So let us focus on positives . Joaquin Phoenix is great as always. He is an amazing actor and he is in control with every character that he plays .
The movie in general has a nice premise and an interesting little plot . There is also a deeper meaning in this one to question the people around us BUT
The movie is extremely boring and slow. Even the more thrilling scenes are bland. Pacing of the movie overall is very slow and camera work is also quite bad for my taste.
There are a lot of unecessery close ups and there are multiple shots from very weird angles that are not made for some context or plot , they were made to make a movie more artistic and it fails 90% of time to make it seem like that. The whole movie just feels like someone trying really really hard to make a "deep thrilling artistic" movie.
Taxi Driver has some similar scenes like this movie but they are done quite well and they immerse you into a dark world and a dark mind. This movie tries to do that but it doesn't quite work.
There are some scenes that happen in water and I think those are made great but nothing you have not already seen before.
There were times where I wanted to fast forward some scenes and not just watch a guy walk for 10 minutes and that happens quite often. That is why I think the premise is great but the plot is stretched way too much and the whole story could have been told in like 20 minutes.
I still did enjoy it to some level. I didn't want to turn it off because it intriged me to watch it till the end , to hopefuly see a big payoff or explenation of some sort for certain things.
In the end , it all ends up pretty bland and leaves a bad taste after watching it.
If you like slow paced movies with a character study that is just weird at best and sprinkled with tiny bits of deeper thoughts then this movie is for you.
If you are a casual movie fan that has seen movies from more genres or casually watch suspense thriller movies than this one will be too bland for you.
PlatinumanYT 6.4.
