tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784846369945401487.post8567706359107619605..comments2024-02-29T09:17:47.380-08:00Comments on Movies: The LobsterShanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15033662507699896530noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784846369945401487.post-38088294134474796012017-01-01T10:46:04.917-08:002017-01-01T10:46:04.917-08:00Yeah, I don't think you want to OVERTHINK this...Yeah, I don't think you want to OVERTHINK this guy's movies. Just kind of understand the rules of whatever world he's creating as quickly as possible and then go with the flow. <br /><br />I think you hit the nail on the head with this being about "societal expectations" because I think that's exactly what it's about. What's expected with love, relationships, masturbation. There's a clash sometimes between what passion tells us to do and how society tells us that things should be progressing. I actually think the animal thing is ironic. <br /><br />Whenever a movie makes me feel stupid, I rate it more highly so that people will think I understood and and be tricked into thinking I'm smarter than I am. That's the right move here, Josh. Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033662507699896530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784846369945401487.post-81062986185958890192016-12-31T10:44:02.699-08:002016-12-31T10:44:02.699-08:00I just finished this one. I remember "getting...I just finished this one. I remember "getting" Dogtooth a whole lot more after watching it. This one kept me guessing and wondering and overthinking. Probably so much so that I may have lost the enjoyment of watching it. It felt like a test at one point. John C. Riley and Ashley Jensen were welcomed sights.<br /><br />Like Dogtooth, this movie was trying to say something about free will and living life with as little regard to societal expectations as possible. The Lobster spoke a lot about sacrifice. What we are willing to give up in order to get what we think will make us happy (or what society tells us we need to be happy). <br /><br />Like I said, it left me perplexed. I didn't understand the human-to-animal connection at all. I didn't understand the three different societies (the hotel, the runaways, the city-dwellers). So, I have to be a bit more judgmental on something that makes me feel stupid. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13056895439416156683noreply@blogger.com