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 -
- "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.
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