Why does no one talk about how immensely depressing this is? Definitely one of the most depressing movies I have seen in a long time.
It was a solid movie (the hyper-realism was extremely accomplished) but the main message I took from it was: life really sucks for a lot of people, and there's pretty much no way out of it. Sometimes people's life sucks so much that they finally realize they'd be better off dead, but they're too cowardly to actually kill themselves - and then they're just stuck here. (This isn't a spoiler because it's not part of the story in the film - it's a random conversation that's had). After a woman failed to kill herself, she looked at her dog and thought "what am I thinking? I can't do that to my dog". This was extremely dark because it made it clear she had no reason to live for herself, only for this dog. This was a reminder that many people get pets because they NEED them for their well being - just to feel OKAY with being alive - because otherwise the world sucks that much. Though this was only one conversation in the film, I felt that it tonally captured the essence of the entire film. It's all just an encompassment of how miserable life is for so many people now. The other primary theme I saw represented was how once people get lost in this pit of misery, eventually all spirit, hope, and sparks die - they become this numb, lost soul in this sort of limbo on earth, and even when subtle opportunities or paths to lighter places present themselves, they are too far gone to explore them, almost like Stockholm Syndrome. "Nah, I'ma stay here". IMMENSELY depressing.
Very interesting choice for Picture Of The Year, LOL.
It was a solid movie (the hyper-realism was extremely accomplished) but the main message I took from it was: life really sucks for a lot of people, and there's pretty much no way out of it. Sometimes people's life sucks so much that they finally realize they'd be better off dead, but they're too cowardly to actually kill themselves - and then they're just stuck here. (This isn't a spoiler because it's not part of the story in the film - it's a random conversation that's had). After a woman failed to kill herself, she looked at her dog and thought "what am I thinking? I can't do that to my dog". This was extremely dark because it made it clear she had no reason to live for herself, only for this dog. This was a reminder that many people get pets because they NEED them for their well being - just to feel OKAY with being alive - because otherwise the world sucks that much. Though this was only one conversation in the film, I felt that it tonally captured the essence of the entire film. It's all just an encompassment of how miserable life is for so many people now. The other primary theme I saw represented was how once people get lost in this pit of misery, eventually all spirit, hope, and sparks die - they become this numb, lost soul in this sort of limbo on earth, and even when subtle opportunities or paths to lighter places present themselves, they are too far gone to explore them, almost like Stockholm Syndrome. "Nah, I'ma stay here". IMMENSELY depressing.
Very interesting choice for Picture Of The Year, LOL.