Lex

Anemone

pretty to look at, spoon-feeding information, tedious when it shifts to sci-fi

BigDadTyCross

Anemone

I found this to be much better than a lot of what I’d read about it. Is it too long and too slow? Yeah. I mean it’s just over two hours but you FEEL that runtime. A lot of scenes felt like they dragged for stylistic purposes; a showcase of great cinematography, but sometimes less can be more. That said, DDL has still absolutely, unequivocally got it. His beach confession is so mesmerizing as we watch Day-Lewis in some very long unbroken closeups, ACTING the way the greatest actor of all time can act. To me it is the emotional and impressive peak of the film. Sean Bean is great, the small but talented supporting cast is great. The script feels light, considering the amount of scenery we look out without dialogue. Some of the film feels like a less pretty The Revenant. Some of the film feels like it was heavily influenced by the works of Eggers and Aster. Some of the film feels like a showcase for Day-Lewis. But overall, it’s an experience that if you sit and appreciate, I think you can take something away from it.

ornobaadi

Anemone

bro came out of retirement for this?

nathansnook

Anemone

“𝘈𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴: 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘌𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢, 𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢. 𝘈-𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘮𝘦𝘯.” There’s an incredible monologue by Daniel Day-Lewis about shitting on someone and it’s brilliant, but beyond that, the film is too abstract in its length and metaphors and Walden-esque motifs of man and meaning that it loses itself in the aesthetics of its moody butchness that you’re grasping for meaning or grasping for the urge not to yawn in this bloated nothingness. It’s one thing to act out one's emotions and another thing to have written good emotions in. The former here is the strength of the film, unfortunately, all done by DDL himself. Its final moments are where it really shines with Lewis looking on to a giant CGI gashed fish slowly treading down a river and CGI snow, but it’s incredible what nepotism and lackluster amateur austerity gets you. “𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭.”