Just got out of a Mothers' Instinct Screening.
It was Literally Perfect....... the Script was Firing and Working, the Sheer Paranoia of Alice and the Projected Shadiness(by Alice) on to Celine was Working so well as a Juxtaposition.
And built this Literal Rabbit Hole of Paranoia & Delusion playing on screen. It was such an excellent Watch......and then it Makes an Absolutely Disastrous Script Choice.
So here I am, sitting in the Cinema, I've just Watched that Excellent Balcony Scene with Alice, Celine and Theo and thinking "Man, this is a Perfect Watch".
We then get to the part where Celine and Alice are Having Cigarettes 🚬, Sitting Down and Smoking and Making Up and Forgiving eachother and I then thought to myself -
BUT NO! We get, in my opinion, an Absolute Domino Effect of a Disaster. It's not that the actual Films Ending didn't work, it's the fact that it was a weak as hell execution, Due to the fact that this Pathways' Ending wasn't built up strongly enough in that Direction to end at a Resolution like this.
Even when films are based on Novels, either build things properly to produce effective outcomes or make amendments to the script.
Anyway, Here's the Positives -
1. 👩💼👱Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastains Acting Ability was Top Notch. Correct Lack of Facial expressions/Facial Expressions at the right moments expressing that Given Emotion, Dialogue, Line Delivery, the Chemistry they had as Best Friends, everything. The Supporting Husbands and the 2 Kids were Fine.
2.👗Costume Design, Make-up and Hair, Perfectly done for the Time Period.
3. 🍭Production Design and Props, again, Matching the Time Period.
4. 🎵 Score, once again, Matches the Film Perfectly and is Used effectively at the Correct Moments
5. 🎥 Cinematography, Gorgeous Cinematography Coupling the Production Design and Colour Grading. It has this Bright Sheen to it. Beautiful to Watch.
Overall, it was a 10/10......and then Drops to a 7/10 roughly a little bit after the cigarette/Forgiveness Scene up to the Ending.
It was Literally Perfect....... the Script was Firing and Working, the Sheer Paranoia of Alice and the Projected Shadiness(by Alice) on to Celine was Working so well as a Juxtaposition.
And built this Literal Rabbit Hole of Paranoia & Delusion playing on screen. It was such an excellent Watch......and then it Makes an Absolutely Disastrous Script Choice.
So here I am, sitting in the Cinema, I've just Watched that Excellent Balcony Scene with Alice, Celine and Theo and thinking "Man, this is a Perfect Watch".
We then get to the part where Celine and Alice are Having Cigarettes 🚬, Sitting Down and Smoking and Making Up and Forgiving eachother and I then thought to myself -
- "This is the Film, a Film about Paranoia, Delusion, Bad energy and that these 3 things Destroy People Around Us, and Especially Harms the Kids around us seeing this stuff"
- "That's it, End the Film Here, it's Perfect (add a slow pan out shot and fade to black)."
BUT NO! We get, in my opinion, an Absolute Domino Effect of a Disaster. It's not that the actual Films Ending didn't work, it's the fact that it was a weak as hell execution, Due to the fact that this Pathways' Ending wasn't built up strongly enough in that Direction to end at a Resolution like this.
Even when films are based on Novels, either build things properly to produce effective outcomes or make amendments to the script.
Anyway, Here's the Positives -
1. 👩💼👱Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastains Acting Ability was Top Notch. Correct Lack of Facial expressions/Facial Expressions at the right moments expressing that Given Emotion, Dialogue, Line Delivery, the Chemistry they had as Best Friends, everything. The Supporting Husbands and the 2 Kids were Fine.
2.👗Costume Design, Make-up and Hair, Perfectly done for the Time Period.
3. 🍭Production Design and Props, again, Matching the Time Period.
4. 🎵 Score, once again, Matches the Film Perfectly and is Used effectively at the Correct Moments
5. 🎥 Cinematography, Gorgeous Cinematography Coupling the Production Design and Colour Grading. It has this Bright Sheen to it. Beautiful to Watch.
Overall, it was a 10/10......and then Drops to a 7/10 roughly a little bit after the cigarette/Forgiveness Scene up to the Ending.