Asteroid City
Jul. 6th, 2023 08:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingAsteroid City made me want to punch Wes Anderson in the face. I got up to use the bathroom somewhere around the one hour mark and didn't go back. It was a good decision.
I have a friend who saw the movie on the same day in a different city. She said a fire alarm went off toward the end, and everybody seemed happy to be able to leave the theater.
What I think this movie is trying to do is celebrate the craft and ingenuity of stage plays, but that sort of anti-Hollywood statement feels insincere when your cast is filled with superstars like Tom Hanks. I feel like, if you're going to make a movie, then you should at least try to make use of your medium instead of being precious. The reduced picture size and lo-fi resolution of Asteroid City were especially twee and annoying.
Idk man. I was promised Jeff Goldblum, and my expectations were not met. Fuck this movie.
I have a friend who saw the movie on the same day in a different city. She said a fire alarm went off toward the end, and everybody seemed happy to be able to leave the theater.
What I think this movie is trying to do is celebrate the craft and ingenuity of stage plays, but that sort of anti-Hollywood statement feels insincere when your cast is filled with superstars like Tom Hanks. I feel like, if you're going to make a movie, then you should at least try to make use of your medium instead of being precious. The reduced picture size and lo-fi resolution of Asteroid City were especially twee and annoying.
Idk man. I was promised Jeff Goldblum, and my expectations were not met. Fuck this movie.
