This movie was so boring that I decided to start writing a rambling review part way through.

I still have the ear ache, turns out I have an ear infection. Apparently TMJ increases your risk of getting ear infections. My TMJ is also worse at the moment. I'm hoping it'll be better soon. Last night I went to bed with a cold pack in my pillow and that helped a lot.

There's basically nothing to say that's very interesting about…

Bong Joon Ho slumping. I've seen a few of his movies and generally liked to loved them, but I was bored nearly the whole time here. Maybe it had something to do with my really bad ear ache, I don't know.

The thesis of the film is also bunk, which I guess is not a terrible surprise given the premise. To focus on one thing: the movie attempts a stance resembling anti-colonialism, but told entirely from the perspective of the…

I don't really like rating systems, or don't understand them. I certainly liked the movie a lot and found it more consistently interesting than Egger's Nosferatu, which I rated 4 stars. There was more, to my eyes going on, in even the small details - to take one example, fish are implicitly stated to just be food, and a part of the unthinking environment, in contrast with every other animal in the movie who all react and act on their…