I think your sarcasm was fairly evident but I think we're all brain broken to one extent or another when it comes to Internet comments.
No country is the only one on that list I know. Some of the others sound amazing but don’t know where to start
my friend and I thought that might have been a subtle nod to Kyle Rittenhouse. But I think he just wanted to get laid.
Well, I liked it a lot. It might be my least favorite Aster but that’s not to disparage it at all. The second half is masterful. It’s very funny. Ari absolutely landed the ending. He is the goat at endings, I think.
Glad you and others are liking it. I am still pretty lukewarm on it. I think there’s a ton of interesting ideas an observations sprinkled throughout this thing, but it spends a lot of time on the least interesting ones early on with a lack of any real subtlety. The second act is where this thing really shines. Plot threads and characterizations that felt a bit cartoonish in the first act pay off in unexpected and interesting ways. But the third act, while not bad, felt a little clunky and unearned. Though the point is ultimately made about the insidious role the internet and big tech have had on American culture, it didn’t feel land. Of course, we live in extremely unsubtle times, so I can see this aging well in another five years or so. The Rittenhouse nod was funny.
Reflecting more, this felt very Coen Brothers “ish” to me. Not just comparing it to No Country. In general it feels an awful lot like something those guys could have made.