3/29/2023 0 Comments The loopster movie![]() ![]() It seemed drab and monotonous, and even though it was quite hilarious, it seemed rather cheerless, most of the times. Just dreadful.When I first watched ‘The Lobster’, I must say that I didn’t quite like it as much as I do now. Not even as a sci-fi parable of say a Twilight Zone or X-File or even a black comedy say like Monty Python. While filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos - who co-wrote with Efthymis Filippou - has made the attempt of an Orwellian tale of despair (and succeeded in alienating his audience) the film itself is one hot mess and misfire. Farrell is the best thing about this oddball black comedy as a sad sack whose life is in a downward spiral at the spa from hell attempting to find a mate or find his fate. Flat-footed satire of a totalitarian, dystopic society set in the near future where those who are not coupled are given 45 days to find a significant other or face the fate of being 'reassigned' as an animal. Reilly, Ashley Jensen, Angeliki Papoulia, Lea Seydoux, Michael Smiley, Olivia Colman, Garry Mountaine, Ariane Labed, Jessica Barden, EmmaEdel O'Shea. THE LOBSTER (2016) ** Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw, John C. Reviewed by george.schmidt 4 / 10 Flat-footed satire Farrell does his best despite this bleak sci-fi black comedy's 'attempts' I love smart movies, just not ones that purposefully try to tick me off as a mode of emotional engagement. The writer and director were trying to be too smart for their own good and in turn try their best to alienate the viewers to show their intelligence. It was nearly impossible for me to make it through the first act, let alone the first half film. How would you like your kiss?"Īwkward pause. For if you do not have kindness, what else do you have." "At the hotel, here, we all try to be kind to each other. I will remember that you are a kind person." "That is a very nice thing of you to say to me. I'm glad I can give you some tea that will make you happy." I'm just riffing here, but every line sounds and is delivered about as thinly as it's written below: The film opens up a little after the halfway point and becomes more human, but it took everything for me to make it through that first hour. You're also going to have to sit through a first hour of dialogue that's delivered so stilted (for the sake of satire) you'll wonder how these A-List actors could possibly be in a film that's acted worse than your first-grader's play. I've seen plenty of smart, challenging films that don't insult the audience by showing how smart the director or writer is.įrom the get go, you're going to be watching long-takes, which is fine, I love well-composed shots, except the shots and cinematography in this film are not particularly interesting nor well-composed. I get that this film is a satire about finding true love, including a host of other interesting ethical questions, but in doing so it tries to be as off-putting as possible, as if to say "only smart people will make it through this film." In essence, it's a pompous movie. ![]() Reviewed by Daviteo 5 / 10 Couldn't stand this movie.įirst, I'm a fan of quirky films, indie movies, and stuff that's generally non- mainstream (in addition to regular mainstream stuff like Star Wars or whatnot), so I was curious about this film from the trailer. ![]()
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