Great style, a few incredible performances, made me feel kind of bad, made me laugh. Thumbs up!
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While I hate to be a ‘here’s what the movie should have done’ guy, I was really into the moment where I thought Cronenberg was just a random murderer attracted to the tv screen star, able to catch the ignorant social climber willing to do whatever to make it. It obviously doesn’t ruin it, just would’ve been an even…
I know art can be therapy, but sometimes therapy is the better therapy.
Unpleasant in countless ways. An inhuman approach to its subjects.
The art style is unrefined without being interesting. I’ve seen British animation do a similar thing in a much less ugly way.
Not for me.
I really have very little to say about this except that it was cool and entertaining and well made. Not a transcendent masterpiece as some were hoping but very good regardless. Maybe it’ll age into something more profound for me but it doesn’t need to. It looks great, is well acted, and packs a punch.
One thing I really liked about the film was how it handled a moral vision of the world that is completely detached from modern perspectives.…
