Strange

Rating: 2/10 (3 April 2019)

Us may be one of those films where I disagree the most with public opinions! In my eyes there is little genius in this movie.The reason why I am so frustrated is that the movie isn't giving any answers not on the mysterious and not on the scientific side whatsoever. And it also isn't the kind of movie you watch and think allright there is this mystery thing going on that I may now accept as a given or that will be left to the sequel. Instead it seems like something it's thrown together and left to interpretation. I think the only way to see quality in this piece is by enjoying the comedy which is sometimes a little bit cringe (there are some high cringe scenes like "feel the beat" in the car to the beach) and doesn't feel like supposed and the standard panavision cinematography. But the story itself falls flat because a: we don't understand why things are happening including the end plus we get kind of reasons for things all the time but they don't have any funding nor in reality nor in science and not even in mystery. They sometimes even contradict things that happen before (like the boy that can suddenly make his other self do what he does while Never somewhere else) or pull out ultra important questions that nobody seems to care about (How build the underground system, who were the dudes who started all that? Where do the materials like clothing and scissors come from? What is happening to the police? Why aren't there marines all over the place I mean hallo: People get killed all night and day and US Military is thinking: Another cup of coffee pls! Or are the overrun? But some people in red with scissors? Really? And there are just so much more) Followed by stupid on the hand filmmaking like the dad with his family walks upstairs (normally) than there is someone in red (the twin of his friend) and he starts to back off and all the sudden surprise the knee seems to hurt again - obviously to build tension due his inability to back off quickly. During the Journey I felt increasingly disconnected to the characters and the emotions - I wasn't scared and I was asking myself whether or not this film would begin to make any sense later (it didn't) We just get to see things but they don't fit together. They have no reason for being and No emotional value or value for the character transition or anything that I appreciate with good storytelling.