...the eggs that Alice (Florence Pugh) broke with her hand.
This movie had a lot of potential. Florence Pugh did a great job. Chris Pine (Frank) was good (although his lines were mostly babble). Olivia Wilde (Bunny) was reasonably OK. Harry Styles (Jack) wasn't great, but I guess that worked for his character.
I saw the movie at home and watched half of it one day and the rest during the next day. (Life got in the way and I couldn't see the entire movie at one sitting).
After the first half, I was anxious to get back to the movie to see how everything wrapped up. Unfortunately, not many things really wrapped up in a satisfying manner (or at all).
There were too many plot holes and loose ends in this movie. For example, in the real world, Alice was a surgeon, but she and Jack had to live in a dingy apartment. Granted, Jack was out of work, but I'm sure Alice was doing well for the two of them...at least for awhile.
Jack (in the real world) seemed like a looser. He was hungry and couldn't even make himself something to eat because Alice didn't text him back. Really? Yet, somehow, later, Jack found a job that would make enough money to pay for his real apartment and the life he and Alice had in the simulation. Uggh. Why would anyone sign up for that?
Why did the script make Alice a surgeon? Wouldn't someone notice if she stopped coming to work all of a sudden? Was she going to be strapped to a bed for the rest of her life? How was her basic needs being taken care of? Who was constantly putting eye drops into her eyes all day long? Who was taking care of the other women in the simulation?
What was Frank's wife's motivation and knowledge throughout all the events within the movie. (I didn't care enough about her to remember her character's name). Wasn't she also strapped to a bed somewhere?
When Frank's wife killed Frank and Alice killed Jack, it seems that the women would still be strapped to a bed with no way to escape (since their husbands are dead in the real world...for some plot device reason).
Did Alice really get out of the simulation at the end? A lot of people think so, but it could have gone either way. Perhaps she gasped because she was caught by the red jumpsuit people. Perhaps she gasped because she was still strapped to a bed. I don't know and unfortunately, I don't care!
Too many things were repetitive throughout the movie. Also, too many things are introduced but not explained properly.
If the "twist" would have been written better, this could have been a very good movie. Too bad the last 30-minutes is so disappointing.
If you feel the need to see this movie, watch the first half and make up your own ending in your head. It will be more satisfying!
This movie had a lot of potential. Florence Pugh did a great job. Chris Pine (Frank) was good (although his lines were mostly babble). Olivia Wilde (Bunny) was reasonably OK. Harry Styles (Jack) wasn't great, but I guess that worked for his character.
I saw the movie at home and watched half of it one day and the rest during the next day. (Life got in the way and I couldn't see the entire movie at one sitting).
After the first half, I was anxious to get back to the movie to see how everything wrapped up. Unfortunately, not many things really wrapped up in a satisfying manner (or at all).
There were too many plot holes and loose ends in this movie. For example, in the real world, Alice was a surgeon, but she and Jack had to live in a dingy apartment. Granted, Jack was out of work, but I'm sure Alice was doing well for the two of them...at least for awhile.
Jack (in the real world) seemed like a looser. He was hungry and couldn't even make himself something to eat because Alice didn't text him back. Really? Yet, somehow, later, Jack found a job that would make enough money to pay for his real apartment and the life he and Alice had in the simulation. Uggh. Why would anyone sign up for that?
Why did the script make Alice a surgeon? Wouldn't someone notice if she stopped coming to work all of a sudden? Was she going to be strapped to a bed for the rest of her life? How was her basic needs being taken care of? Who was constantly putting eye drops into her eyes all day long? Who was taking care of the other women in the simulation?
What was Frank's wife's motivation and knowledge throughout all the events within the movie. (I didn't care enough about her to remember her character's name). Wasn't she also strapped to a bed somewhere?
When Frank's wife killed Frank and Alice killed Jack, it seems that the women would still be strapped to a bed with no way to escape (since their husbands are dead in the real world...for some plot device reason).
Did Alice really get out of the simulation at the end? A lot of people think so, but it could have gone either way. Perhaps she gasped because she was caught by the red jumpsuit people. Perhaps she gasped because she was still strapped to a bed. I don't know and unfortunately, I don't care!
Too many things were repetitive throughout the movie. Also, too many things are introduced but not explained properly.
If the "twist" would have been written better, this could have been a very good movie. Too bad the last 30-minutes is so disappointing.
If you feel the need to see this movie, watch the first half and make up your own ending in your head. It will be more satisfying!