Westside Steve Posted December 9, 2022 Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 Everything Everywhere all at Once A 24 R. 139 min So far best picture nomination predictions have this one in the top five pretty much across the board. Had I known how much of it would be subtitles I might have (and probably should) have skipped it but I decided to give it a shot. Actually, if you stand close enough to the big screen TV with a pause button you can pick up enough of the dialog to figure out what's being said. Unfortunately, that doesn't make the plot any clearer or more interesting. Don't misunderstand it's clear enough what's going on but there doesn't really seem to be much rhyme or reason for it. Kurt Vonnegut’s Billy Pilgrim became unstuck in time, floating around different eras at random and in this feature our heroin / protagonist / whatever is a middle-aged Chinese immigrant who has become unstuck in the universe, well actually multiple alternate universes. I guess this concept could wind up being an interesting story but for some reason this particular film never rises above confusing and annoying. Maybe it's because full-blown science fiction suffers when it's delivered via second rate cinematography and effects. Maybe it's because the too prevalent subtitles make the frenetic and hard to follow story even worse. Maybe it's the lack of charisma of any of the main characters or that they all seem just the slightest bit grubby. Maybe some members of the academy just want to appear hip and nominate something because it seems exotic to them. Maybe it's some kind of a protest against good old fashioned Yankee movie entertainment, who knows? If I can slip in an obscure movie reference it might be I'm just not smart enough to appreciate it like when Albert Brooks has a taste of Rip Torn’s dinner in DEFENDING YOUR LIFE. And while I am beating the word maybe to death here maybe it's a case of the emperor's new clothes. D WSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairHooker11 Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 Yes, I remember sleeping through this one, because like you said, too fast and annoying to actually follow. And it just wasn't worth the effort. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 On 12/9/2022 at 3:07 AM, Westside Steve said: that doesn't make the plot any cleare when it comes down to it It is about the relationship between the mother and her gay daughter and is worth a second watch (funniest line was "but the laundry bags were happier up stairs ") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted December 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 21 hours ago, syd said: when it comes down to it It is about the relationship between the mother and her gay daughter and is worth a second watch (funniest line was "but the laundry bags were happier up stairs ") Oh well looks like you liked it better than I did. To each his own. WSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd Posted December 14, 2022 Report Share Posted December 14, 2022 On 12/12/2022 at 6:57 AM, Westside Steve said: Oh well looks like you liked it better than I did. To each his own. WSS Metaverse can be hard to follow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted December 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2022 8 hours ago, syd said: Metaverse can be hard to follow On the other hand somebody actually voted for Yoko Ono during Grammy season. 🙂 WSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd Posted December 15, 2022 Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 14 hours ago, Westside Steve said: On the other hand somebody actually voted for Yoko Ono during Grammy season. 🙂 WSS I saw her son sean play a few years back and two days later saw dhani harrison play it was a cool couple of shows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted December 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 11 hours ago, syd said: I saw her son sean play a few years back and two days later saw dhani harrison play it was a cool couple of shows I would imagine that would be very cool. WSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd Posted December 16, 2022 Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 12 hours ago, Westside Steve said: I would imagine that would be very cool. WSS it was Claypool Lennon Delirum at the zoo and Dhani opened for ELO at the arena theres a thread about that show somewhere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPPT1974 Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 Love the Beatles RIP John and George! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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