This was one of the first movies I watched during my McConaughey marathon. And honestly at first I thought it was gonna be some random romcom because I have this habit of not always reading the description before I sit down to watch something. I usually just pick based on the poster, the genre, and the cast. Reading the synopsis? Too much effort. So I saw this and was like ooh, interesting. Sat down to watch
And I'm watching, and I'm like okay, I don't really know what's going on but I'm intrigued. Dude went to go kill himself. Also, McConaughey in glasses looks pretty damn cool, not gonna lie. Kinda different. Anyway
So I kept watching, and holy shit, this thing just fucking obliterated my emotions. I did not expect that at all. And I kept seeing all these low ratings on Letterboxd, like constantly. I genuinely don't get it. I don't know if the crowd there is just super nitpicky or what, but I'm not that critical of a person to just shit all over something like that. So at this point I barely even look at ratings anymore because I already know there's gonna be some movie I really like with a bunch of trash ratings, like it was filmed on a goddamn potato wrapped in toilet paper
But anyway. This movie was so cool. So many interesting references. I'm not really into Asian culture, honestly - I'm from Europe, it's just kinda far removed from me, I don't know much about all their concepts and culture. But here it was done really well and it was interesting
What really got me was seeing two people with completely different mindsets - McConaughey's character and the Japanese guy - just total opposite views on life. And the interactions between McConaughey's character and his wife, especially the hospital scenes, were so sweet. Like the jokes about the hats and stuff. I usually hate that sappy romantic bullshit, it makes me want to puke, but here it didn't feel gross or forced. It was actually funny and sweet. Like genuinely sweet
Then the moment when something hit the ambulance and she died? Fuck. That was so sad. I felt bad for the wife, and I felt bad for him too. His life was already shit, and then his wife dies, and everything just goes completely off the rails. So he ends up going into that forest to kill himself. Just devastating
But here's the thing - even though this movie has some pretty deep themes, like the meaning of life, whether you should die or not, why you should keep living, how valuable a human life really is. That stuff is always gonna resonate with everyone, even people who say it doesn't, because we all live and we all die. And at some point, pretty much everyone has wanted to die. We've all got our reasons. And this movie explores all of that
What was left of the Japanese guy was sad too. When they took McConaughey's character away and the other guy wasn't there, I was like no, go back for him, he's alone in the forest, you promised. But he did go back, which was cool. And that whole thing with the thread, and tearing out pages from the notebook like breadcrumbs in a fairy tale. That was a nice touch. Really liked that
And the fact that they both came there to die but ended up saving each other? Two people going into the forest to kill themselves, and instead they keep each other alive. I don't even know what to call that. Some kind of irony or fate or something
Plus, even though it's a pretty philosophical movie with all these deeper meanings, there was action too. I'm an ESTP personality type, so I need action or I'll literally fall asleep five minutes in if nothing's happening. And this one delivered. The way they were navigating through everything, trying to find their way out of the forest, almost drowning in that cave, camping out in the cold by the fire. That was all so good. And I love survival movies, so getting that survival element on top of everything else was perfect
This movie basically had it all. Action, survival, deep philosophical themes. And with McConaughey? That's just a killer fucking combo right there. A strike on the first try
I honestly do not understand the critics who tore this movie apart. I think it was at Cannes or some festival, and they just shredded it. And to those critics I've got one thing to say: shut the fuck up. Seriously. Why do you have to shit all over everything? You haven't made anything yourselves. Go make a movie and let's see if you can do better. I'm gonna go ahead and guess no
Critics who give genuinely good movies such low ratings just piss me off. Just shut the fuck up. Nobody asked for your opinion. If people like it, they're gonna watch it, and nobody's gonna give a damn what you think
This was one of the first movies I watched during my McConaughey marathon. And honestly at first I thought it was gonna be some random romcom because I have this habit of not always reading the description before I sit down to watch something. I usually just pick based on the poster, the genre, and the cast. Reading the synopsis? Too much effort. So I saw this and was like ooh, interesting. Sat down to watch
And I'm watching, and I'm like okay, I don't really know what's going on but I'm intrigued. Dude went to go kill himself. Also, McConaughey in glasses looks pretty damn cool, not gonna lie. Kinda different. Anyway
So I kept watching, and holy shit, this thing just fucking obliterated my emotions. I did not expect that at all. And I kept seeing all these low ratings on Letterboxd, like constantly. I genuinely don't get it. I don't know if the crowd there is just super nitpicky or what, but I'm not that critical of a person to just shit all over something like that. So at this point I barely even look at ratings anymore because I already know there's gonna be some movie I really like with a bunch of trash ratings, like it was filmed on a goddamn potato wrapped in toilet paper
But anyway. This movie was so cool. So many interesting references. I'm not really into Asian culture, honestly - I'm from Europe, it's just kinda far removed from me, I don't know much about all their concepts and culture. But here it was done really well and it was interesting
What really got me was seeing two people with completely different mindsets - McConaughey's character and the Japanese guy - just total opposite views on life. And the interactions between McConaughey's character and his wife, especially the hospital scenes, were so sweet. Like the jokes about the hats and stuff. I usually hate that sappy romantic bullshit, it makes me want to puke, but here it didn't feel gross or forced. It was actually funny and sweet. Like genuinely sweet
Then the moment when something hit the ambulance and she died? Fuck. That was so sad. I felt bad for the wife, and I felt bad for him too. His life was already shit, and then his wife dies, and everything just goes completely off the rails. So he ends up going into that forest to kill himself. Just devastating
But here's the thing - even though this movie has some pretty deep themes, like the meaning of life, whether you should die or not, why you should keep living, how valuable a human life really is. That stuff is always gonna resonate with everyone, even people who say it doesn't, because we all live and we all die. And at some point, pretty much everyone has wanted to die. We've all got our reasons. And this movie explores all of that
What was left of the Japanese guy was sad too. When they took McConaughey's character away and the other guy wasn't there, I was like no, go back for him, he's alone in the forest, you promised. But he did go back, which was cool. And that whole thing with the thread, and tearing out pages from the notebook like breadcrumbs in a fairy tale. That was a nice touch. Really liked that
And the fact that they both came there to die but ended up saving each other? Two people going into the forest to kill themselves, and instead they keep each other alive. I don't even know what to call that. Some kind of irony or fate or something
Plus, even though it's a pretty philosophical movie with all these deeper meanings, there was action too. I'm an ESTP personality type, so I need action or I'll literally fall asleep five minutes in if nothing's happening. And this one delivered. The way they were navigating through everything, trying to find their way out of the forest, almost drowning in that cave, camping out in the cold by the fire. That was all so good. And I love survival movies, so getting that survival element on top of everything else was perfect
This movie basically had it all. Action, survival, deep philosophical themes. And with McConaughey? That's just a killer fucking combo right there. A strike on the first try
I honestly do not understand the critics who tore this movie apart. I think it was at Cannes or some festival, and they just shredded it. And to those critics I've got one thing to say: shut the fuck up. Seriously. Why do you have to shit all over everything? You haven't made anything yourselves. Go make a movie and let's see if you can do better. I'm gonna go ahead and guess no
Critics who give genuinely good movies such low ratings just piss me off. Just shut the fuck up. Nobody asked for your opinion. If people like it, they're gonna watch it, and nobody's gonna give a damn what you think
