my favorite movie I am pretty confident

my favorite movie I am pretty confident

wow. definitely was not expecting to be rocked by this movie. really really hit me, i feel a little called out personally

this is the most contemporary movie ive seen — definitely the best (moreso than everything everywhere all at once!!) at capturing some of the secondary and tertiary effects of living in the information age. in a world where your life has infinite paths that you can genuinely pursue and succeed in, can you ever be satisfied? can you ever look back without regret? can you ever commit to someone without doubt?

questions for the sequel, in another generation’s time, which i personally would very much like to know the answers to: is there a danger to dipping your toes in new ponds, over and over, or do you “naturally” grow out of such desires? did infinite knowledge fuck us all irreparably?

and this movie is fucking REAL there are actual topics examined and not in a throwaway manner — gender in culture, womens health (i really really fuck with the shower scene at the end, literally zero other explanation), generational differences and cancel culture, the purpose of art, sex, careerism and its cultural ubiquity, and there legitimately were more.

but all that said, to me this is mainly a coming of age story in the modern era — the first movie ive seen that actually captures the effect the internet has on our lives (namely our relationships). wow i am super impressed by the takes this movie posits, and i think it ends at a great point — julies about as old as the oldest person who grew up entrenched in the internet would be today. so the movie ends at present day, and its unclear how her — or all of our — storie(s) will end. we’ll have to see

obligatory soundtrack mention — super varied and consistently banger, always set the right vibe for the scene.

oslo sick setting obviously, so many things in this movie subtly flex that theyve got it figured out over there

and of course this could all be a misread, but after all this thinking i dont believe it is — why include the prologue otherwise? the prologue is INCREDIBLY pointed in this direction, and aksels decisiveness in what he wants is constantly juxtaposed with julies

wow. definitely was not expecting to be rocked by this movie. really really hit me, i feel a little called out personally

this is the most contemporary movie ive seen — definitely the best (moreso than everything everywhere all at once!!) at capturing some of the secondary and tertiary effects of living in the information age. in a world where your life has infinite paths that you can genuinely pursue and succeed in, can you ever be satisfied? can you ever look back without regret? can you ever commit to someone without doubt?

questions for the sequel, in another generation’s time, which i personally would very much like to know the answers to: is there a danger to dipping your toes in new ponds, over and over, or do you “naturally” grow out of such desires? did infinite knowledge fuck us all irreparably?

and this movie is fucking REAL there are actual topics examined and not in a throwaway manner — gender in culture, womens health (i really really fuck with the shower scene at the end, literally zero other explanation), generational differences and cancel culture, the purpose of art, sex, careerism and its cultural ubiquity, and there legitimately were more.

but all that said, to me this is mainly a coming of age story in the modern era — the first movie ive seen that actually captures the effect the internet has on our lives (namely our relationships). wow i am super impressed by the takes this movie posits, and i think it ends at a great point — julies about as old as the oldest person who grew up entrenched in the internet would be today. so the movie ends at present day, and its unclear how her — or all of our — storie(s) will end. we’ll have to see

obligatory soundtrack mention — super varied and consistently banger, always set the right vibe for the scene.

oslo sick setting obviously, so many things in this movie subtly flex that theyve got it figured out over there

and of course this could all be a misread, but after all this thinking i dont believe it is — why include the prologue otherwise? the prologue is INCREDIBLY pointed in this direction, and aksels decisiveness in what he wants is constantly juxtaposed with julies

actually writing a full review to convince the homies who haven’t watched this yet to hop to it ASAP!
I think this movie is about how scary it is to choose a life: a career, a partner, a commitment to a particular sense of “self.” the main character Julie keeps changing and changing and changing in pursuit of getting these choices truly “right,” or at least avoiding them until she understands who she is. Julie is meee core in that sense and I have never related more to a movie character in such a profound way.
this time around, I felt so so much more empathy for Julie and myself. modern life offers us infinite never-ending choices and paths and places and people. there is no one to tell us how to pick, no omniscient authority who can offer us the way forward, no roadmap! But we keep choosing anyway, and choose right and wrong, and eventually grow up.
so - this time, I’m left more grateful than terrified that the clarity Julie (and me) seek in our decision making was never promised. the only way forward is through!
watch this movie dawg. and then watch it again in a few years!

actually writing a full review to convince the homies who haven’t watched this yet to hop to it ASAP!
I think this movie is about how scary it is to choose a life: a career, a partner, a commitment to a particular sense of “self.” the main character Julie keeps changing and changing and changing in pursuit of getting these choices truly “right,” or at least avoiding them until she understands who she is. Julie is meee core in that sense and I have never related more to a movie character in such a profound way.
this time around, I felt so so much more empathy for Julie and myself. modern life offers us infinite never-ending choices and paths and places and people. there is no one to tell us how to pick, no omniscient authority who can offer us the way forward, no roadmap! But we keep choosing anyway, and choose right and wrong, and eventually grow up.
so - this time, I’m left more grateful than terrified that the clarity Julie (and me) seek in our decision making was never promised. the only way forward is through!
watch this movie dawg. and then watch it again in a few years!

oh gosh. i wanted to like it, and thought i really would from the first two lines, but it turns out she truly was just the worst person in the world.

not for cheating, or being unable to commit, or being unsure what she wanted from a weird and difficult shared existence, but because she couldn’t communicate that to anyone! let alone herself!

it felt so slow, to me, it developed character motives and values so uninterestingly, and the pieces where it tried to be artistic made me wince - the stopping the world scene felt so overdone for my taste. it felt like multiple shots were 3 seconds too long, and then the director would throw in an aura shot to try and make you remember the scene.

Aksel was the one person with his head on straight. And yet, when he told her that she was a damn good person, i scratched my head and wondered why. nothing about what was shown with their relationship made me aware of what he saw in her that made that true. perhaps its simply that he loved her, and that is enough detail to justify why he feels that and we must accept that he sees her in a light that we do not, but i’m trying to be generous with this interpretation.

Liked the interview scene, and loved bro’s air drumming scene.

oh gosh. i wanted to like it, and thought i really would from the first two lines, but it turns out she truly was just the worst person in the world.

not for cheating, or being unable to commit, or being unsure what she wanted from a weird and difficult shared existence, but because she couldn’t communicate that to anyone! let alone herself!

it felt so slow, to me, it developed character motives and values so uninterestingly, and the pieces where it tried to be artistic made me wince - the stopping the world scene felt so overdone for my taste. it felt like multiple shots were 3 seconds too long, and then the director would throw in an aura shot to try and make you remember the scene.

Aksel was the one person with his head on straight. And yet, when he told her that she was a damn good person, i scratched my head and wondered why. nothing about what was shown with their relationship made me aware of what he saw in her that made that true. perhaps its simply that he loved her, and that is enough detail to justify why he feels that and we must accept that he sees her in a light that we do not, but i’m trying to be generous with this interpretation.

Liked the interview scene, and loved bro’s air drumming scene.

All time favorite

All time favorite