<PERSON> of Inisherin
I loved this to a certain extent. Firstly I'd like to address what I liked in this project. All the actors were absolutely stellar. I've become more and more acquainted with both <PERSON> and <PERSON>'s work as this year went by and I have really become a fan of theirs. All actors envolved in this movie gave it their all and that's something I really appreciated and payed attention to. Not only that, but the cinematography and sound design made me absolutely fall in love with the atmosphere that's here presented, just magnificently engulfing and engaging, I was in love with it all from the very first frame.
However, I really feel like I should express my problems with this movie because they're really bothering me and I don't know if it's because I'm missing something or if these problems really are there and most people just don't address them.
Why was this so long? The action of this film just went back and forth a million times and didn't provide a satisfactory answer to any of the issues here, I felt like I was watching a story with no development to it except it getting more unhinged, but it wasn't going anywhere. This could've been better as a short film, in my opinion. 647
So much beautiful cinematography but why couldn't the dialogues keep up? Why were there so many loose ends? The premise doesn't even make sense, felt like lazy writing to me. All the characters had SO much potential yet none of it was used? They made the characters so two dimensional, and the only ones who truly had my heart (<PERSON> and <PERSON>) met with unfulfilling and inexplicable endings. <PERSON> especially had so much heart to him, so much charisma and mystery behind him, and what did his ending do for the movie? Absolutely nothing, in my eyes. His death was showed as something trivial, and that really upset me while watching the film, especially given that we got little yet incredibly important context about his character as an individual, who had dreams, aspirations and didn't let his devil of a father take his spirits down. This is quite frustrating to me because, like I said before, so much potential was wasted here and I would've absolutely loved everything about this film if it weren't for the writing which I was definitely not a fan of.
Now, I understand this is a very beloved project to many people and in no way am I taking away credit for that, and I myself have expressed that I liked this film, but these flaws that I mentioned are ticking me off to a point where I can't bring myself to rate this higher than 3 and a half stars. A better developed script and more thought and consideration for the characters would've done it for me. It's a shame really, but still a beautiful project nonetheless.
Still feel so sad for <PERSON> :( 292