With Avengers: Endgame starting, we're going to be skipping tonight's post. I'm seeing the movie on Saturday, meanwhile me and my husband are binge watching the rest of the films - including short films releases between the mains. As a result, time is against us.
If you're going to see it, please remember, if you share spoilers you're a raging asshole who deserves to step on 4-sided dice every day of your life. This movie is ten years in the making - so, just don't be a dick.
Enjoy the movie!
- Selina
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The Lobster (2015)
Movie Name/Year: The
Lobster (2015)
Tagline: None
Genre: Comedy,
Drama, Romance
Length: 118 minutes
Rating: R
Production Companies:
Film4, Screen Ireland, Eurimages, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Greek Film
Centre, British Film Institute (BFI), Protagonist Pictures, Element Pictures, Scarlet
Films, Faliro House Productions, Haut et Court, Lemming Film, Limp Films, Canal+,
Ciné+, L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Centre National du Cinéma et de L'image
Animée (CNC), Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement
International, Institut Français, MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Producer: Simon
Arnal, Caroline Benjo, Julie Billy, Cait Collins, Joost de Vries, Ceci Dempsey,
Rory Gilmartin, Ed Guiney, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Yorgos Lanthimos, Sam
Lavender, Andrew Lowe, Lee Magiday, Leontine Petit, Tessa Ross, Carole Scotta, Milan
Ueffing, Derk-Jan Warrink
Director: Yorgos
Lanthimos
Writer: Yorgos
Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
Actors: Jessica
Barden, Olivia Colman, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Colin Farrell, Roland Ferrandi, Jaro,
Ryac, Ashley Jensen, Ariane Labed, Garry Mountaine, Imelda Nagle Ryan, EmmaEdel
O’Shea, Angeliki Papoulia, John C. Reilly, Léa Seydoux, Michael Smiley, Rachel
Weisz, Ben Whishaw
Blurb from Netflix:
In a near-future world, single people are hunted and forced to find mates
within 45 days, or be turned into animals and banished to the wilderness.
Selina’s Point of View:
I really love the concept of this film, that said – the execution
was rough.
People who hate indie films on principle, are thinking of
this kind of film. There was some very pretentious direction, script-writing, camera
work, and editing. Even the music choices made the whole thing seem like even
more of a chore. When you add in the fact that it’s a 2-hour movie, I can
honestly say it’s just not worth it.
The actors move and speak like they were directed to be the
most awkward and unrelatable kind of people you can possibly imagine.
The only reason I have for the fact that The Lobster was highly rated is due to
the sheer originality of the story. The world, the story, and the concept were
amazing. I have been looking forward to seeing this film for a long time because
of it.
This movie just isn’t for me. I think it’s geared more
toward film students and hipsters.
Cat’s Point of View:
This movie is one of the strangest things I have ever
watched. Even so, it sucked me in and I
couldn’t look away.
I had moments that my jaw just dropped because of the
extreme outlandishness of some moments which underscored the ludicrous
fractured nature of this movie’s dystopian reality. The movie is billed as a
dark romantic comedy. Let me tell you, dark is an understatement.
I’ve wanted to watch this film for a while now. It didn’t
make it onto my personal Top 20 list for its month of release in 2015, but it
was only by a very narrow margin. I have
to give kudos to the trailer because it does give a good tease for the movie
and at the same time doesn’t set up any false expectations. The bizarre is
right out there in the open from the beginning.
Of course, considering the last time I’d really watched the
trailer was in 2015, I was a little fuzzy on the details of this movie as I
began. That might have added to my level of bafflement as events unfolded.
The casting was spot on; with Colin Farrell (Epic, Solace, The Beguiled) and Rachel
Weisz (Dream House, The Light Between
Oceans, My Cousin Rachel) at the forefront, supported by the likes of Léa
Seydoux (Blue is the Warmest Color, The
Grand Budapest Hotel, Spectre), and John C. Reilly (The Dictator, Wreck-it Ralph, Tale of Tales). The characters were
awkward as products of their crazy authoritarian world, but the actors
certainly didn’t fumble in bringing them to life.
I have to say, though, that the film shines an uncomfortable
light on society and relationships, among other topics. At the heart of any
good dystopian tale, after all, is some nugget of truth about the world we
really do live in. This is not the movie for anyone who triggers easily, or is
easily offended. There are moments of things that are just not OK – but are
purposefully woven into the tale to underscore the twisted nature of the film’s
reality.
For a comedy, I didn’t spend a lot of time laughing. I can’t
say I wasn’t amused – but the shock value and darkness of the tale overall took
the levity out of it for me. I do appreciate the nature of the ending, however.
While frustrating, it does provoke discussion and speculation at the very
least.
Would I watch this one again or recommend it? I can’t say
that I would unless I just had a burning desire to rehash bits of the movie
with someone without spoilers.
Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – 87%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 64%
Metascore – 82/100
Metacritic User Score – 7.0/10
IMDB Score – 7.1/10
CinemaScore – None
Trust the Dice: Selina’s Rating – 3/5
Trust the Dice: Cat’s Rating
– 3/5
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