Overrated and the non-chronological plot is a pointless gimmick on par with carelessly making your film black-and-white simply to give it a ‘vibe’.
Having said that its still pretty good I guess.
Overrated and the non-chronological plot is a pointless gimmick on par with carelessly making your film black-and-white simply to give it a ‘vibe’.
Having said that its still pretty good I guess.
I thought this movie was pretentious garbage the first time I watched it. So I watched it again as well as 20 youtube videos explaining how smart it is and how dumb I am. Now look at me: the connoisseur of pretentious films.
Unironically though this is a masterpiece and is worth the rewatch and analysis.
This is the epitome of style over substance. Its largely competent with flashy action and a neat soundtrack, but if anything thats the issue. Its entirely bland. Nothing sits beneath the gilded veneer.
I’ve seen it often compared to Winding-Refn’s Drive and nothing vexes me more. That common comparison itself has done more to sour me on this movie then anything else. Its understandable, both are stylistic action films that focus on an incredibly skilled but anti-social getaway driver with…
A powerful woman attempts to warn a fundamentalist Christian society about the dangers of greed and instead is told off and slandered by a miserly man who would rather keep his hoard of wealth then reconcile with his own family who naturally worry about his greed. This man proclaims the woman an evil witch and turns her in to the religious overlord of this isolationist island where labor (often child labor) determines entire social structures and forms the basis of…