Probably the best episode of PBB-PH to date. Politics at its finest. When you're an open book, a smiler, a conversation starter โ totoo ka. But when you're quiet, guarded, and shy โ fake ka. Well, it is what it is. Just captured on camera. ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ:
๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ก๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ.
This is likely due to an inflated ego on my part tbh, but I just really think I could do so well on that show. Itโs all manipulation and lying and scheming and good times and socializing and it just seems like an overall fun way to spend the summer.
When Marianne rubbed a cloth to destroy the first portrait of Hรฉloรฏse, I knew this film was going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I loved how expressive both actors wereโtheir gazes, their nuances, and the way they delivered each line... If I may borrow Jane Austenโs words, this film has truly pierced my soul. All the eroticism is steeped in consent. I also loved the setting: the eerie mansion by the beach, perched on a cliff, was the perfect backdrop for a passionate story I could only imagine and dream of. I felt everything through this movie and adored how both actors flirted and argued until they could no longer speak or touch each other. Sighhhh... I could talk about this film all day. Another sighhhh... Iโm truly moved and have recommended it to my closest friends as a must-watch. After my first viewing, I can say this movie has left a lasting mark on me and has taken a significant part of my heart. ARGHโI'm in love with this movie!
Ari Aster is like a friend you seldom see, but when he shows up, he reminds you why you chose him as your person. Beau Is Afraid is a collection of postcards you never wanted to receiveโyet you did. Each one is from a journey thatโs good, bad, and, honestly, indifferent. This movie is a cathartic release, a relapse, and a nervous laugh. Unapologetic, satirical, and truly toxiqueโpractically useless! Though Beau Is Afraid is drenched in chaos, it remains committed to its purpose: to make you see and say the things you've always wanted to express. Ari Aster had no filtersโand then decided to consume the last bit of poise you as an audience had left. This movie is a dump of weirdly familiar scenarios. With Ari Aster, itโs always a dream, a coma, and a selective amnesia. Well played, AA.
There were three layers of the storyline that unfolded in this movie:
1. When the incel revealed to the audience how he got himself a companion robot
2. When the companion robot revealed to the audience that she had to kill the incelย
3. A frame-up subplot that the incel organized with his friends to cover up a heist and put the blame on the robot.ย
None of these moved me really. But there's one particular scene in the movie that, for me, is thought-provoking: It's when "spoiler alert" Jack (the incel male lead) forced Iris (the companion robot) to shoot herself in the head with a gun.
There was a split second of resistance when she shouted NO before pulling the trigger.
It was a nice touch.
And necessary.
Thanks.
Kinda made me think about how women are treated in our societyโpeople always say women have better options to save themselves in risky situations, but in truth the perpetrator (not all men but often men) manipulates women to choose the worse option.
Basically, this movie, if not political, is sort of a nod to those who haven't felt seen in a long while.
And I, myself, nod back.