Saturday 8 March 2025
(watched, at the theater 📽️)
Of course it's marketed as the new movie from the director of Parasite, but this is way closer to the more cartoonish side of the director's filmography (Snowpiercer, The Host) than to its serious social drama side (Mother, Parasite).
I like the serious side better...
You can really feel that this is an adapted screenplay. It flies over too rapidly over what I imagine is deeply explained in the book. I felt mostly disconnected from the characters, and had some plot elements I simply did not understand (Why does Mickey 18 have a different personality? If personality changes between re-prints, does it mean Nasha just accepts having a "different" boyfriend everytime? This looks significant.).
The worst aspect of the movie is the over-the-top acting from Mark Ruffalo as a whimsical sci-fi version of Donald Trump. He tries too hard.
I still spent a reasonably enjoyable moment, disconnecting my brain and letting the story unfolds.
Of course it's marketed as the new movie from the director of Parasite, but this is way closer to the more cartoonish side of the director's filmography (Snowpiercer, The Host) than to its serious social drama side (Mother, Parasite).
I like the serious side better...
You can really feel that this is an adapted screenplay. It flies over too rapidly over what I imagine is deeply explained in the book. I felt mostly disconnected from the characters, and had some plot elements I simply did not understand (Why does Mickey 18 have a different personality? If personality changes between re-prints, does it mean Nasha just accepts having a "different" boyfriend everytime? This looks significant.).
The worst aspect of the movie is the over-the-top acting from Mark Ruffalo as a whimsical sci-fi version of Donald Trump. He tries too hard.
I still spent a reasonably enjoyable moment, disconnecting my brain and letting the story unfolds.