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English is not my native language so I apologize for the errors that are bound to exist.
Originally writing in May 3, 2019.
I feel identified with this film. No, I have never done drugs. But my refrigerator also tried to kill me once. It went insane, pull out a gun and told me he will see me in hell, or something like that.
I escaped by pure luck.
Is a hard film. I got no problems with that, I have seen worst things… in my own house.
But is also a very simplistic movie, predictable and exaggerated. Very exaggerated.
Is the descent to hell for absolutely all of the characters. Is focused in seeing how these four people ruin their pathetic lives because of the drugs, and that’s pretty much it. They just want to show suffering. And that’s lazy.
It has sweet moments, but in comparison they are incredible small.
Is completely hopeless, and I don’t have that much problem with it, but they are better addict stories that are more complex and realistic, like Bubbles in The Wire. God, The Wire is so good… Anyway.
Beyond the character of the mother, the best one, I have no fucking idea of why the rest of them got in to drugs. I can get an idea on Wayans, but, it needs more work. They are better options. I feel is a big deal to see how they got to that situation. I need to see it.
No, is not the dreams. They are other ways of opening a business. Harry seems sort of smart, he graduated from something. And if selling is what they wanted, why are they consuming? That’s the first rule, no tasting the product.
Wait, they were already consuming before taking that decision. What that hell?
Character work is alright. They at least have some level of personality, dreams and things they want to do. We do not know much about them beyond that, tho. Is not bad, but not great either.
The mother is awesome. Her character is really sad and realistic. That loneliness, feeling of abandonment, the television addiction, and the memory of old better times, is really hard and real. She, and only she, actually feels really human.
Visually, the movie is great. The directing reinforces what the characters are feeling. They are a lot of techniques. Acting is good. And the score is great. Beautiful. Lux Aeterna.
I don’t think is a bad movie, but not especial either. Is effective in what is looking for, not so much tho, because you can’t really emotionality connect with this people as is necessary. And what is looking for, is a low bar.
5/10.
SPOILERS.
The scene when Doctor Connors sees Harry fuck up arm, he calls the police BEFORE helping him. It makes no sense!
He goes to jail for a while until he finally receives some fucking medical attention. WTF
Harry should sued his ass! With that money he can maybe open that business.
Harry is a fucking idiot injecting in the same place even when it looks like shit. Nobody can be that stupid. But if he didn’t do that, he wouldn’t have lost his arm. And Aronofsky wanted to have his edgy finally, and logic wasn’t going to get in the way.
It makes no sense that there is a lack of drugs in New York.
Is the city that never sleeps for a reason.
Nobody notice that the mother is losing her fucking mind because of the drugs?
END OF SPOILER.
That´s it.
Alaoz!
