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salienneSo, I've just watched Repo! The Genetic Opera and, honestly...?
Not as good as I was hoping.
Also, one of my favorite songs from the soundtrack wasn't even in the movie. And it's one of those that really needs context.
I guess my main issue is, Nathan never finds out that what happened to Marni wasn't his fault. So he dies feeling guilty for just about everything, and with Genetic Emancipation following his death, it just seems like Shilo gets over it far too quickly.
And I realize it's supposed to mirror the stage version and show society's apathy by having all the people at the Opera do nothing, but... really? No one does a damn thing?
And having the entire stage (and Shilo) covered with blood at the end was just overkill. It took away from the intimacy of Nathan's death and cheepened it.
And by the end, nothing about that world even changes. Sure, Shilo seems to have the possibility of a new life, but doing what? Everyone she knows, everyone she cares about or who cared about her (with the possible exception of Grave Robber), is dead. She thinks her dad killed her mom, and she's never so much as left the graveyard before this day.
I realize maybe the point is that nothing changes, we all die anyway, life and society and consumerism suck and are always here, but... why bother with the whole movie then? If the entire point of the movie is "Life sucks, watch these people suffer completely over the top sorrows for no apparent reason!", then that's a really shitty purpose.
We needed more of Shilo changing and starting off a new life, we needed just a little bit more redemption for Nathan. There needed to be some hope there, because after a bunch of rich people sit there and watch people kill one another and do nothing, the movie contradicts "Chase the Morning" and the optimism of Nathan's last words.
And I'm still trying to figure out where "Needle Into a Bug" is supposed to go, because I'm choosing to be more optimistic than to think Shilo just goes to numb the pain and becomes assimilated into this shallow empty world.
I mean, geez, with the exception of Nathan murdering people, she was better off with the blood disorder locked up in her house.
Although, on a more positive note, when Nathan finds Blind Mag in the house? Such a great scene. I love Blind Mag.
But, yeah. Maybe it'll grow on me now that I have far lower expectations (and keep wondering about how good it could have been)?
Not as good as I was hoping.
Also, one of my favorite songs from the soundtrack wasn't even in the movie. And it's one of those that really needs context.
I guess my main issue is, Nathan never finds out that what happened to Marni wasn't his fault. So he dies feeling guilty for just about everything, and with Genetic Emancipation following his death, it just seems like Shilo gets over it far too quickly.
And I realize it's supposed to mirror the stage version and show society's apathy by having all the people at the Opera do nothing, but... really? No one does a damn thing?
And having the entire stage (and Shilo) covered with blood at the end was just overkill. It took away from the intimacy of Nathan's death and cheepened it.
And by the end, nothing about that world even changes. Sure, Shilo seems to have the possibility of a new life, but doing what? Everyone she knows, everyone she cares about or who cared about her (with the possible exception of Grave Robber), is dead. She thinks her dad killed her mom, and she's never so much as left the graveyard before this day.
I realize maybe the point is that nothing changes, we all die anyway, life and society and consumerism suck and are always here, but... why bother with the whole movie then? If the entire point of the movie is "Life sucks, watch these people suffer completely over the top sorrows for no apparent reason!", then that's a really shitty purpose.
We needed more of Shilo changing and starting off a new life, we needed just a little bit more redemption for Nathan. There needed to be some hope there, because after a bunch of rich people sit there and watch people kill one another and do nothing, the movie contradicts "Chase the Morning" and the optimism of Nathan's last words.
And I'm still trying to figure out where "Needle Into a Bug" is supposed to go, because I'm choosing to be more optimistic than to think Shilo just goes to numb the pain and becomes assimilated into this shallow empty world.
I mean, geez, with the exception of Nathan murdering people, she was better off with the blood disorder locked up in her house.
Although, on a more positive note, when Nathan finds Blind Mag in the house? Such a great scene. I love Blind Mag.
But, yeah. Maybe it'll grow on me now that I have far lower expectations (and keep wondering about how good it could have been)?
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Date: 2009-01-12 02:26 pm (UTC)One of my favorite songs, "Things You See In A Graveyard", wasn't as menacing as I'd hoped it would be in the movie. Even though Rotti's a miserable ol' coot, I wished he had more life or...something, when he did that song.
Ah well.
But! Blind Mag's still badass as ever. :D
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Date: 2009-01-12 04:53 pm (UTC)I love what they did with Blind Mag, and "Night Surgeon" was so much more amazing than I'd pictured. So was "21st Century Cure".
OH, DUDE. I'm totally coming up this weekend! On Thursday, actually. Not sure when I get up, though, so not sure if I can Repo it up. Still, hang-out time as Lisa has offered me a place to stay and I miss you guys immensely, yesyes?