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Only God Forgives (2013)
People will find meaning anything
I typically like Refn, but this was just disappointing. The plot line is fundamentally a banal revenge tale, cinematography as always is amazing but thats just not enough to save this.
To respond to the positive reviews i'm seeing: How?
Symbology? Where? Nothing happens in this. You get presented with basic characters that have a potentially interesting dynamic, which is explored with... long surreal scenes in which the characters just stare at each other? Its sad how people won't call out a movie just because they believe that lauding a film that the "simple plebs" have rated negatively will make them seem like a connoisseur or ahead of the flock.
To end this: it feels like Refn tried to avoid making a mindless flick by leaving blanks for the viewer to fill in. Problem is, when 90% of the movie is a blank for the audience to fill in, the result it something that just feels plain lazy more than anything else.
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Do not be mistaken
Do not be mistaken, this film is a horror film and the monster is addiction. Addiction (I talk of addiction in general because I found certain thematics relatable independently from alcoholism) is a complicated concept and this film does an eccelent job at showing why, it doesn't choose the easy route of judging the addict, instead it explores the socialogical causes, such as the aftermath of prohibition, insecurity, fear of not being able to meet societal standards, socio-economical pressure ecc. The only thing I didn't understand was the overly simplistic ending, although quite befitting for the time I suppose.
All the same The Last Weekend is a must watch, and holds up perfectly with the times.