Men (Alex Garland, May 20, 2022) Movie • Page 5

Going to try to catch this Saturday, unsure if I want to double feature it with The Northman or The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

 

This and northman together sounds emotionally devastating haha

 

Can't decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing lmao

 

Seeing this tonight at 7. Nervous, excited, ready to be lost in thinkspace afterwards.

 

I am ready to unsub and report back on Saturday

 

be careful of reviews because even big outlets are being kinda flippant with spoilers (not really plot but the topics of discussion the movie will have)


Still prepared to be thoroughly confused after tonight though

 

This is nowhere near as complex/confusing of an ending as reviewers have treated it.


But holy fuck Alex Garland is king, definitely need to watch a few more times

 

I mean, I can explain what happened. But I can’t explain how or why.

 

That is an accurate way to put it, idk I don't see how it's a divisive ending.

Wasn't crazy about the first act and a half but after that it gets insane.

I hate ranking but I'd go Men>>Ex Machina>Annihilation

 

Not sure how to feel about this one. Need some time to process that haha

 

some relevant wikipedia links

 

The more I'm sitting with this, the more I think I liked it. Need to see it again though.

 

This is where I'm at right now too. I wasn't sure what to think when I left the theater, but the more I think about it, the more I like the layers of it.

 

i liked this but probably least of his work since ex machina. the sliders felt off on the lore. too much to the point of diluting the message of the film but also not enough to fully feel warranted. odd. wonderful imagery and performances though.

 

This was lit lol some choices I wasn't quite sure about (the schoolboy, the ending) but it really came together for me the more I sat with it. Beautifully shot, well-acted, definitely effective and unsettling. The audience was audibly reacting to the body horror shit and I let out a Ric flair "wooooooo"

 

Definite Mother! vibes though, some people are really not gonna like this

 

now I'm even more excited! Doesn't come out here for a few weeks tho.

 

Excited to hear your thoughts! There is some mythology stuff I haven't quite wrapped my head around but it's not essential to engage with and the rest really worked for me. The right level of like, heady for me without being completely over my head. Garland seems to strike that balance really well.

 

man (sorry...), i wished i was into this. there's definitely flourishes of the movie it could've been, but i feel like there's a lot of items where garland either went too far or not enough. hope the weird dude sitting close to where i was that took a picture of the a24 logo before the movie started wasn't as disappointed as i was

 

I loved mother! so yeah that makes sense why I loved this

 

This is the most damning review

 

i will never watch that shit

 

Mother! is gud

 

One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen

 

mother! is a strong contender for the worst movie of the 21st century.