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The House That Jack Built (2018)
Do people actually enjoy this type of illogical, gory and meaningless stuff?
To be fair this type of movies in not my style and it's the first Lars von Trier movie I've seen but I consider myself openminded and always watch different stuff. Positives: There's some good humor and some funny moments at times. Matt Dillon is excellent as a serial killer.
Now let's talk about the real negatives.
- Constant shaking camera made me dizzy.
- Lack of a decent storytelling and character background. Who is Jack? Why is he like that? What triggered his first killing? I'm sure he met annoying people before. Where does he live and where does he kill? Why is there no one close around him noticing his behavior? Writting a story about a serial killer (which is already such a cliche) with no real background or other people perspectives and showing only the killings and nothing else. Anyone could do that I consider that easy, sloppy writting.
- No logic in the story. No victim ever reacts at any way even though they could. They are portrayed ridiculously stupid and easy to kill. His murders are so sloppy and blatant that the fact that no one ever suspects anything or he never get's into trouble is beyond furstrating. I can see that he is the one narrating the story so he could be narrating what he wants but I don't think that's what the writter intended.
- No meaning at the end which is borderline laughable. It's like the director tried to give such a deep meaning to all this that no one could see it. Seriously the endind was quite ridiculous and didn't make any sense.
In conclusion, you watch a movie for the art and for the entertainment. Art? Do people seriously consider this art? Provoking with pure disturbing gory stuff? Throwing in some generic philosophical speeches and metaphors that most in the end don't really make sense makes something artistic? On the other hand when it comes to entertainment I know that that's up to personal preference. To me that's not entertainment (hence the 2/10). I honestly don't get how someone wakes up and says I'm gonna make a movie like this just for the sake of provoking, pretending there is a deeper meaning when there's absolutely none just to present myself as highly artistic and groundbreaking.
Big Little Lies: You Get What You Need (2017)
Well delivered satisfying ending
I'm going to write from the point of view of someone who had figured out pretty much everything (including the ending and the victim) since I finished episode 4. I don't want to brag about it I just want to point out that even though I had 90% of the story played out already in my head I still enjoyed the final episode as I did with all the previous ones. A good quality TV Series deserved this kind of ending and man was it a pleasurable one! I'm giving this a 9 out of perfect 10 only because I expected to watch a bit more of the "important drama scene" and listen to some actual dialogue in there but it still worked out well that way.