woah. the dancing bedroom scene was a seriously cinematic experience. (After reading some other reviews that are saying this didn’t work, im confused.
Cause I’m super exhausted and bored by Gritty and Unflinching depictions of violence. And I’m not sure that literally depicting and passing on trauma actually does anything to process it. [a longer debate to be had. But I’m just not so sure that we need more men beating women in movies and calling it ‘T’rue] if only…
dude woulda been a great film director, though he probably never would have finished a film
Just as Wes Anderson masters his style, we find out he has nothing left to say. I, on the other hand, have a little bit to say about this movie, which is more than the movie says.
Wes has also perfected the craft of casting by rote: actors are cast into roles where no one is challenged and no one shines, even Bill Murray plays a boring caricature of Bill-Murray-In-A-Wes-Anderson-Film. This is not the fault of the actors, it’s the…
Watched on a combo of Julianne Moore cred and joey chimes letterbox reviews.
assorted thoughts, related or unrelated:
-I went on an indie queen google rabbit hole to see if Catherine keener and Julianne Moore had ever acted in the same movie, and found an awful trailer from the ’90’s of The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag (1992). So I guess it’s best they stayed apart, even though they run the show, really.
-Dunno what the zeitgeist was with 2023-east-coast-Island-grooming-dark-comedies-revolving-around-pet-stores…
