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I got penguin, which is pretty cool because I love penguins. As for the movie, I didn't dislike it, but I don't think I'd recommend it. It's at least something that had me thinking about it for a while afterward, even if it felt flawed. I kind of had the same reaction to it as I did to Upstream Color, to which I just realized it bears some superficial resemblance. I guess my biggest criticism is that to say anything interesting, it has to struggle against the absurdism, and that makes it feel a bit incoherent, especially by the end.
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Number Ten Cocks posted:The raid on the hotel was a nice touch, you think they're supposed to kill a member of the couples, but they're there to sow doubt and show that single story you tell for being together isn't enough or is an outright lie. You're supposed to believe the Lobster is trying to spare his friend, then that he settled for a middle way as he choked. No, he did exactly what the raid was supposed to accomplish, but better because he brought real knowledge to reveal. I think it's entirely possible to interpret this scene as that he did not provide any new knowledge. I had the sense from the way they looked at him they were thinking, "Yeah, we've been through that already. Turns out we actually have developed a loving relationship not built on matching a superficial trait, so why don't you get the gently caress off the boat and go back to the woods." I feel as though there are these little vignettes that are all interesting on their own, but they don't really fit together to form a complete picture of this as a dystopia. Though I kind of doubt there was an intention to make it work, so it's sort-of okay.
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