jimbowclock
Joined Oct 2012
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Enys Men has beautiful shots, great zooms, interesting atmosphere, and an unsettling tone. But what do you get when you have beautiful shots, great zooms, and interesting atmosphere without a full story? You have great pictures. You wanna make great pictures? Become a photographer. These great filmmaking attributes do not add up to anything without a story. And yes, I know there's a ghost story here....but barely. And it's 100% based on sumbol and metaphor. Never go full metaphor. Why am I supposed to care? I love experimental films. Persona is one of the greatest movies ever made, but there's so many layers and depth to the characters and ideas that we are exploring on top of the abstract filmmaking. Mark Jenkin shows here that he can direct. But he also shows he doesn't know how to write. If he can figure that out, he could make something worth while.
The biggest problem with superhero stories like these, is there's no real stakes. Superman gets beat to death about ten times but never is actually hurt from any of it which keeps me from caring at all about the battle sequences. There's no real danger, the story is so surface level. I think 10 year olds could possibly like it, but then again batman and superman the animated series is so much better that even they may see how juvenile this is. There's not many of these anymore that are treated with love and care. It's better than Bad Blood that's about all I can say. 49%
I have to write 600 characters which seems insane I've said all I need to say what is this nonsense.
I have to write 600 characters which seems insane I've said all I need to say what is this nonsense.
People tend to forget movies are about flawed humans, telling their stories and diving deep into their psyche. This film really just uses these characters to explore ideas of love and lust. It's having a conversation with the audience and ask them to contemplate their values of love and relationships. So many profound dialogues in this film, it made me question my value of love, my intent, my relationships with people in my life currently. It speaks on the fuedian relationships between women and their fathers and possible problems that can come about. The film isn't about liking the characters, its about having a conversation. Absolutely love this movie.
