Why does Finn wear suspenders with jeans and a t-shirt? It's a bit distracting. I'm not sure if the director was trying to show that Finn is pretentious or if the director himself is pretentious, because I don't think people dress like this outside of bad movies or photoshoots.
Finn throughout was really badly acted, but that's another issue.
and the t shirt was untucked with the suspenders. my husband heard a mouthful about this. very distracting to me.
*beep* it, cut'em up!
They all had a hipster vibe. All the clothes, hat, furniture, the wall of the apartment, the investor's apartment. Finn's clothing was spot on with the rest of the movie.
No one "pretentious" required.
But are real people likely to dress that way? Or is it some filmmaker's idea of how an artist would dress?
To me, Finn is one of the most implausibly portrayed artists I can remember in a film. There is so much that doesn't fit with him. He seems practical and grounded at times with his apartment manager job, and that makes it even less likely he would chase some fashion fad. And I've heard of writer's block, but would a mediocre painter like him really just stare at a blank canvas for weeks or months? Most important, his personality just didn't seem to fit his actions.
The movie would have been a lot better if the bookie and his assistant were the protagonists, maybe if they discovered the machine. They're much more interesting and plausible than Finn and Jasper.
Shame, as the plot otherwise was deft and deep.
I thought he was a pretty good example of a type of overeducated, egocentric, striving artist. The costuming was really good, affected but in an almost self-consciously proletarian intellectual way. The kind of guy a good looking girl might find initially appealing for his depth and sincerity but quickly grow bored when his ego and artistic vision push her aside.
And of course she should end up screwing the dangerous loser roommate as personal escape and to punish him for ignoring her.
That staring at the canvas thing was hilarious. I mean if finding any subject matter to paint about or just painting without a purpose is so difficult, you are probably not a painter.
shareIt's actually really popular in the hipster community and considering he's an artist, his outfit fit the stereotype.
shareAlso, all their acting was excellent tbh.
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