This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Maybe if this wasn’t a Joon-ho film, I would have had lower expectations, but I guess I was just expecting more. A film about copying your being has always been a fascinating philosophical thought exercise. Technically, if you copied every single atom that makes YOU… it still wouldn’t be YOU. Even if you were duplicated, you are still having a conscious experience through your body, while the duplicate is having a completely separate conscious experience.
This theme is barely scratched…
A day has passed and this film is all I’ve thought about. It delves into exploitation, abuse, regret, and the struggle to move forward. In a way I can’t fully articulate, I feel forever changed. Like I want to embrace every stranger I pass on the street.
More than anything, this film makes a compelling case against the idea of “free will.” You didn’t choose your parents. You didn’t choose your environment. You didn’t choose your neurology. While some might…
Roberts obviously kills the role but I never felt the right amount of tension, conflict or pressure that would be prevalent in a case like this.
More proof you need to protect your dream because no one will understand but you.
Side rant: JUST BECAUSE AN ACTOR LOOKS LIKE THE CHARACTER DOES NOT MEAN THEY SHOULD PLAY THEM.
Inception but Demon Slayer
My rule for any series is that if it is longer than one season I will give my self ten episodes to enjoy it. However, if the entire series is only one season I have to finish it. This was recommended to me by a “TikToker” who I follow who gave it a 10/10. Needless to say I immediately unfollowed him after finishing this series. The entire idea is disgusting. Watching this made me physically ill. Not just at the…
