I watched this film feeling like something must be going over my head because I could not define a purpose for it. Afterwards I found an interview with the film maker that discussed the purpose of the film and the ideas she was trying to approach. If some of that context were included before viewing i might have rated this higher but for me art needs to be able to stand on its own merits and shouldn't need explanation. Without…
So I had been putting this one off because it seemed like it was such a strange premise and I am leery of awkward romance stories. They hit a bit close to home if I'm to be entirely honest. I am happy to report that I thoroughly enjoyed the film and thought it was very insightful about the authenticity of emotion and the artificiality of labeled relationships. Also pleasantly light on the phone sex.
This film makes no sense if you view it as trying to be realistic. Thankfully none of the actors tried to take the content seriously so it made the entire movie come of as a parody of action movies. It was super light and made me laugh more than most movies manage. The tone made it feel like I was watching a cartoon, and I'm alright with that.
I enjoyed it for what it was. For me the characters seemed very paint by the numbers, and maybe the simplicity of humanity in the face of advancing technology was kind of intended, but whatever the intent the reality was that it made it kind of boring. The character of Eron took this a step further by being utterly baffling. I questioned decisions he was making during the movie based on what I thought at the time but at the…
