I thought this was good, not great.
The visuals and production design are incredible and I thought the world building was top notch. Some of the shots of the totalitarian spaces were really cool.
For me, the film kinda drags on to the finish line starting around halfway through the second act. While I love Bong’s often sharp and layered social commentary, I found here it was too on the nose and scattered. It felt like I was just being…
What a remarkable little film.
For such an intimate and simple piece of work, I thoughts its grandiose ideas on decay, disillusionment, friendship, and self-destruction were very profound.
Not to mention the fact that anyone with an idea can relate to this. Not in the demeaning sense of “if you had any idea, you’d understand.” However, the deep, intrinsic things we do to hold ourselves back when we do have an - idea.
I laughed out loud but also felt…
Saw this at a special screening in NYC at the Robin Williams Theater. I thought it was very good. The genre of movie-musical is often a hard one to execute, and Chu manages a delicate balance between music, story, choreography, and performance. Don’t think anything was over done or relied upon too heavily.
The biggest thing for me is the castings of Ariana and Cynthia. Too often do these musicals go for Hollywood star power over people who can actually…
