A good movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by David Cronenberg, I was quite eager to check it out. On top of that, not only it was almost a decade since Cronenberg had delivered a new directorial effort but, after more than 20 years, he was also going back to the body-horror genre, the genre that launched his career back in the 80’s. Well, I was expecting something weird and gross and I was certainly not disappointed. In my case, somehow, the most unsettling thing was probably actually this breakfast eating chair but I have to admit that the whole concept of people getting aroused while getting cut or cutting other people was definitely not my thing either. And, yet, David Cronenberg delivered once again a rather fascinating vision of the future, a vision which was quite scary and, yet, for some reasons, still strangely attractive somehow. Unfortunately, even though the damned thing was always intriguing, to be honest, I can’t say it really blew me away though. The first thing that bothered me was the lack of context. Indeed, how did we get there? How long was this organic evolution already going on? Was there anything else noteworthy going on in the world? A bigger issue was probably the fact that there were too many characters involved. Indeed, the characters, especially the one played by Léa Seydoux and Viggo Mortensen, were really interesting but, instead of developing them, they kept adding some other characters to the mix instead which was, in my opinion, a mistake. Eventually, you get a succession of characters saying and doing some weird things but I think it would have much more satisfying if, instead, they would have gone deeper in what a few of them were actually feeling and thinking. As a result, you don’t get to really know any of them and the biggest victim was probably Kristen Stewart who did end-up with a rather half-baked character. Anyway, to conclude, even if it wasn’t a real home-run, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in David Cronenberg’s work.