HIM
im as far removed from american football as a pigeon is from the bottom of the mariana trench. yet this movie touched me. it put me inside the culture body of this sport and i felt like i connect and understand it for a short while.
this was a perfect anxiety-inducing mix of visceral psychological and body horror which made me look away from the screen multiple times, i dont even mean at the points of outright gore, even just from the constant unease and the degree of mental agitation you are under while watching.
i loved the images of the body being gradually deconstructed throughout the film, yet the story remained tethered to earth, keeps you feeling like an animal in a cage and not some synthesized superorganism. the symbolisms were perfect. i loved the, how people already put it, music video type of shots they went for sometimes, it was very on point. such absolutely beautiful cinematography
and finally, a happy ending, which i love (sorry). though it might have went a bit too corny. but gosh i love movies