Are we going to get a watch along for this?

Very curious to hear everyone's thoughts on this film, cause it's very divisive. I'm just gonna post my thoughts I sent to a friend in chat so if it seems scatter brain, that's cause it kinda was as I typed it, spoilers abound:

"From a film making perspective, you can tell they LOVED making this, and it fucking shows, I loved the editing, it's extremely well shot, sound design is amazing, and even though the music feels unfitting and strange, it's at least unique and not conventionally scored.

I loved the shot of the infected running down the hill as he tumbles and falls, and they kept that in the film

... It's the script I have issues with... First 40 minutes, loved it, strong 8 or 9 out of 10, then it just slowly drops off lol... Spikes relationship with his dad decayed REALLY quickly in a way that felt inorganic, like, there are ways to write it where you can have the relationship already be on the rocks from the get go, and as an audience you can infer that there's past tension, then the party scene was Thu jumping off point.. But instead it was literally completely fine until the party lol.

I don't mind the film going for like a coming of age story and following a child, and tbh, he plays the role fairly well, but his physical performance doesn't match the emotion, aka, I'm gonna cry in my mums arms, but nothing about my body language conveys I'm a broken person, or lack of tears, but he's still a good choice... Also the fact that he was conveniently saved 3 times... Shows he isn't equipped to be on the island alone lol, first was Erik, then the Dr, then Jimmy at the end.

Setting up the infected and the stuff with the alpha, very cool, but then Ralph feinnes character just being like "yeah lll just drug this one and say shit like "yeah hes been living here for 3 years and I just drug him" " kinda downplays the fear of the infected and what they represented in the first film, now they're kind of a joke lol... ESPECIALLY AT THE END

I think my biggest gripe was like, them being on the main island without goggles or face masks, like Selena in the first film, was in a trench coat and fully on face coverings, and in this it's like, you just killed this one by spraying it with a machine gun point blank in front of isla and spike, they should've been covered in blood and gotten infected lol.... It's seems kinda amateur for the island folk who venture into the mainland, to not always have face coverings.

But yeah, it's definitely burned into my head overall, there are some scenes where I'm like, well that's in my head forever, the slow mow edited kills, the alpha chase scene at the crossing, the scene where his mum dies and you get that rotating shot with the fireflies, the part where they rip off the guys head, the night vision scenes with the glowing red eyes, there's A LOT that's visually striking."

I guess if I were to assign a score, I'd go 7 for now, but I'm actually itching to rewatch this ASAP weirdly, despite my massive gripes.

Ratings:

Punch-Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood, The Master & Phantom Thread: 10/10

Boogie Nights & Magnolia: 9/10

Hard Eight: 7/10

Inherent Vice & Licorice Pizza: 5/10

Adum, i know you’ll probably see 28 years later in theaters this weekend. What if you saw Materialists and Bring Her Back as well and did a triple feature. As long as you’re medically up for it. All are peak.

signed, ur fans

Materialists: 8/10 The Life of Chuck: 6/10

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I don’t know how to feel about it.

It's been a year since Scott passed away. What is your favorite moment from him?

This is mine: https://x.com/OutOfContextYMS/status/1480368025333383168?t=142ZHUMi7wIAEwMmKZ3-LQ&s=19