Fantasztikus!!
Just a powerful and transcendental soft b&w film, my first Bela Tarr + Ágnes Hranitzky that despite the slow beginning and jarring dubbing, I still managed to feel the harrowing ordeal of a naive and earnest every man, Janos Valuska, has been put through when an enigma arrived in his small town, a whale. An elaborately mesmerising portrayal of societal collapse as militaristic powers wreak havoc in an almost through the voice of a faceless idol. It’s so haunting,…
#whoremembers
A testament to Rachel Zegler’s singular talent and captivating voice, Snow White may be a fever dream of a musical but her performance as the people’s princess is heartfelt and sincere. Even with a lazy screenplay, questionable editing. uninspired visuals, jarring dwarves and awful costumes, h&mu, she still shined like a speck of snow in sea of ashes. The music didn’t really lift the narrative and at its core, there’s nothing significantly added to the story other than Snow…
So much promise and great intentions and premise. Idk. Its lacklustre writing and over-ambitiousness is its downfall. Most of the actors phoned it in given the screenplay they’re working with.
The world building and story-telling is all over the place. It usually irks me when a dystopian future concept doesn’t have that organic feel to it. Everything feels information-heavy, convoluted and sometimes contrived, and preachy. But hey I guess our planet is really fucked-up. Idk why it’s called climate change still it should climate fucked by now.
This movie will leave you hanging. I guess that speaks for the justice system huh
