Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 23, 2018 12:16:40 GMT
Well.. lots of things to respond to there. I think one of the most disturbing things the movie does is to make you like and defend the character. Patrick Wilson is a good and likeable screen presence, so it's easy to be charmed by him, but I think the most sympathy comes from being tied down and castrated. No matter who it is, watching that play out to anyone at all (even if it is an illusion) is excruciating. I think that is a point where a lot of viewers turn against the Ellen Page character.
I wasn't aware that there were lots of viewers who said he was innocent and defended him. I heard an interview with David Spade recently and he described it as a film about two monsters. That's more or less how I've always seen it. I think it's largely about one terrible person trumping another, and the disturbing elements mostly come from making you take either side at any time when there's really no good option.
Also, 32 is not especially young to have a bald spot, and I think you'd be surprised by how some of those monsters look if you think that would have been enough to turn off the young, impressionable kid who looked up to the guy professionally and intellectually.
Anyway, what a great first feature. It's a perfect script for a first statement as a film and he's gone on to a nice career. I never saw his twilight movie, but I'd assume it's a lot like the others and he did that one for a pay day. But I saw 30 Days of Night not too long ago, and I had always written it off, but it's actually solid and well made. And he just did that brutal episode of Black Mirror. Looking forward to his future output.
I wasn't aware that there were lots of viewers who said he was innocent and defended him. I heard an interview with David Spade recently and he described it as a film about two monsters. That's more or less how I've always seen it. I think it's largely about one terrible person trumping another, and the disturbing elements mostly come from making you take either side at any time when there's really no good option.
Also, 32 is not especially young to have a bald spot, and I think you'd be surprised by how some of those monsters look if you think that would have been enough to turn off the young, impressionable kid who looked up to the guy professionally and intellectually.
Anyway, what a great first feature. It's a perfect script for a first statement as a film and he's gone on to a nice career. I never saw his twilight movie, but I'd assume it's a lot like the others and he did that one for a pay day. But I saw 30 Days of Night not too long ago, and I had always written it off, but it's actually solid and well made. And he just did that brutal episode of Black Mirror. Looking forward to his future output.