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I Love Brit, and her Vision, but...

posted 11 years ago by chas437
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I think this film has a few problems.

Its a gripping film, and has a very original perspective, but it doesn't make the audience think as much as her other films, 'Another Earth' and 'Sound of your Voice'.

The ending was a disappointment. If the film had ended after she regurgitated the picture card and was looking at herself in the mirror, it would have been perfect. She tries to hard to state her position, when her position isn't really important to the success of the film.

Its still a compelling film. Brit Marling has come as close as anyone in her generation to articulating a vision of youth culture, and in this sense, her perspective is completely original. That's something we haven't seen in a very long time.

I like watching Brit Marling eating out of trash cans and dumpsters!

I'm a civilian, I'm not a trout

[–] filmfanaticNorCal 11 years ago

You must think a lot of Brit. She is very pretty, but I've seen better acting from a dead jelly fish.

Life is for lovers, and lovers are for life.

[–] jharmon64 11 years ago

I'm with you on most of it.

I don't like how it finished, but overall, pretty good.

[–] fairy_depp 11 years ago

I thought they were going to finish it when she threw up the memory card and was a bit irritated by that - I like having an actual ending rather than things being open ended and left to your imagination so I'm glad they told us what happened. I didn't think the ending was perfect and it was the weakest part of the film in my opinion but still, not bad.

[–] reservoirsquad 10 years ago

I think her best performance in any of her films is in Sound Of My Voice.