i'd been hearing really mixed opinions about this, but i was also avoiding EVERYTHING about this movie with a swiftness not unlike usain bolt so i didn't know what the actual negative opinion was, just that they didn't really get the movie and thought it was js conceptual a24 arthouse stuff. well, i'd like to say, Y'ALL ARE FUCKIN STUPID. THIS MOVIE IS GOLD. WHADDYA MEAN YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS FILM AND THE MORAL AND ETHICAL DILEMMA IT PROPOSES? transcendent. if there's one person i'll always trust to know how to pick their projects, it's zendaya. she is MAGNIFICENT in this movie. her microexpressions are a gift to witness. and her chemistry with robert pattinson is so good too. man i missed how two a-list celebrities who are genuinely great at their craft can bounce off of each other to elevate their performance on the screen. i am sick of a-listers being cast without regard to chemistry on an a24 project and that movie only being talked about coz of their brand. this movie though? IT DELIVERS. kristoffer borgli, i was not familiar with your game. the direction in this film is STELLAR. top of the line. the way this movie utilised sound is so interesting and dynamic. and the cuts and the editing too. wow, just WOW. i was blown away. of all the things i expected the conflict to be, i did not think it'd be emma's thought crime of almost being a school shooter. it's so interesting to unpack. and even how she ends up in this reaction formation by becoming an anti-gun activist. tbh, charlie's initial reaction to that information was... valid. i mean, this person u think u know everything about tells you something that changes the way you view them, barely a week before your wedding that's hard. and also hard for emma too, because the man you love and are about to marry suddenly finds out about something you did, or almost did, when you were at a dark time in your life, when you were just gullible to the aesthetic performance of this sad misunderstood extremist with a gun, and now your life feels like it's falling apart when it had just come together. wonderful exploration. charlie cheating though? crazy. glad he stopped before it went any further but damn misha was so ready for it lol. i mean it shook them up but woah. anyways, rachel was a bitch and i was praying on her downfall the entire movie. she's such a hypocrite privileged white weirdo for her response. why was she acting like emma actually shot up her school and personally paralyzed her cousin for life? why are YOU so offended bro? she was literally the embodiment of a white twitter-brained pc woman going "omg that is NOT okay" at every micro thing that doesn't even personally affect her. i'm not wording it right but yeah. she called a child "slow" and laughed about locking him inside an abandoned place OVERNIGHT and lying about it too when the father came to ask about it. heartless bitch. she probably traumatized that kid. and the way she shows no remorse for her actions too. disgusting. at least emma knows what she did was completely wrong. and it was fifteen fkin years ago so get a grip.
