kikitata
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I'll start of by saying that I definitely wouldn't consider this to be a part of my top 10. However, even with that, I couldn't seem to find any issue or improvements that needed to be made to make the film better - if anything, I saw a film that was good enough the way it was (and yes I saw this with glasses just in case some people are thinking whether I need some to "see how bad this film was" or not).
I wouldn't have cared less if the rating on IMDB for this film was like, a 6.6 or something similar to it. But a 5.3?! Over a film that doesn't even deserve such a low rating?! I am seriously so confused as to how it got that low of a rating.
To people who are curious to see this film = Do not let your expectations be influenced by the overly negative rating (and reception) that this film has been getting. Instead, watch it with neutral expectations so that you can get yourself to fully taste what the film is about.
I wouldn't have cared less if the rating on IMDB for this film was like, a 6.6 or something similar to it. But a 5.3?! Over a film that doesn't even deserve such a low rating?! I am seriously so confused as to how it got that low of a rating.
To people who are curious to see this film = Do not let your expectations be influenced by the overly negative rating (and reception) that this film has been getting. Instead, watch it with neutral expectations so that you can get yourself to fully taste what the film is about.
I have no other starting ways to describe my feelings for this miniseries, other than what the title of this review says. Like...just yes.
First off, I would like to say how the only reason why I even watched it in the first place was because of Jenna Coleman - my curiosity of her had grown slightly after seeing her in The Serpent, and so I decided to give this one a watch too just because I was interested in what else she had to offer.
Great, GREAT IDEA!
This miniseries snapped in a gradual but hard and brutal manner - with not only a grim narrative, but intriguing and powerful acting performances (especially in regards to Jenna Coleman as Joanne). I've heard that the anachronistic time order that the narrative was told in received rather mixed and divisive responses - which is fine, everyone holds different opinion. However, in my experience, I feel that this way of storytelling had only sunk me in further into what this miniseries was about.
And although I acknowledge that this is just more than a piece of creative media with Jenna Coleman in it, can I just state how this has literally redefined Jenna for me in my experience? Like before watching this my thoughts on her was like: 'She's a good actor, not my fav but good and all' and 'Is that Clara Oswald from Doctor Who?!?!?-'. However, when I saw The Cry, I was immediately captivated by what she had delivered through her emotive and phenomenal performance. Like...I was genuinely shook by how she played as Joanna.
Overall, this miniseries was amazing and definitely something that needs to be watched in your life before you die.
First off, I would like to say how the only reason why I even watched it in the first place was because of Jenna Coleman - my curiosity of her had grown slightly after seeing her in The Serpent, and so I decided to give this one a watch too just because I was interested in what else she had to offer.
Great, GREAT IDEA!
This miniseries snapped in a gradual but hard and brutal manner - with not only a grim narrative, but intriguing and powerful acting performances (especially in regards to Jenna Coleman as Joanne). I've heard that the anachronistic time order that the narrative was told in received rather mixed and divisive responses - which is fine, everyone holds different opinion. However, in my experience, I feel that this way of storytelling had only sunk me in further into what this miniseries was about.
And although I acknowledge that this is just more than a piece of creative media with Jenna Coleman in it, can I just state how this has literally redefined Jenna for me in my experience? Like before watching this my thoughts on her was like: 'She's a good actor, not my fav but good and all' and 'Is that Clara Oswald from Doctor Who?!?!?-'. However, when I saw The Cry, I was immediately captivated by what she had delivered through her emotive and phenomenal performance. Like...I was genuinely shook by how she played as Joanna.
Overall, this miniseries was amazing and definitely something that needs to be watched in your life before you die.
The film certainly does hold some features of it that do make it shine in some parts - the cinematography, first off, is done in such an immaculate manner that it really did help the film progress in a way in terms of the shots that were used. Second of all, Janelle Monáe as a lead also made her excel in many ways possible as she delivered a great performance that really made me feel connected to her character as a whole (I also liked the rest of the cast as well). And last (but not least), can we just praise the marketing skills that they did to promote this film? The ambiguity of the trailers and posters I thought were spectacular and I thoroughly enjoyed how they advertised this film in such mysterious ways.
Unfortunately though, the film itself isn't particularly a masterpiece - it's flawed. The plot had several ways to potentially uplift itself to make such an interesting and unique plot that could've went differently from the outcome that we've got. However, I felt as if this was more so a style over substance flick than something that equally balanced the two together (which with a narrative that this film was going for, would've made it much more better if it had actually went into deeper depths of narrative exploration along with it's artful features). See, when you make a film that tries to make a point, you also have to dig deeper into the narrative that allows it's point to truly shine - however it's as if this film didn't bother to do that for the majority of the time. And the pivotal revelation of the film could've been executed much more better if it was shown at a later time in the film rather than it being shown too early (and even with that I'm not really a fan of the reveal).
I liked the score though, especially the soundtrack that played at the opening scene of the movie (which the scene and the score in itself were amazing). I just wished that this film could've explored more areas, y'know?
Unfortunately though, the film itself isn't particularly a masterpiece - it's flawed. The plot had several ways to potentially uplift itself to make such an interesting and unique plot that could've went differently from the outcome that we've got. However, I felt as if this was more so a style over substance flick than something that equally balanced the two together (which with a narrative that this film was going for, would've made it much more better if it had actually went into deeper depths of narrative exploration along with it's artful features). See, when you make a film that tries to make a point, you also have to dig deeper into the narrative that allows it's point to truly shine - however it's as if this film didn't bother to do that for the majority of the time. And the pivotal revelation of the film could've been executed much more better if it was shown at a later time in the film rather than it being shown too early (and even with that I'm not really a fan of the reveal).
I liked the score though, especially the soundtrack that played at the opening scene of the movie (which the scene and the score in itself were amazing). I just wished that this film could've explored more areas, y'know?
