I admit I am critical but this could have been stronger and I am sorry, but the part I am critical of IMO is nothing short of emotional masturbation, and if I am going to be subject to that I don't want it to come as a surprise.Īnd this director is a pale soulless white ginger! lol which makes it even more galling. I like much of it, the characters were engaging and I could see some of my younger self in the younger guy and some of my older self in the older guy. I think this could have been just a little longer, and with just a little tweaking, could have been much better. The afterfight part was just intellectually insulting to me. When it comes to films or shorts where there is not an explicit reason to have a 'suspension of disbelief' then yes, I am critical. Maybe they sought medical attention and drove to a hospital after reaching the car, thinking that their injuries were only minor since they were capable of moving. Running may have been difficult because they were hurt, or deemed unnecessary since their attackers were apparently unconscious. JaaI don't think they were striving for stark realism and some questions may not need answers. I doubt they considered questions like, "When will they call the cops?" or, "Should they wait for an ambulance?" But I'm sometimes critical too.
Despite the fact that the climax is a gritty, realistic situation, the filmmakers were probably aiming for romantic beats rather than straight realness.
I'm glad you shared your thoughts but do you react to all "grounded in reality" films like this lol? I just think it would be hard to fully enjoy anything but the most extremely, brutally, 100% real, totally uncompromising dramas. And that conflict resolution was shown by them walking the other way and commenting on it, calling back to the beginning, which might not have seemed as natural if they addressed these other details. Viewers would have to watch them talk on the phone, or the real-time story would be interrupted by an abrupt time jump or other scenes that weren't needed to convey that this experience helped them get past their conflict, at least temporarily. And they wanted to do that shot at the end that mirrored the one at the beginning, which would have been difficult if they ran away to call the police. Calling the police would have interrupted the flow of the 4 minute and 45 second film. The filmmakers wanted to make a short and sweet film and felt that these details were unnecessary. I don't think they were striving for stark realism and some questions may not need answers. You then have a 'breakthrough moment' in an alley with two bodies laying there? Why do they do this? Why do they just separate from reality like that? Have they never been in a fight like this-or any physical fight? Or even mugged? If you are attacked like that in an alley, are fighting and then two of the people who have attacked you are laying on the ground apparently unconscious, I can see the first thing being 'all you alright?'…but after that?. *I know I am being really critical but that was my honest reaction.ĬolumbusGuyI was with it till the end of the fight. Please tell me this is not what would happen. Strolling hand in hand possibly injured and not seeking any medical attention while one of the attackers may have woken up and come out of the alley with a gun?(that is if you have not actually killed one of the attackers…not like that might actually phase you and being gay men, might make you want to, oh I don't know, call the police, 911 or an ambulance while you quickly seek a safe space with people around?) No running and getting the hell out of there?