Ridley Scott's wildly uneven sociopolitical thriller/carnage porn is propelled purely by star wattage. Russell Crowe's Foghorn Leghorn accent is at least a diversion.
I watched #Atlas last night on #Netflix recommendation. i.e. J-Lo battles robots in a mech suit
I enjoyed it. Well, I enjoyed it while I also programmed on my second monitor. What I can say is that the plot is quite thin; the contrivances are quite contrived.
But what I saw was a more interesting film of childhood trauma and how it drives us as adults. The acting was critiqued on imdb, but I thought it was subtle, damaged, and the best part of the movie's themes.
The thing about the theme, is that it's clearly about Atlas being abused as a 9 year old.
Manipulated by a adult (robot AI or not) to do something intimate they clearly don't understand. And that leading to a life of guilt and shame.
It's important that the film say out loud that it wasn't her fault. I would have liked it to make it clearer that Harlan was a manipulative abuser even before being set free, but the writing can't quite get there.
Im Rahmen des 34. Internationalen Filmfestes Emden-Norderney vergeben wir wieder unseren DGB-Filmpreis. Der Preis zeichnet Filme aus, die sich gesellschaftspolitischen und zeitgeschichtlichen Themen widmen.
Die fünf Filme, darunter zwei Dokumentar- und drei Spielfilme, beleuchten ganz unterschiedliche Themen. Die Filmschaffenden eint dabei der Wille, relevante gesellschaftskritische Themen künstlerisch zu bearbeiten.