Bruh, I can’t even remember for sure the last time I went to the actual movies. Like a movie theater.
It was definitely pre-covid and I think it may have been to see Jordan Peele’s US
Anyway, I went to see this last night and holy shit I think this might be the best movie I’ve ever seen. And I’m so glad I saw it in a movie theater on opening night.
This movie is An Experience.
It started out kinda slow and within the first 20 mins or so I was worried I might end up regretting choosing to spend 3 hours watching a movie about Elizabeth Holmes.
In hindsight, I wonder if that was a trick/illusion of the magician himself, intentionally trying to play with the audience’s mind. Bc almost right after I had that thought I was 100% locked in for the remainder of the movie.
I can’t remember ever sitting through a movie in a theater before where at various points throughout a single movie, my fellow audience members had such a range of shared reactions: laughter, shocked audible gasps, angry wtfs, disgust, empathy. Then when it was all over, (and I mean this in the least sacrilegious way possible) the audience all got up and left in a dazed and heavy silence that I seriously can only compare to my memory of seeing Passion of the Christ.
Anyway, go see this movie.
Nathan Fielder does what he does best, but also gives shades of Alfred Hitchcock. I know that doesn’t sound like a real description, but it is.
Bruh, movies have been getting by just fine without you… no one cares but damn it’s been a while bruh! Maybe next time she’ll tell the truth and we can all act similarly mesmerized.
But bruh WOW. Didn’t you see how stuff is before you did??? Bruh… I wonder what Holmes could do bruh she speaks so much bruh… we should all totally watch stuff bruh. You don’t know.
Sorry I enjoyed the movie bruh 🍿
…Also, I have to ask. Are you Billy Evans?
???
You should check the batteries in your carbon monoxide detector. Bruh
Or just don’t. Either is fine.
Are you ok?
Great job focusing on making fun of how that person writes!
Bruh, bruh, bruh!
What are you 13?
I assume everyone in the internet is around 12 these days
glue sniffing is a helluva drug bruh
I guess your parents failed to tell you… but… you have the option not to be an asshole.
Go to bed
Thanks for making it so apparent why I should block you
Oh wow so you’re just a dick huh?
D-d-d-douchebag!
I saw it today and it was great. I really appreciate a movie that actually leaves room for interpretation. Every 30 minutes or so it felt like the narrative was being turned on its head and it kept me at the edge of my seat like few movies of this length have. Definitely a movie I’ll be thinking about for a while.
Absolute madness. I am huge Nathan fan and I was setting my expectations low due to all the hype. It certainly lived up and left my jaw on the floor by the end. Holy hell there’s so many layers to this movie… I’m also glad I watched it in theater. It had been a few years since I’ve been to the movies and this one was def an experience.
Why is this movie not planned for release in India.
Kinda a big English speaking market to skip out on.
Because an Indian distributor hasn’t purchased it.
They needed Holmes and 56 others to spontaneously break out in dance.
Because they want you to pirate it
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The provenance sounds good but something about all the hype around watching this super closeup of a clearly ND person rubs me the wrong way.
Idk maybe that’s the “point” of the documentary but feels exploitative. Like afaik fielder is not a serious documentarian, he makes social commentary x comedy stuff. I’ll see what people say once the hype dies down but yeah… something about it just
I think my compassion is better spent on the thousands of people she medically defrauded with fake blood test results. To be honest, I think it’s condescending to other neurodivergent people to use that as any sort of a excuse for the shit she pulled.
Thankyou. As someone who has actually been actually diagnosed with actual autism and ADHD, it fucks me right off when people act like total cunts then claim it’s because of either of those conditions, just as much as it does when they claim it’s because of their starsign. Her acts were hers alone, not mine.
Not as an excuse. She’s going to prison for defrauding people. But like the entertainment aspect of it icks me. I just feel like if I go to the theatre I’m going to be sitting next to a person who just bought a ticket to watch the funny cringy lady twist under the gaze of the cameras.
Like afaik fielder is not a serious documentarian
…he kind of is though. Have you seen The Rehearsal?
I have. It was pretty gonzo, but that’s clearly a character. I meant serious as in like sincere, not on terms of the quality of the entertainment (which is very very high).
Is that what you meant?
Oh I think Fielder was more sincere in season 2 of The Rehearsal than you might be attributing here.
I dunno, I think that he’s been getting more and more serious/sincere with each project he’s done. I can’t comment on this doc quite yet as I’m seeing it tomorrow, but I expect to be impressed either way.
I do like his other stuff, but I guess I can’t tell the difference between him doing a bit and being sincere.
People do seem to love it. I hope you enjoy it.
feels exploitative
Oh no the poor convicted fraudster.
Personally I put the ceiling of how much fraud you can play the ND card for at around $1,000.
note: scam skisnow for $999
It’s not like she’s getting off the hook just because I feel uncomfortable about a movie making entertainment out of her fucked up psyche.
I mean, afaik this was her idea.
Apparently the super close up thing is kind of the co-director’s calling card for all of his documentaries.
Also pretty sure Nathan Fielder is ND. If not he’s a hell of an actor. I don’t know if you saw The Curse or the Rehearsal, but he’s a lot deeper than just comedy.
I hadn’t heard anything about this, but it sounds pretty interesting. The Guardian’s description makes it sound a little like 'F for Fake," which is pretty great.
Crazy amount of paid hype in here. WTF‽
The hype is real, it was amazing, you should watch it. Pirate it for all I care but you’re going to feel like an idiot thinking people’s comments were paid shills after you see it.
No
You refuse to see the film to which would allow you to have an actual informed opinion of it? It’s all paid promotion every single one of the people who helped it get a 99% on rotten tomatoes and a 9.5 on IMDb? Nathan fielder and a24 are out here running gorilla campaigns on the fediverse.
Yep
it’s a good movie and if I have a paycheck coming my way for saying that, please tell me who to contact to receive it.
Meh your loss. I honestly was skeptical as hell too and this movie isn’t gonna be for EVERYONE. But there are just some different things that are very fresh for a documentary - if you can even call it that. I’m not even sure anymore. I need to watch it again. And lol who would even pay shills to post on Lemmy anyways. Sign me up Soros!
Oh THAT’S who she is. I didn’t connect the dots for so long. I really wasn’t paying attention to any of this. But I remember now.
- This stupid fucking documentary has been pushed by a million advertising sites. OP, delete this horse shit and stop spreading it. Holmes should be in a cell forever instead she gets more famous by a movie. Fucking dog turd world.
Why would she deceive? She engages with people as normal human beings.
What part of speech is the word “doc” in that headline?
