eXistenZ

i love when a movie feels like it’s glitching in real time and this is pure corrupted data. it’s gross and weird and confusing in all the right ways like cronenberg dared himself to out-weird himself and somehow won. i kept trying to get a grip on what was real and what wasn’t, but it kept slipping through my fingers, and i kind of loved being lost in it. the fleshy game pods, the bone gun, the dialogue that feels just a bit off, it all adds up to something that’s part satire, part nightmare. it’s messy, sure, but i’d rather watch something this strange and slippery than another polished sci-fi that plays it safe.