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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 337374" data-attributes="member: 8">[ATTACH=full]40248[/ATTACH]A very fresh lemon, indeed!It happens all the time that filmmakers are trying too hard to please all kinds of audiences without realizing that it totally undermines the identity of their film.This is one of those examples when they got it absolutely right because it lacks that grim determination.PYW is playful, it offers the viewer different moods and perspectives and their timing to step back and leave it in the hands of the audience is impeccable.It&#039;s not a remarkable premise, it&#039;s almost like a parody on a lacklustre copycat of a well-known blockbuster, and the first 10 minutes actually look frighteningly uninspired and with very little promise of an improvement.But somehow that less statement-y and less pleasing vibe started to feel intriguing and before I knew it I was completely absorbed in it.It&#039;s also a film that keeps giving but I didn&#039;t always recognize those moments when it was happening, and that&#039;s good because that means it was a step ahead of me.Characters get fleshed out as the story progresses but most of them are instantly watchable, the sometimes mediocre dialogue notwithstanding.In that regard it&#039;s not that different from 1990s Twin Peaks, minus the no holds barred quirkiness.Nice soundtrack and interesting cinematography, but not in a very noticeable fashion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 337374, member: 8"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1661719909857.png"]40248[/ATTACH] A very fresh lemon, indeed! It happens all the time that filmmakers are trying too hard to please all kinds of audiences without realizing that it totally undermines the identity of their film. This is one of those examples when they got it absolutely right because it lacks that grim determination. PYW is playful, it offers the viewer different moods and perspectives and their timing to step back and leave it in the hands of the audience is impeccable. It's not a remarkable premise, it's almost like a parody on a lacklustre copycat of a well-known blockbuster, and the first 10 minutes actually look frighteningly uninspired and with very little promise of an improvement. But somehow that less statement-y and less pleasing vibe started to feel intriguing and before I knew it I was completely absorbed in it. It's also a film that keeps giving but I didn't always recognize those moments when it was happening, and that's good because that means it was a step ahead of me. Characters get fleshed out as the story progresses but most of them are instantly watchable, the sometimes mediocre dialogue notwithstanding. In that regard it's not that different from 1990s Twin Peaks, minus the no holds barred quirkiness. Nice soundtrack and interesting cinematography, but not in a very noticeable fashion. [/QUOTE]

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