that’s much more like it mr koepp exactly what we want thank you
as far as pulp marriage metaphor cinema goes not quite on the level of a history of violence or allied but pretty good all the same. fassbender and blanchett putting in incredible work here sheesh their best in years
essentially reiterates cronenberg’s first and so far only novel consumed. kind of shocked that he’s talked about adapting himself as recently as late last year when this is already something close to quasi-adaptation - don’t see what he has left to say or do there. it’s not even so much the images and plot specifics he lifts directly from the text but this connection drawn between grief and conspiracy that unites the two so completely in my mind. conspiracy as…
lot to complain about here but the main thing is it just isn’t grounded in any sort of humanity so it all feels weightless; every character is a kind of game piece being moved around in this obvious, limp, toothless satire which robs of its power as such and renders it pretty much dead on arrival as a horror film. movie characters don’t need to behave like human beings obviously, they certainly don’t in the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie,…
i had sort of scoffed at the notion that this was a film adults should be concerning themselves with too much, given that it’s based on a dang TOY whose target demographic is 3 to 12 year olds. but turns out i was very wrong to assume it would be for children or even families at all: in its cultural references, politics, humor this strikes me as a film clearly by and for (alleged) grown ups. not that i think…
