Straight up - FUCK THIS MOVIE!
If you want a cinema induced migraine - go ahead and buy a ticket.
I hadn't been inside a movie theater in six months, and my first visit back I'm subjected to this nonsense. I'm glad some people are getting something out of it, I simply do not get it. I watched I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS the day before, and that was a walk in the park to parse out as it had…
The cinema is essentially my church, and Malick the pastor to deliver one hell of sermon.
Oh, never did I think it’d be this bland & bad. With an ending that felt like a final insult on your way out.
The key to a movie about any cult is that you need to make it look appealing before slowly revealing the nightmare. Writer & Director Green invents one but doesn’t flesh it out, doesn’t make us invest in the characters who are already under the spell. Amber Midthunder (completely water here) is willing to all kinds of violence…
A tagline that tells you that this is ‘a story of Southern hospitality.’ Oh boy, it sure as hell is.
There is moment where in most movies the Lee J. Cobb attorney character would finally stand up, do the right thing, yet when the movie even pauses as he thinks about it and sticks to his guns, to his previous prejudices. It’s a gut punch that felt all too real. But it’s not enough that he shows his true colors…
There are better films that explore this subject with more nuance and consideration. The fact that it uses a twist of sorts to make its point felt cheap overall. There is value in reminding people of the issue at hand, and how hard it hits certain people in certain states, but dramatically it’s inert.
Also, a terrible title for a film with this subject matter.
