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The Lobster (2015): Absurd, Surprising, Heartbreaking! - Movie Review

The Lobster (2015): Absurd, Surprising, Heartbreaking!

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[wack-ashimself]

'The Lobster' may be the single darkest satire on dating/marriage ever made....

I was gonna give a synopsis, but go read the wiki. There's too many on the nose and subtle situations that add to the overall narrative and themes which is where I'd like to focus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lobster

>Forced marriage or you are thrown out of society (even used/killed.)

>Extremes: either you MUST marry or you MUST be single. Nothing in between is respected by either mentalities. And there can be no middle ground. Punishment on both sides (default is being turned into an animal).

~~Side note: This movie was one of the most violent movies ever for a satire. First a dog is kicked and stabbed to death, THEN, a woman is buried in a shallow grave, bound, while wild dogs come and slowly eat her alive.!!! WTF MAN!?~~

>People would rather die than be forced into a body (or relationship) they don't want (being forced into an animal, so they kill themselves first.)

>Enjoying pleasures outside of a relationship is not good (or solo).

>Enjoying pleasures in a relationship is not good (they really did cover BOTH extremes).

>You must look neutral/good at all times as to attract a mate.

>Flirting is sin.

>Having shallow/stupid similar characteristics/hobbies are a good reason to marry.

>Lying is how some relationships start.

>Lying is how some relationships last.

>Lying is how you can still betray yourself and loved ones (In the end, he goes to blind himself so he feels more connected to the one he loves who was blinded, tells himself and her he's going to do it, but...it hints he chickens out.)

>When confronted with the truth, you may still either accept the lies or easily ignore them/get over them (f'd up scene where they make a husband admit he doesn't love his wife by forcing him to shoot her...turns out: no bullets, let's them both go, and now she knows how easily he would have done it. They do not show it, but I would have LOVED a conclusion to see what happened with that couple.)

>Even if everyone hates it, is against it, etc, we will still do it because 'it's always been that way'/ease/stupidity/fear. A big theme of this movie was humans hunting other humans to...shave time off their unfair prison sentences. All because society/government told them to. Slaves punishing slaves. Cops punishing the vulnerable for a raise.

>Even the extreme side of the 'good guys' can be tainted/too radical. Slicing lips, blinding people, and hinted castration...(turn me into a flamingo any day, am I right?)

>When you are turned into an animal, they never once promised your safety. So someone who hated you could hunt/kill/eat you! That says a lot about...everything...everybody. It's how the movie begins!

>How people who claim you are their savior will literally (it happened) use you as a human shield just to push their agenda/save their own ass.

>Sexism. Women NEED men to be men, and men NEED women to be women. They even did this thing where they tied one hand behind your back because 'two is better than 1' is a big theme. Fuck you; those TWO hands are on ONE body. Terrible example.

>Oh my fav one I forgot till I was writing this: kids are used to keep unhappy couples together/distracted, are used more as a parental showcase rather than individual people, and their pains and suffering are easily shrugged off by adults AND parents alike.

There was a lot of weird background choices, but I do got to ask: a BIG road construction going on in the background of the final scene? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Was that even a choice or just actually happened to be happening while filming? THAT bugged me. Cuz if it didn't mean anything, it was a huge distraction. (Maybe the theme we are all always working on ourselves/relationships?)

Either way, probably only....glazed over the many topics I wanted to discuss, but I haven't had a movie make me think this much about dating in a while. SO fucking layered, can be interpreted so many ways, DARKER than anything I usually watch, but because 'it went there', you got to see some social commentary not everyone will touch on. I mean, killing a dog, burying someone alive, and kicking an innocent child (who later tells her mom to kill you?) Not many movies go there....

Thoughts? Additions?

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J’avais fini par l’appeler "Cato". Comme le "valet" de l’Inspecteur Clouseau. Je me sens souvent Clouseau dans l’âme & je la redoutais comme il redoutait Cato. Parce que cette bestiole n’avait pas fui du tout. Elle me l’avait fait croire comme la Houdini des arthropodes, mais elle a refait son tour de passe-passe : je suis pas là / je suis là. Alors chaque soir je rentrais en me disant "faites que Cato ne m’attaque pas dans ma chambre". J’en fais des voeux… J’aurais dû me méfier, jamais été exaucée. Paf à la Houdini, pile au-dessus de mon lit : Cato. Bon. À l’automne, les tégénaires draguent paraît-il. Cato cherche un mec ? Dans ma chambre ?! Mauvaise pioche camarade, et pis merde alors, prems. Cato cherche une meuf ? Moi ?! J’ai déjà des gènes de souris, je vais pas ajouter des gènes d’araignée, je vais avoir l’air de quoi ? De Spidermousewoman ? Dans l’expectative, j’ai écarté mon lit des murs. Alors Cato s’est recroquevillé.e dans un coin pour la nuit. Bonne ambiance. Finalement ça s’est fini par des cris, Cato a choisi de faire brûler le torchon entre nous, en se postant dessus. Je l’ai balancé.e par la fenêtre. Exit Cato. Mais c’est étrange, presque, elle me manque. Et puis… si j’avais chassé la réincarnation de quelqu’un.e qui avait un truc à régler avec moi pour arranger son karma ?! Un truc à la "Lobster" de Lanthimos… ? Damned, j’ai damné Cato. "Help! I got a monster in my bed I got a lobster in my head And they try to chuck me out" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OqQHAeU1tJ4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uk_2-ib3ENc #cato #pluscato #araignéepoilsaunez#coloc #karma #pinkpanther #thelobster #thelittlerabbits #help https://www.instagram.com/p/ClfChzRKDnX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig attending Mike Birbiglia’s broadway show “The Old Man and the Pool” in January 2023 

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Hello Josie, seen you have been pestering me to upgrade my blog so here I am- I will be starting a new blog all about me, reviewing my vile, horrible trash films!!! so once I have that created, you better follow it🔫 because you care 🥰 anyways, I might get back to writing once the school year starts I just haven’t been motivated 💔💔💔

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