maybe this fella should stop making films

i am usually not like an a****** about filmmaking but he really is the one that gets to me to feel like this lol. there's just something icky about what he's doing

elaborate on what you mean by icky

even tho i do believe this is his worst film nobody in his peer group have films that can make you feel as much as him, for better or worse

right?

i don't agree with this, he feels so sterile

are you referring to the hopelessness, and how he seems to revel in hurting his characters?

As someone who didn’t care for Beau, I liked this. Outside of some, admittedly, funny moments I don’t know if the covid angle was needed. In fact, it kinda disappears in the second half. I’m pretty sure they could’ve gotten to where it ended up without covid. 3rd act did kinda feel like a different movie but the filmmaking of it was so on point I didn’t mind. I do agree that it could’ve shaved off 30 minutes

not really, more in like the approach and realization of things, something about it just feels like so spiritually misguided

Ari is a director that I’ll always look forward to watching their movies even if I don’t always love them. What I like about divisive movies is that it actually leads to some good discussion. Reading the positive and negative posts in here, they’ve all been more insightful than in a thread full of people either glazing or trashing a movie

Was the homeless guy supposed the a human personification of covid? Some of his ramblings made me think that was what they were going for

its like he saw No Country and Serious Man and decided im gonna merge these vibes but make it completely devoid of anything enjoyable, interesting or thought provoking

they're making antifa a paramilitary organization like they're mercenaries

ah, okay

there's a read of the film where that's actually not antifa

watched this last night and was very underwhelmed

seemed like Aster just threw a bunch of 2020 buzzwords on a whiteboard and crafted a story around it: lockdown, masks, vaccines, conspiracy theories, capitalism, corporate greed, white guilt, blm, and antifa

problem was the commentary was spread so thin between those topics that none of it was unique or thought provoking. The Curse did gentrification and white allies better and Bacurau did capitalism and corporate greed and the switch to violence better

as I saw somebody else say in this thread, I was just like "ok..." as the plot developed and for 2.5 hours it still didn't feel like any of the storylines were that captivating

his worst movie imo, and I actually liked Beau Is Afraid

yeah I dont think Antifa is getting chartered out on a fancy private jet full of armaments. more like right wing bad actors sent by the Man to sew further discord with black propaganda.

Bacurau goes hard

again they’re mercenaries whether or not it’s federal agents posing as one.

The Covid years truly was crazy.
And yet the seems even more crazy now.

It was really nice to see a movie reflecting the vivid years

even though my feelings on this film are mixed, i can't stop thinking about it and how it's relevant right now, especially with all the data center prepositions popping up

I've more or less said this before, but I think my biggest issue is that Ari focuses so much on the themes and general idea of things that everything else feels flat.

Like you know how characters in Wes Anderson's post-Grand Budapest Hotel feel? Like they're not characters, not real people, just vessels going through motions and things just happen? That's kind of how Ari's last two films have felt.

Loved this, movies need to be this mean to conservatives way more often

The data center shade was the only good thing about this and shut your w**** mouth about Grand Budapest M. Gustave is one of the best characters this century and all the leads have plenty of humanity

lmaooo, chill, I love Grand Budapest, but it wasn't until recently that I watched some of his older films that I notice there's a lack of humanity and soul in the characters from that point forward.

(but I can't speak for his last couple of films I haven't seen yet)

it has been a minute since i've seen it though so maybe that's not exactly when the shift occurred lol

I liked it

Watched on my phone on the plane