connorhawke

Beautifully shot. The introduction already had me intrigued as I hadn't realized before going to see the film that it would be shot from the point of view of a ghost. From there on, for most of the film I was thinking, this is okay, but where is it going? I was even drumming my fingers at a few points waiting for it to pick up. But it eventually came around. And came around it did. Amazing ending, one of the best twists I've seen. The climax and shocking end of the film dramatically assembled puzzle pieces I hadn't realized were there and suddenly I saw the whole film in a new light, and I was thinking in my head, wow, the filmmakers truly did an amazing job here. Afterwards, I immediately recommended the film to my girlfriend and family, and my thoughts kept coming back to the film (including while I did my workout). The last two films that sat rent-free in my head to this extent were Parasite and Everything, Everywhere, All At Once. Kudos. Well done.

I mean no offense, but my only thought reading the negative reviews is the haters may be illiterate or have a disorder that would preclude them from being able to enjoy something through the use of reading, auditory sensory input, imagination, beautiful effective visuals and a captivating sci-fi story. I'm sorry for these individuals, although am nonetheless surprised they managed to write their reviews using actual words they had to type and view on a screen (like those in the show).... That must've been a lot of work for them. Or they used a transcriber.

On a more serious note (not that the preceding wasn't serious), it did NOT cross my thoughts even once that the lack of live action or animated humans would be an issue. The sleek, colorful waves that dance around the screen uniquely combine with the tactical resizing and locations of subtitles to capture the plights told by the overall terrific voice actors obscenely well, and amplifies the part where the viewers' imagination comes in to complete the picture.

Virtually all books I've read are better than their screen adaptations, and this multimedia book of sorts manages to intermingle the literary, audio and visual dimensions painfully well, not unlike its subject matter.