weird, exploitative, uncomfortable. couldnt finish it.
son attempts to live in the past and do what he can to not acknowledge that things have changed at the expense of his half blind, half deaf father who is physically not so able, and suffers a hard fall before the trips truly even starts.
a sense of dread and horror sunk into my stomach watching this man be physically unable to object to what he's being forced to do. reminded me of…
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where to start!
the production aspects were all very stellar! the colors were very balanced and beautiful, and most shots had really interesting angles. there was a lot of play between blue and orangey-yellow, which is fun to see because the most common contrast colors in movies these days tends to be the green/red combo, so it was fun to see blue/orange. the sound engineering was really high quality and beautiful as well. the score was really good. and the…
this 140m movie has the same amount of depth and messaging as the 2m trailer. when movies like this get made i always think about how many real life actual people thought yep! good idea! and greenlit it till the very last step of the process.
the movie has one HUGE plothole in it that completely ruins the "message" of it, which is the fact that elizabeth has literally nothing to gain from the use of the substance. it's not…
