Medium Film

[SPOILER WARNING] I’ve seen it twice now and enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. I think they did a really great job at making a believable villain who slowly gets worse as the film unfolds. My friend Violet pointed out to me that towards the end Bear comes to Ian with two wish willows, one for Ian to undo his initial wish, and a second for him (which he hides) to alter his wish to keep Nikki. Overall pretty disturbing movie but also funny when it needed to be. Not a fan of super in your face horror, so this was just my pace. I also really liked the soundtrack or rather that one ambient track. The 4:3 pissed me off a little. I get the whole nostalgia thing but I don’t really think the film would’ve lost too much without it. I guess it plays on the whole small-town-love-story thing but eh…sucks to watch a movie with two gaping black bars on either side.

Didn’t know anything abt it beforehand, and now it may be one of my favorites. I’m a sucker for character-driven stories. The narration and some of the more interesting shots had me thinking about the movie Amélie while watching. I really do wonder how much of the plot actually happened. I just saw that there’s a series made pretty recently to continue the events of the film. I’ll have to check it out soon, but I don’t think it will be as good :/

Yk, all jokes aside, I think this movie could’ve been genius in an alternate timeline. It started production just as quarantine kicked off and only took fifteen days to film. Most scenes were shot in isolation because of COVID restrictions (which could’ve been pretty funny if released when everyone else was stuck at home), and then sat in post for TWO YEARS. What the fuck ever bruh. Highly recommend watching for shits and giggles. It’s a good time.