That’s the real pain … being stuck in transit …
The film talks about mundane despair. It offers nothing stimulating amidst the tedium of everyday existence. In our meticulously scheduled lives, meaningful connections have become casualties of our perpetual haste. Every moment is calculated; spontaneity has vanished because, quite simply, we lack the time to embrace it. And yet we keep looking for suffering or at least a spark of something “real” in the past of our ancestors, in people…
I felt a lot while watching this movie - it was a true emotional journey filled with anxiety, relief, smiles, disappointment and so much more. Though each emotion was subtle and short portrayed, that's probably exactly what this movie is about: capturing life in a nutshell purely through succession of emotions rather than explicit narration. A flow of gentle touches that resonate deeply.
An interesting come back to Middle Earth with some stunning visual moments. Somehow more faithful to Tolkien spirit than the Hobbits. A shame the dialogues don’t work quite well…
