I found the entire experience very unrewarding. I sat there for two hours getting bombarded and came away just sort of asking "err...why?".
Winona Ryder's character also brought some appalling ideas forward; rejected by Thomas she throws herself in front of a car and then carves up her face. Seriously?
I actually hoped the relationship between Nina and Lily would do some really good, interesting things. As much as I hated the Mother character I thought that if she at least prompted the actions that brought Lily and Nina together she would have been a good plot device but to not just wipe out that fulfilling sex scene out of 'reality' but to have Lily mock and alienate Nina further when she realises what she thought? I was very uncomfortable - and not for any of the reasons the film makers wanted me to be at that point.
Also, there were quite a few men in the film but aside from Thomas, I can't recall any of them actually speaking/making any sort of contribution to anything. Even the guys in the bar were just 'slightly-sexually-threatening/a typical guys in a bar'. For me, this was not only a story seen told by the male gaze, but a film for the male gaze.
I'm so glad to see someone else felt there were more problems than there were redeeming features in this supposedly 'great' film.
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I found the entire experience very unrewarding. I sat there for two hours getting bombarded and came away just sort of asking "err...why?".
Winona Ryder's character also brought some appalling ideas forward; rejected by Thomas she throws herself in front of a car and then carves up her face. Seriously?
I actually hoped the relationship between Nina and Lily would do some really good, interesting things. As much as I hated the Mother character I thought that if she at least prompted the actions that brought Lily and Nina together she would have been a good plot device but to not just wipe out that fulfilling sex scene out of 'reality' but to have Lily mock and alienate Nina further when she realises what she thought? I was very uncomfortable - and not for any of the reasons the film makers wanted me to be at that point.
Also, there were quite a few men in the film but aside from Thomas, I can't recall any of them actually speaking/making any sort of contribution to anything. Even the guys in the bar were just 'slightly-sexually-threatening/a typical guys in a bar'. For me, this was not only a story seen told by the male gaze, but a film for the male gaze.
I'm so glad to see someone else felt there were more problems than there were redeeming features in this supposedly 'great' film.