Titane
Last watched in 2022I was prompted to rewatch this after a friend watched it yesterday and found it disappointing. I didn't remember much about it to have a deeper conversation, and I'm glad I rewatched it because it helped me think higher of a movie I already loved. This is a metallically cool, slick, and disconcerting movie that got better on a rewatch. The small decisions made to elevate the story and themes at hand are phenomenal, and Julia Ducournau was able to deliver the story and message simultaneously, creating an entertaining and thought-provoking body horror. The ideas of masculinity and the mistreatment of women by men in society became prevalent to me upon watching this again. At the beginning of the movie, the injury sustained by her father in the car accident sticks with her as Alexia acts similarly, even as an adult, the titanium plate in her head reflecting the maculine attraction to cars which gives way for harassment which leads to Alexia's killing spree that doesn't just affect men but also some women in the process, showing the ripple effects. She was distant from her father, but when Alexia disguised herself as Adrien, she found somebody who cared about her in Vincent. She stays with Vincent after seeing a woman being verbally harassed, but she is ostracized by a homophobic group of very macho men. Even when Vincent learns that Alexia isn't his long-lost son, there is a distroughtment when she dies. I needed to share that because it speaks true to how deep this movie's themes run while also being a great body horror. I love this movie so much, and I hope Alpha is good despite some mixed reception