Post by Vits on Oct 1, 2020 20:58:02 GMT
I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS essentially has only 3 locations. 1 of them is the road, and this is where everything falls apart. The characters drive and talk about different topics. It allows viewers to have an idea of what kind of people they are, but not how they're feeling in the moment, making their exchanges dull. And due to them being inside a car, there's a limited amount of camera angles. It's not low enough to make these scenes visually boring, but it's not high enough for the shot compositions to look as good as in the other 2 locations, which are a farm and a school. Due to the ambiguous nature of the plot, the audience can't decode everything that's going on, but the focus on the characters' emotions (including the most awkward dinner I've seen in a long time) absorbs us into wanting to interpret the surreal elements. There's a man who gets nervous the moment someone talks about marriage, yet he doesn't seem to want to break up. There's a woman who feels trapped both literally (inside a house she can't leave, despite being in a hurry) and figuratively (in a relationship she wants to end, especially when she realizes what it would mean for her to stay by her boyfriend's side while he takes care of his old parents), resulting in her losing the grasp of time. There's a janitor who constantly stares at actors rehearsing a play. Is he longing for a happier life and a romanticized world seems like the perfect escape from reality?
6/10
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That would explain why he also watches a cheesy movie directed by Robert Zemeckis. I was confused as to why his name was picked, since he's not known for making independent romantic comedies. Writer/Director Charlie Kaufman said in an interview that the choice was at random and that's why it's supposed to be funny. The problem with that is that we're talking about a parody. He should've either selected a filmmaker who specializes in the genre or one whose projects are the complete opposite. Robert is somewhere in between (he has made feel-good dramedies, except with big budgets), so the joke gets muddled. Also, the color palette and maybe other visual elements should've been different. You need to separate the film-within-the-film and the film itself, and giving them a different look is usually the best option.
6/10
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