Amazing Garbage

Rating: 6/10 (10 May 2020)

This was a beautifully filmed and incredibly directed terrible movie. Everything was absolutely amazing, except for the actual movie. I love movies that are weird, creepy, strange, and abstract, but I get the feeling that this one didn't have a reason to be those things as much as it was. Yes it was a very interesting movie, but about 3/4 of the way through I just wanted it to be over. My reasoning is that there were just so many scenes that were absolutely revolting (which is good sometimes), but there wasn't a message or statement that gave the disturbing things meaning. It's like how in all of the Marvel movies there's hundreds of people that die in the background and no one cares, but then when one of the main characters turns to dust everyone freaks out because of the emotional attachment you have with what the characters are going through and fighting against. With this movie, the characters weren't very likable to me so I didn't really care about them, but then they would show all these close ups of incredibly violent and disturbing actions. I also think it wasn't warranting of the graphic level of content because couldn't figure out which side the film was trying to take the side of: the kids or the festival people. Exploring the strengths and faults of both sides is good, but when it's about a conflict between them and you kind of dislike everyone and you do all of these shocking acts of violence it takes away the emotion. Your left watching a very tense, randomly repulsive gore fest for absolutely no reason. I give it a 6/10 because of how beautifully it was made. I mean the visuals were just incredible and the camera work was fantastic. Plus the story arc itself was very good. But overall it felt like I was watching a movie where someone just tried to be as creepy as possible, which in terms of quality can only be so good. Also I won't give any spoilers, but there is a place with a whole lot of naked old people moaning and grunting for like 2 full minutes and I will never be able to remove those images from my mind... YIKES