The acting in this is phenomenal, and the writing’s pretty well done too. Jordan’s balancing horror, drama and comedy in a way that’s never jarring. I like its social commentary, and these characters are generally very interesting. My big problem is that I was a little bit too far ahead of the movie at times, you have a pretty good understanding of the motivations and conflict after the big party scene if you can read between the lines. It made some of the exposition later on unnecessary to me, little bit of dumbing down going on there. I also could’ve done without the brain replacement twist, it’s maybe a little too silly for its own good (kinda made me go: oh I didn’t realize we were that far into sci-fi territory with this) and unnecessary for a film that already has hypnosis as a building block for the plot. Nevertheless, it’s really well directed and shot, exceptional stuff for a first feature film.
Shout by JordyVIP 8BlockedParent2022-07-20T21:30:24Z— updated 2022-07-23T10:40:00Z
The acting in this is phenomenal, and the writing’s pretty well done too.
Jordan’s balancing horror, drama and comedy in a way that’s never jarring.
I like its social commentary, and these characters are generally very interesting.
My big problem is that I was a little bit too far ahead of the movie at times, you have a pretty good understanding of the motivations and conflict after the big party scene if you can read between the lines. It made some of the exposition later on unnecessary to me, little bit of dumbing down going on there.
I also could’ve done without the brain replacement twist, it’s maybe a little too silly for its own good (kinda made me go: oh I didn’t realize we were that far into sci-fi territory with this) and unnecessary for a film that already has hypnosis as a building block for the plot.
Nevertheless, it’s really well directed and shot, exceptional stuff for a first feature film.
8/10