Rotten tomatoes will give you better opinions than "the girl is annoying. I don't like it so it's a pretentious movie".
I can accept that the first half is kind of slow and we don't really connect that much with Colin's character. I will talk more about him later.
The great start led me to believe the movie was going to take me on an unpredictable ride with different rhythms a la "ex machina", but it did not. I had to pause and resume.
The second part was beautiful though, especially the part of Kyra reminiscing her conversation with Yang. Yang's memories made it worth it. It leaves you thinking with all those philosophical questions such as what makes someone asian, why we assume anything would like to be human, or why we have to have hopes for endings. It was a wonderful experience but I don't think Jake's point of view was the best approach from the get-go. We only connect with him when we see him through Yang's eyes, way later in the film. Perhaps if more time was given to Kyra and Mika's solo times?
I'm really interested in watching what this director will do next and I'm glad I have seen this unconventional effort.
Now to a Colin related tangent: I really appreciate his recent acting choices such as his part in " The north water" or in "the lobster". He is great there and he does a good enough job here. I'm happy he managed to turn it around after the wild 00s. I kept remembering that because Clifton and him were also part of Schumacher's wonderful 'tigerland' and it made me wonder what they might have talked about after all this time and what has changed about them since then.
I can accept that the first half is kind of slow and we don't really connect that much with Colin's character. I will talk more about him later.
The great start led me to believe the movie was going to take me on an unpredictable ride with different rhythms a la "ex machina", but it did not. I had to pause and resume.
The second part was beautiful though, especially the part of Kyra reminiscing her conversation with Yang. Yang's memories made it worth it. It leaves you thinking with all those philosophical questions such as what makes someone asian, why we assume anything would like to be human, or why we have to have hopes for endings. It was a wonderful experience but I don't think Jake's point of view was the best approach from the get-go. We only connect with him when we see him through Yang's eyes, way later in the film. Perhaps if more time was given to Kyra and Mika's solo times?
I'm really interested in watching what this director will do next and I'm glad I have seen this unconventional effort.
Now to a Colin related tangent: I really appreciate his recent acting choices such as his part in " The north water" or in "the lobster". He is great there and he does a good enough job here. I'm happy he managed to turn it around after the wild 00s. I kept remembering that because Clifton and him were also part of Schumacher's wonderful 'tigerland' and it made me wonder what they might have talked about after all this time and what has changed about them since then.