Agreed to all three above comments.
Spoiler:
- Why didn't Adelaide just find her way back out of the tunnels? All the tethered were doing was eating rabbit raw and doing their zombie shuffle thing.- Adelaide's plan had one massive weakness: anyone with guns. Guns > brass-handled scissors.
- Quincy, you're spot-on with the logistics questions: where did they get millions of red jumpsuits? millions of pairs of the abovementioned scissors? How can all the tethered stand in the hands across America line in perfect coordination with limited technology (it seems) for planning and without needing to sleep, eat, drink, etc.?
- Winston Duke/the dad is completely cool with his wife going solo into the tethered's tunnel system to find their kidnapped son? WHAT??!!
Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka
The movies is entertaining though suspension of disbelief is definitely tested in this film
Yeah, I agree.
I watched this and I admit I enjoyed it. The use of music and suspense and performances are great. Peele is a very skilled filmmaker. But I'm not entirely sure the story made much sense. So by the end of it I was like, "Well, whatever... it's silly, but entertaining." Was the point supposed to be that it was some sort of biblical tribulation going on? With the Jeremiah 11:11 references..
It makes me think of M. Night Shamalannanandan a little. Talented filmmaker, but needs to probably bring in another writer or two to flesh it out better.
Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Yeah, I agree.I watched this and I admit I enjoyed it. The use of music and suspense and performances are great. Peele is a very skilled filmmaker. But I'm not entirely sure the story made much sense. So by the end of it I was like, "Well, whatever... it's silly, but entertaining." Was the point supposed to be that it was some sort of biblical tribulation going on? With the Jeremiah 11:11 references..
It makes me think of M. Night Shamalannanandan a little. Talented filmmaker, but needs to probably bring in another writer or two to flesh it out better.
This.
It was a technically well made film; the execution was flawless and entertaining. My major gripe was that it took on more than it could properly convey.
5/10