
(Guest post by Greg Forster)
“It is strategic and necessary.”
Q: Is the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once as good as everyone says it is?
A: Yes. Yes it is.
Q: But now that you’ve told me it’s that good, won’t I inevitably be disappointed, because my expectations will be too high?
A: Nope. At least, not if you see it on the big screen, the way movies were meant to be seen.
Q: It’s that good?
A: It’s that good.
Q: Does it earn its R rating?
A: Yes. Yes it does.
Q: What is this movie about? What is its message?
Q: But I am required to see it on the big screen, the way movies were meant to be seen?
A: Yes. There will be no dispensations.
Q: Why?
A: This is how I fight.
I watched this film on Saturday. It was at 97%/93% on RT. The urge to leave started around minute 45. I hoped for a rally, but for me it never came. I must be missing something.
Well, among much else, the movie is an attack on uber-cool postmodern pop culture meta-meta-meta-hyperirony, which is, like, kind of your brand here on JPGB. So, I guess not surprising in retrospect. Sorry it didn’t work out – as always, my movie reviews do come with a money-back guarantee (on the money you paid for the review, not the movie), so hit me up to collect.