Sound design is actually one of those things I never really think about, I don't think I could recognise good from bad, but that's really cool and interesting!
I've never seen any Eggers films before either, so I really went in blind on this one, which makes me even more "?" about what he was going for. Of course Ellen is ultimately victorious -- she never changes her mind, she never gets seduced, she maintains her rejection of him at all times. When she ultimately agrees to submit to him it's a calculated move aimed at killing him, and she holds that resolve all the way to her own death, making sure he remains distracted by her long enough to get fried. All of which is obviously good! And I'm glad they decided to give her a strong will! But somehow it still feels a little bit like She Fucked Up and now she has to Fix It -- and I don't mind characters fucking up, but I guess I'm a little hypervigilant when the fuckup is sexuality related and the character is a woman.
Same re: Nicholas Hoult! I really enjoyed Thomas, he was the stock Decent Guy character obviously, so not terribly interesting, but he was written with real strength of character and never judged Ellen, which was cool. And I really enjoyed the way Hoult played him. I felt like these two could have really been a Mina/Jonathan power couple, which definitely contributed to me being a bit "Aww :(" about the ending.
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Date: 03/02/2025 12:31 am (UTC)I've never seen any Eggers films before either, so I really went in blind on this one, which makes me even more "?" about what he was going for. Of course Ellen is ultimately victorious -- she never changes her mind, she never gets seduced, she maintains her rejection of him at all times. When she ultimately agrees to submit to him it's a calculated move aimed at killing him, and she holds that resolve all the way to her own death, making sure he remains distracted by her long enough to get fried. All of which is obviously good! And I'm glad they decided to give her a strong will! But somehow it still feels a little bit like She Fucked Up and now she has to Fix It -- and I don't mind characters fucking up, but I guess I'm a little hypervigilant when the fuckup is sexuality related and the character is a woman.
Same re: Nicholas Hoult! I really enjoyed Thomas, he was the stock Decent Guy character obviously, so not terribly interesting, but he was written with real strength of character and never judged Ellen, which was cool. And I really enjoyed the way Hoult played him. I felt like these two could have really been a Mina/Jonathan power couple, which definitely contributed to me being a bit "Aww :(" about the ending.
(Hehe thank you! Formative fandoms...)