Robert Pattinson has untapped potential for comedies.
Joon-Ho Bong suffers a bit from Shyamalan syndrome. He seems to be so hung up on trying to go left when the right turn is expected that he sacrifices coherence. I long for the subtlety and straightforwardness of Memories of Murder.
Kudos to my dad for sitting through my favorite rom com when I was feeling too down to watch anything else.
I’m not going to rate this yet as I need to sit with it for a bit and sort out what Nolan was trying to do. A friend said the word “overstuffed” and that’s pretty on the mark. Overstuffed narrative, overstuffed cast.
Current thoughts:
Cillian Murphy was great. Emily Blunt made a meal out of scraps. I feel badly for Florence Pugh that so much of her screen time was nude scenes; linking mental instability with female sexual “promiscuity” is…
