Post by mecano04 on Oct 12, 2021 12:51:31 GMT
Titane (2021, might be called Titanium outside of any french country)
It won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year.
Well, it's not for everybody, not because of the crude violence or weird things happening (quite similar to some Cronenberg movies) but for the way the story is told and unfolds.
The first part, which last quite a while, introduce the main character but gives a really skeletal backstory to some of the things she lives and does. You have to deduce a lot.
You see things happen but it doesn't really had any flesh to your understanding, it just get things moving.
It felt, just like the whole movie in the end, like a short story or short film turned full-length but without having much more material.
The second part has more of a typical story-telling approach but even then, what you're seeing is a really "punctual" set of events in the life of the characters. You get some info here and there, enough to have an understanding, but this is never a coming of age or full character development.
The acting is good but not special, while some of the visual effects are alright.
Yet, even if the movie might be an intense ride, in the end you're not left with much.
5/10
For those who don't mind small spoilers:
It won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year.
Well, it's not for everybody, not because of the crude violence or weird things happening (quite similar to some Cronenberg movies) but for the way the story is told and unfolds.
The first part, which last quite a while, introduce the main character but gives a really skeletal backstory to some of the things she lives and does. You have to deduce a lot.
You see things happen but it doesn't really had any flesh to your understanding, it just get things moving.
It felt, just like the whole movie in the end, like a short story or short film turned full-length but without having much more material.
The second part has more of a typical story-telling approach but even then, what you're seeing is a really "punctual" set of events in the life of the characters. You get some info here and there, enough to have an understanding, but this is never a coming of age or full character development.
The acting is good but not special, while some of the visual effects are alright.
Yet, even if the movie might be an intense ride, in the end you're not left with much.
5/10
For those who don't mind small spoilers:
The first part feels like Crash(1996) meet American Psycho (2000), then in the second part, the main character becomes the Jim Carrey character in what would be a Cronenberg version of The Majestic(2001). That's the best way I summarize the movie.