5 years ago

@hcolesmith95 but wwwhy? What was the point? Who were we supposed to care about or connect with. It may have possibly been a good book but I don’t really like to read. Really, what was good about this movie?

5 years ago

@jordanculp20 I mean if it's not your thing, it's not your thing! No biggie. To me, I was very connected to Theo--particularly as a child. It felt as though his struggle was that of being jostled around, of being swept under the rug and others taking advantage of him. <br /> As for what was good about this movie, again it's all subjective so I'm clearly not going to make you like this film and that's okay by me. But I found a lot I enjoyed about the film beyond the obviously outstanding cinematography (duh, it's Deakins). I though Kidman gave a great performance, so did Wright. I myself keyed into the editing during the film and I thought it handed quite a lot of material pretty handily. There were quite a few dissolves that impressed me and generally speaking the eye trace was impressive. I thought the conceit of using jump cuts to bounce through space (much like memory does) pretty interesting to my eye. <br /> As for what the point was, it felt to me like the film was just trying to tell us there's not sense striving for what has past because time is fleeting. It's a decently nihilistic message, but I thought it was nice. Particularly a fan of how it came together with the closing shot. <br /> <br /> Again, if it's not your thing that's fine. But I liked it and I'm not sorry that I did!

5 years ago

@hcolesmith95 I feel ya! I’m prone to change my opinion about films. In 5 years it may be one of my favorites! ;)