I found out it was Kurosawa's birthday after I started this, a very happy accident
I like coming into adaptations of stories I've never read, it leaves me with no expectations and a surprising journey. The sadness that creeps into this was especially surprising, it can hit very hard.
I think I don't connect with this as much as I just think it is astoundingly well made though, but goodness is it well made. Every Kurosawa I've seen has been…
From minute one I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I would love it. It was going to be one of those perfect doomed romance crime stories and it was coming out of the gate already full tilt. Seeing the trail of bad decisions, mistakes, and misunderstandings weave across these couples and cause ripples was so satisfying, every twist and sequence of tension lands so well.
The composition is excellent, lighting especially I'd say, and the score always…
In no particular order, here are the things this movie did a disservice to:
Samara Weaving
The first Babysitter movie I saw 2 hours ago
Dead Kennedys
Hocus Pocus by Focus
Baby Driver
Queen
Me
Any media that references movies
You like Terminator?
This had 5 star potential, I was in love with the first half. The suspense, the discomfort, the mood, the dialogue, I was unbelievably hooked. Then it's like the movie tripped walking down a hill and just started tumbling faster and faster. The mood started to break, the fascinating became the nonsensical, the pretention reared its head, and then poof: nothing. It totally and completely lost me. I can't overstate my disappointment. At least the filmmaking itself was good I guess.
Jessie Buckley is astounding though, please put her in more movies
