There's so much Christian theology in here. I will watch it again when I have a chance. It takes place in a remote motel where a gruff man is concerned about all the electricity he is using. A trio of strange people have checked into a room, two men and a woman who submerges herself in the bathtub. One of the men stands guard in his car outside, waiting for something. I'll leave it up to you to try to put a label on it. It's very enjoyable.
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Great build-up with style and plenty of ideas, but the conclusion doesn't really impact and satisfy the way it needed to (SPOILERS)
bob the moo26 September 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Two men and a woman checked into Vern's desert motel about 3 days ago, but since then one of them has been sat outside in the car, the other two have not left the room once, and Vern's electricity meter is turning like somebody plugged the whole of Vegas into it.
Glow is a very effective film when it comes to atmosphere and intrigue; pretty every step we take into the narrative tends to leave us with more questions about what is going, what is that machine, what is happening with the three people, and why, why, why?! All of this serves to draw the viewer into the story, and it is delivered with a lot of style. At times this feels like it is pushing it a bit too far (with one slow-motion sequence maybe a bit too styled for its own good, but generally it works. The film is loaded with hints as to the meaning of what is occurring, and it does make it pretty clear at the end, but yet it had so much build- up that the conclusion doesn't really feel satisfying and impacting as much as most viewers will want.
I liked that the film was loaded with religious or superstitious references, all hinting to the nature of the battle. Many of these were fairly obvious but I still appreciated them for being whether, whether they were a cat's 9 lives, the head of a coin, room #13, the woman being "buried" for 3 days then resurrected, the inverted cross tattoo, and so on. The only problem I really had with it was the overall impact – I wanted it to hit harder and be stronger in the conclusion than it was; it did still engage, and it did answer most questions while also not closing the film quite as satisfyingly as many will want.
Glow is a very effective film when it comes to atmosphere and intrigue; pretty every step we take into the narrative tends to leave us with more questions about what is going, what is that machine, what is happening with the three people, and why, why, why?! All of this serves to draw the viewer into the story, and it is delivered with a lot of style. At times this feels like it is pushing it a bit too far (with one slow-motion sequence maybe a bit too styled for its own good, but generally it works. The film is loaded with hints as to the meaning of what is occurring, and it does make it pretty clear at the end, but yet it had so much build- up that the conclusion doesn't really feel satisfying and impacting as much as most viewers will want.
I liked that the film was loaded with religious or superstitious references, all hinting to the nature of the battle. Many of these were fairly obvious but I still appreciated them for being whether, whether they were a cat's 9 lives, the head of a coin, room #13, the woman being "buried" for 3 days then resurrected, the inverted cross tattoo, and so on. The only problem I really had with it was the overall impact – I wanted it to hit harder and be stronger in the conclusion than it was; it did still engage, and it did answer most questions while also not closing the film quite as satisfyingly as many will want.
the revolution
Kirpianuscus21 July 2019
Its end is defined by this word. As explanation for a film mixing magic and religion and innocence of a poor moter owner. It is a film proposing only questions. Walking around your memories and suppositions about its sense of story. Two men. A woman. A bath and huge consume of electricity. Dialogue between owner of motel and a friend. A coin and a phone call and a stop - motion reminding a lot of other similar scenes. And the end as proof of high ambiguity. A film seductive for its impeccable atmosphere. Proposing a word not exactly as key but as start point for imagination of viewer. And...working.
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