bettinagh-51115
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Yeah, try saying that 5x really fast.
This film is so exquisitely detailed, I felt hypnotized by it. I've never experienced anything like it. The perfection of the direction, cinematography, performance and sets all seem designed as a gift to you, the viewer as you are drawn in, to the lives of the Milanese Recchi family through its matriarchal beating heart, Tilda Swinton's fragile and lonely Emma.
I have deferred watching I am Love for years, knowing I would fall for it in a big way whilst knowing that although they would happily watch it with me, no family or friends would actually enjoy the film. And I did fall completely in love with I Am Love. I as utterly enthralled by the classical staging of the family at home and the wild naturalism of Emma away from the Recchi estate.
About 15 minutes in, I realized that I knew the story, derived from one of my favorite novels. I saw the film laid out before me and knew at once it's tragic ending. While the script is exquisite, like every other aspect of the film, the original story is driven by two flawed, selfish and damaged characters. I Am Love hasn't the emotional impetus or characters to justify that particular tragedy.
And no, I won't mention the original story because that would be a spoiler. This is a glorious film. Watch it.
This film is so exquisitely detailed, I felt hypnotized by it. I've never experienced anything like it. The perfection of the direction, cinematography, performance and sets all seem designed as a gift to you, the viewer as you are drawn in, to the lives of the Milanese Recchi family through its matriarchal beating heart, Tilda Swinton's fragile and lonely Emma.
I have deferred watching I am Love for years, knowing I would fall for it in a big way whilst knowing that although they would happily watch it with me, no family or friends would actually enjoy the film. And I did fall completely in love with I Am Love. I as utterly enthralled by the classical staging of the family at home and the wild naturalism of Emma away from the Recchi estate.
About 15 minutes in, I realized that I knew the story, derived from one of my favorite novels. I saw the film laid out before me and knew at once it's tragic ending. While the script is exquisite, like every other aspect of the film, the original story is driven by two flawed, selfish and damaged characters. I Am Love hasn't the emotional impetus or characters to justify that particular tragedy.
And no, I won't mention the original story because that would be a spoiler. This is a glorious film. Watch it.
I watched The Substance to the end in order to honestly state that this is the worst thing I have ever seen. Scooby Doo cartoons look like masterpieces of character development and subtext next to this utterly superficial offering.
Watching this film was like listening to a single discordant blaring clarinet note for over two hours: there is simply nothing to it other than "misogyny is bad, our obsession with youth and beauty is bad". That's it. Over and over. Bat to the noggin. The entire story could have been written on the back of a cocktail napkin. The dialog is childish and trite. Except for one minor (ish) character, no character changes in the least from their opening scenes. Nothing happens that you don't know will happen 15 minutes in.
I gave 2 stars for Moore's performance in this utterly superficial film. And maybe that IS the joke. Maybe we are part of the joke. Maybe the hoodwink of a 12 minute standing ovation at Cannes, rave reviews and big box office for an utterly superficial, dramaless, artless film (that I swear uses old props from Videodrome) IS the point.
Don't know, don't care. I just put on the clever, engaging Blink Twice as a palate cleanser.
Watching this film was like listening to a single discordant blaring clarinet note for over two hours: there is simply nothing to it other than "misogyny is bad, our obsession with youth and beauty is bad". That's it. Over and over. Bat to the noggin. The entire story could have been written on the back of a cocktail napkin. The dialog is childish and trite. Except for one minor (ish) character, no character changes in the least from their opening scenes. Nothing happens that you don't know will happen 15 minutes in.
I gave 2 stars for Moore's performance in this utterly superficial film. And maybe that IS the joke. Maybe we are part of the joke. Maybe the hoodwink of a 12 minute standing ovation at Cannes, rave reviews and big box office for an utterly superficial, dramaless, artless film (that I swear uses old props from Videodrome) IS the point.
Don't know, don't care. I just put on the clever, engaging Blink Twice as a palate cleanser.
This is actually terrible.
3 stars for the all-in game ness of the players, despite a script that should be pulped for recycled toilet paper.
Near the beginning of episode one, the new doctor onboard tours the Odyssey, a lavish 5 star cruise liner. We tour right along with him. It's a sumptuous, fantasy of a ship. At one point, the doctor is led down a hall of burnished walnut, walking in a kind of formation and I thought "Bones!!!?!'" . And 'oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if this show took a turn toward Star Trek or even The Orville?'.
Not only did Doctor Odyssey choose the path more commonly taken, the single first script was packed with every cliche, trope and bit of bad dialog it could scrape from the bottom of Ryan Murphy's shoe.
Ugh.
I watched the entire first episode and I promise you, it just gets worse and worse.
I feel badly for the talent caught up in this mess.
3 stars for the all-in game ness of the players, despite a script that should be pulped for recycled toilet paper.
Near the beginning of episode one, the new doctor onboard tours the Odyssey, a lavish 5 star cruise liner. We tour right along with him. It's a sumptuous, fantasy of a ship. At one point, the doctor is led down a hall of burnished walnut, walking in a kind of formation and I thought "Bones!!!?!'" . And 'oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if this show took a turn toward Star Trek or even The Orville?'.
Not only did Doctor Odyssey choose the path more commonly taken, the single first script was packed with every cliche, trope and bit of bad dialog it could scrape from the bottom of Ryan Murphy's shoe.
Ugh.
I watched the entire first episode and I promise you, it just gets worse and worse.
I feel badly for the talent caught up in this mess.
