Really entertaining... But it's too easy. Putting 40 students to kill each other on an island, it's hard not to make it amusing.
Entertaining, yes, but is this film any good beyond its pure concept ?
Not really, no. It's not badly directed, it's not stupid, but there was such thematic potential with these older generations who don't take responsibility for the decadent younger generations they themselves have created... And in the end, it's all very underdeveloped, really just a…
Not as horrible as I'd have imagined, thanks to some interesting world-building elements (owing to the source material) and some not-so-bad sets and robots (fortunately, with a budget of $320 million).
But overall, this ultra-production brings together everything that's extremely wrong with mainstream American cinema : music that's far too present, cringe-worthy dialogue, pathetic actors, almost no direction, clichés every 20 seconds, stupid subject matter (why the hell would I care about computer programs and treat them like friends, this…
In the mood for sex
I do not understand why this movie is not mentioned more often in the very best Kubrick films as it is so brilliant.
The film’s dual message is perfectly mastered. First, on relationships, desire, how society aggravates humans' impulses of the intimate settings by locking us into roles and conformism all day.
Then, through a descent into hell - from the terrifying scene in the house, Kubrick depicts the atrocious sectarianism of the elites. But…
Folie à Deux is neither a good musical, nor a good trial film, nor a good prison film, nor a good drama, it's just a flat and uninteresting movie.
