Why is Beau four letters when two will do?
That question may be just as relevant as to anything I just witnessed for the last three hours. Obviously, there's some deeper meaning I'm missing or already know and just need to be reaffirmed. Probably the former since the script is just as spelled out to me as if Wes Anderson directed this.
Beau isn't just afraid, he's on a Forrest Gump adventure, albeit a much darker one with less celebrities stand-ins. He's on a literal painful mission to his childhood home after tragedy strikes. Will he make it home? And if so, will he gain more than he was afraid he would?
While I will commend the movie for being very well shot and acted - which is to be expected from the cast and talented Writer/Director, it still felt like a fever-dream/experimental risk that apparently didn't pay off due to what happened to the studio A24 and possibly Director Ari Aster's budding future. I don't know how this even partially is the product of the mastermind behind the incredible Hereditary and Midsommar. (Haven't yet seen Dream Scenario, but I will soon.)
For the first third of this, this movie gave me pretty high anxiety. This shouldn't be shocking for how the plot and events were laid out. Luckily, this subsided (some) as we follow Beau's journey and all the weird characters he may/may not have really met.
And that's, I believe, is the point. What's real and what really happened? To be honest, I may not never know.
Just kidding. As soon as I finish with my thoughts here, I'll rely on others to tell me what I just saw on YouTube. Not trying to be ignorant here, and I'm pretty sure I got this pegged. And no, I don't need everything completely spelled out for me.
I just like a little conclusion to spending three-hours with a truly messed up Gump lost in his own private Forrest.
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Final Thoughts: How did anyone mistake this for horror? What made this into a horror, please? Obviously, there were horrific scenes/events and things possibly made up from possibly the world's most unreliable narrator. But you could apply that to any CSI episode that's far from horror.
That question may be just as relevant as to anything I just witnessed for the last three hours. Obviously, there's some deeper meaning I'm missing or already know and just need to be reaffirmed. Probably the former since the script is just as spelled out to me as if Wes Anderson directed this.
Beau isn't just afraid, he's on a Forrest Gump adventure, albeit a much darker one with less celebrities stand-ins. He's on a literal painful mission to his childhood home after tragedy strikes. Will he make it home? And if so, will he gain more than he was afraid he would?
While I will commend the movie for being very well shot and acted - which is to be expected from the cast and talented Writer/Director, it still felt like a fever-dream/experimental risk that apparently didn't pay off due to what happened to the studio A24 and possibly Director Ari Aster's budding future. I don't know how this even partially is the product of the mastermind behind the incredible Hereditary and Midsommar. (Haven't yet seen Dream Scenario, but I will soon.)
For the first third of this, this movie gave me pretty high anxiety. This shouldn't be shocking for how the plot and events were laid out. Luckily, this subsided (some) as we follow Beau's journey and all the weird characters he may/may not have really met.
And that's, I believe, is the point. What's real and what really happened? To be honest, I may not never know.
Just kidding. As soon as I finish with my thoughts here, I'll rely on others to tell me what I just saw on YouTube. Not trying to be ignorant here, and I'm pretty sure I got this pegged. And no, I don't need everything completely spelled out for me.
I just like a little conclusion to spending three-hours with a truly messed up Gump lost in his own private Forrest.
***
Final Thoughts: How did anyone mistake this for horror? What made this into a horror, please? Obviously, there were horrific scenes/events and things possibly made up from possibly the world's most unreliable narrator. But you could apply that to any CSI episode that's far from horror.