It is sad to see such visually creative efforts be used for such shallow scripts. Everything is way too obvious, there is a huge lack of nuance. Painting everything black or white is indeed the trend nowadays but people aren't like that. That is why art is beautiful. Because it is generally full of nuances.
Now don't get me wrong, I wasn't bored during the film, but it kind of passes by like a cartoon. There isn't any depth. And I gotta say, even if it feels good to have someone gather the troops on the men's end it felt kind of misogynistic after all. The women are power-hungry and have no morals, men are simple and have a clean heart. I feel sorry to have to put it this way but if you watch the film you will see, there isn't any sublety. Nothing is grey and that is what makes the film mediocre at best.
The palm d'or is a truly strange prize, scrap that, all prizes are strange. There are films that crtiticize shallowness by giving more of exactly the same thing they are criticizing (cf Adam Mckay's junk) and ironically they get rewarded for this. These films need to dive a layer deeper. Show these festivals congratulating you for stepping up and giving obvious critiques of clearly wrong things. Explain how they try to clean their dirt by giving support to superficial ear-pulls.
If I had money and power I'd probably enjoy being fined a ticket now and then for not picking up my dog's poop, it would remind me of how equal we are in this society and how better I am. I'd be reminded of how I'm not above the law, and I'd feel adequately punished for smuggling all my money out of the country through tax havens. Cannes satisfies its perverse power games in the same way.
This film is truly representative of our times: you can show it all as long as nobody thinks about it.
Now don't get me wrong, I wasn't bored during the film, but it kind of passes by like a cartoon. There isn't any depth. And I gotta say, even if it feels good to have someone gather the troops on the men's end it felt kind of misogynistic after all. The women are power-hungry and have no morals, men are simple and have a clean heart. I feel sorry to have to put it this way but if you watch the film you will see, there isn't any sublety. Nothing is grey and that is what makes the film mediocre at best.
The palm d'or is a truly strange prize, scrap that, all prizes are strange. There are films that crtiticize shallowness by giving more of exactly the same thing they are criticizing (cf Adam Mckay's junk) and ironically they get rewarded for this. These films need to dive a layer deeper. Show these festivals congratulating you for stepping up and giving obvious critiques of clearly wrong things. Explain how they try to clean their dirt by giving support to superficial ear-pulls.
If I had money and power I'd probably enjoy being fined a ticket now and then for not picking up my dog's poop, it would remind me of how equal we are in this society and how better I am. I'd be reminded of how I'm not above the law, and I'd feel adequately punished for smuggling all my money out of the country through tax havens. Cannes satisfies its perverse power games in the same way.
This film is truly representative of our times: you can show it all as long as nobody thinks about it.