose' as they say? It's not a very subtle movie at all. Same with Okja. The 'message', 'theme' is so constant and a bit .. 'in-your-face'? Haha, I wish I had better ways to describe this.
It was a while ago I saw it, but it reminds me in structure and pacing of the Handmaiden... something about the long, very explanatory way of pacing. And tying things up.. very.. tidy? A very tidy movie.
