lacking context ≠ lacking depth. Anora is anything but surface level, she is a deeply wounded person filled with heartache. we see glimpses of it throughout but it’s not confirmed until the very last moment of the film which captures the whole point/message.
every needle drop of greatest day in anora makes me levitate but as soon as it starts during the proposal scene i seriously think my soul ascends to a higher dimension and stays there until the credits roll
Guillermo del Toro is the master of misunderstood creature features which is why his adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a match made in heaven.
Like Frankenstein’s monster, the pieces that shouldn’t work together - oddly do. There’s horror, there’s tender friendship, there’s gory violence and heartfelt romance.
It’s not without its flaws. The first 20 minutes were quite rocky but the film truly “comes alive” when Jacob Elordi arrives as the Monster.
@RealGDT’s pit-crew all understood the assignment with awe-inspiring production design, exquisite costumes, impressive makeup and Alexandre Desplat’s outstanding score. Visually it’s a 10, narratively it’s a 7 - I think the script needed a bit more fine-tuning.
As for performances, Elordi was incredible with David Bradley as the MVP. Their scenes together gave this film its heart.
Overall it is a bit uneven but there is so much to praise about it - so it’s defo a case of it being less than a sum of its dismembered parts. Full review to follow.
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I'm really curious about the scene of Glinda going up the stairs, cause it's the same place of DG in Emerald City. And we all know the melting occurs in Kiamo Ko. So why is Glinda there? Maybe to hide the book? To look at the horizon and remember her??