Not going to type an in depth review of this. Perhaps the most grand and seismic cinematic experience I’ve ever had, Greg Fraiser and Denis Villeneuve craft perhaps the most remarkable fictional universe ever put to screen.
Incredible technical achievement.
(𝟎.𝟕𝟗): “𝐍𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡.“
𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒊: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟓) 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝-𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦’𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞- 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬- 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞…
An excellently shot and well-acted film, the downfall of Knock at the Cabin comes from its lack of faith in the intelligence of the audience. For a film knee-deep in shots filmed with tension in mind, there’s very little nuance beyond the surface-level aesthetic beauty of it all.
