jkrempelinsac
Joined Jun 2015
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King's line about selling off his "stackin records" for the $17.5 million in reality, if even one of those Basquiat works on their penthouse walls could more than cover the ransom. I counted at least 5.
Basquiat's painting Untitled (1982) sold for $110.5 million at Sotheby's in 2017. Even mid-size Basquiats often sell for $10-40 million. A single Basquiat could wipe out King's money problem many times over.
I also didn't get the music...
Basquiat's painting Untitled (1982) sold for $110.5 million at Sotheby's in 2017. Even mid-size Basquiats often sell for $10-40 million. A single Basquiat could wipe out King's money problem many times over.
I also didn't get the music...
If this was based on a true story, someone's life must've been awfully boring. I often walk around my house too but I don't have suspenseful music playing for no reason at all. I don't think a ring doorbell sounds like a traditional doorbell yet that's what they have on their house. And who in the hell buys a house without their spouse seeing it first? And apparently she's not on the deed to the house if she didn't know anything about it. The story writing was so boring, and the acting was like their first acting lesson.
Azrael is one of those films that tries to build mystery and atmosphere by withholding information, but instead of feeling intriguing, it can end up feeling sloppy, directionless, or even
We're thrown into a world with vague rules (like silence attracting monsters), but those rules are broken without explanation-making the stakes feel inconsistent.
The film leans heavily on visual symbolism (the goat-baby, the mute cult, the fire, etc.) without anchoring those symbols in a coherent story. So it looks meaningful, but doesn't say much.
Azrael is more of a symbol than a character with a clear arc. We don't really know what she thinks, wants, or feels-so it's hard to invest in her journey.
The modern truck and speaking driver feel like a twist for the sake of a twist, not something organically built into the story.
In the end, it feels like the filmmakers had a cool aesthetic and some vague themes (control, prophecy, silence, rebirth), but not a solid story to carry them.
The film leans heavily on visual symbolism (the goat-baby, the mute cult, the fire, etc.) without anchoring those symbols in a coherent story. So it looks meaningful, but doesn't say much.
Azrael is more of a symbol than a character with a clear arc. We don't really know what she thinks, wants, or feels-so it's hard to invest in her journey.
The modern truck and speaking driver feel like a twist for the sake of a twist, not something organically built into the story.
In the end, it feels like the filmmakers had a cool aesthetic and some vague themes (control, prophecy, silence, rebirth), but not a solid story to carry them.