A 3d chess masterclass of a screenplay.
This is peak surrealist storytelling and must be “deconstructed” by all writers again and again till the very end of time.
Kaufman somehow manages to subvert subversion itself in the most subversive way possible… and thereby I rest my third act *wow* moment of this review.
The dialogues might feel a bit placeholder-y, but boy does the action paired with the genius needle drops knock it out of the fucking park even on rewatch.
Also the phenomenal guerilla-esque camerawork grounds the scenes and places the viewer right there. Underrated gem.
'Barbie' is the "American Psycho" of this generation.
Barbie is one of those few films that are able to merge an extremely unreal and borderline bizarre environment with an immensely grounded and hyperreal take on society successfully, and still be massively entertaining.
The script is one of the finest in the history of film and demands supreme attention of the audience, not just to the surface level occurrences and dialogues but also to the underlying subtext (paralleling American Psycho).
Contrary…
"There's always something."
The hardest any form of media has ever made me cry. I have watched countless depictions of depression and related mental illnesses throughout my life, but for the first time I saw myself on the screen.
It is a well known fact that Steven Yeun is a master of his craft, but this show shot him straight to the top of my all time favourite actors list.
The spontaneous surrealism interwoven through the very real and very…
