Yesterday, 12:03 AM
(This post was last modified: Yesterday, 12:06 AM by Drunk Monk.)
Yep another win for DM.
I rather enjoyed this. Although had you two not lowered my expectations, I might’ve not liked it. I don’t think it deserved all the Oscar accolades and only kinda get why the academy liked it so much. There was this allusion that it was making some grand statement, but it really wasn’t, it was just done in such a way that audiences might project into it, which they did.
It came off as more of a black comedy to me. The hammy performances and caricatures were the point. I didn’t take it seriously (honestly I seldom take any movie seriously - it’s fundamentally just entertainment) and viewed it as quirky satire.
It was way longer than it needed to be and the soundtrack was grating. That was tiresome, but I was looking at my liephone.
What worked for me was Del Toro’s sensei character because it was such a novel take on what a sensei is. Not Asian. Never fights. But ready. I also liked the ridiculousness of the underground - it poked fun at revolutionaries which was the only way to make DiCaprio’s character redeemable as a terrorist bomber.
It didn’t blow me away like a Best Picture should, but I was entertained through most of it.
So yay! DM wins again.
I rather enjoyed this. Although had you two not lowered my expectations, I might’ve not liked it. I don’t think it deserved all the Oscar accolades and only kinda get why the academy liked it so much. There was this allusion that it was making some grand statement, but it really wasn’t, it was just done in such a way that audiences might project into it, which they did.
It came off as more of a black comedy to me. The hammy performances and caricatures were the point. I didn’t take it seriously (honestly I seldom take any movie seriously - it’s fundamentally just entertainment) and viewed it as quirky satire.
It was way longer than it needed to be and the soundtrack was grating. That was tiresome, but I was looking at my liephone.
What worked for me was Del Toro’s sensei character because it was such a novel take on what a sensei is. Not Asian. Never fights. But ready. I also liked the ridiculousness of the underground - it poked fun at revolutionaries which was the only way to make DiCaprio’s character redeemable as a terrorist bomber.
It didn’t blow me away like a Best Picture should, but I was entertained through most of it.
So yay! DM wins again.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse