Why does a tropical-looking island sound like a place you’d find off the coast of Massachusetts? Don’t worry, we’ll address that later.īaker has a lot on his mind. That’s the name of McConaughey’s character in Serenity, a fisherman with a mysterious past living on Plymouth Island. Matthew McConaughey and the Moby Dick of Tunaīaker Dill. This is the five-step process of experiencing an instant so-bad-it’s-good classic. Serenity is an early and clear front-runner for WTF movie of the year.įair warning: From this point forward, everything about Serenity is going to be spoiled, in the order of the film’s bizarre narrative developments-which, conveniently, double as a rising scale of WTF moments leading all the way to the film’s conclusion. If you had told me the plot machinations of Serenity outright, I’d have politely asked to check your kitchen cabinets to ensure nothing was somehow laced with LSD. You could’ve offered me a thousand opportunities to guess what the movie’s really about, and I’d never have solved it. Nothing could’ve prepared me for Serenity-its ridiculous dialogue, fish-obsessed characters, and all-time bonkers plot twist. Well, having finally seen Serenity, let me just say: REOPEN ALCATRAZ AND GIVE STEVEN KNIGHT A LIFETIME SENTENCE. I didn’t want to know the details, but obviously, there was more to Serenity than meets the eye. Sexy fishing noir actually seemed to track, and seemed like a fun enough time.īut then, a week before the release, Polygon reporter Karen Han described it to me as “deranged.” “Arrest Steven Knight,” she added. If you watched only the trailer, you’d think you understand the basic premise: Matthew McConaughey is a fisherman on some tropical island who is approached by his ex-wife, Karen (played by Anne Hathaway), who’s willing to offer him $10 million if he will take her abusive, wealthy husband, Frank (Jason Clarke), out on his boat and dump him to feed the sharks. You don’t really need to read the tea leaves here: Serenity, a movie genuinely described by writer-director Steven Knight as a “sexy fishing noir,” was originally scheduled to come out in October and finally arrived in theaters this weekend. The hope is that enough people will emerge from their post-holiday idleness and spend their money on a (probably terrible) movie and, with any luck, that studio can turn a marginal profit. January is typically the ceremonial dumping ground for films that studios wish to forget about. It’s rarely a good sign when a movie slated for release in October, a month annually populated by Best Picture contenders ( A Star Is Born) and box office phenomenons ( Venom), gets pushed all the way to January.
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