Why the positive reviews? Well, it seems like it's rigged in favor of anyone who happens to be of the fairer sex, can hold a camera in their hands and yell "action."
C'mon everyone, are we serious? The protagonist turns into The Incredible Hulk after 2 hours of grotesque violence, graphic sex with no heart, and vapid dialogue, that would make even Mr. Rogers cringe.
What has happened to film over the past three years? Politics full stop.
I don't usually have such visceral reactions to films this intensely, but Love Lies Bleeding is by far one of the worst I've seen in my entire life. Full stop, it caters to a warped idealogy that tears down the expression of true art. I've seen lifetime movies better than this empty plot.
Now, the "auteur" here is no Kathryn Bigelow. Glass has nothing to say. The dialogue was contrived and profane for no reason. Soapy even. The protagonist was very unlikable. The sex scenes did nothing to entice me to keep watching. Ed Harris' character was cartoonish at best. It was a 2 hour weird for weird sake film that holds no social significance other than to scream "I am an angry female who can kill men, hear me roar! Blue is the Warmest Color (a fabulous film I might add) it was not!
Finally, what stands out as the worst part of this film is that it tries to be daring when in reality we've seen the same empty nonsense in other female driven screenplays: Saltburn, Nomadland etc. Characters with little to no personality. Man-hating female leads. Again, no imagination.
C'mon everyone, are we serious? The protagonist turns into The Incredible Hulk after 2 hours of grotesque violence, graphic sex with no heart, and vapid dialogue, that would make even Mr. Rogers cringe.
What has happened to film over the past three years? Politics full stop.
I don't usually have such visceral reactions to films this intensely, but Love Lies Bleeding is by far one of the worst I've seen in my entire life. Full stop, it caters to a warped idealogy that tears down the expression of true art. I've seen lifetime movies better than this empty plot.
Now, the "auteur" here is no Kathryn Bigelow. Glass has nothing to say. The dialogue was contrived and profane for no reason. Soapy even. The protagonist was very unlikable. The sex scenes did nothing to entice me to keep watching. Ed Harris' character was cartoonish at best. It was a 2 hour weird for weird sake film that holds no social significance other than to scream "I am an angry female who can kill men, hear me roar! Blue is the Warmest Color (a fabulous film I might add) it was not!
Finally, what stands out as the worst part of this film is that it tries to be daring when in reality we've seen the same empty nonsense in other female driven screenplays: Saltburn, Nomadland etc. Characters with little to no personality. Man-hating female leads. Again, no imagination.