It’s What’s Inside (2024)
★★★
This review may contain spoilers.
this movie has a great sense of perspective, for a movie about switching bodies I don't think that you get confused on who is where, there are things that I wish would have happened, things that could have been brought back and had pay off in a pretty cool and grand way, I wish that the characters were further developed here, that we understood where the fights, like some of the secondary protagonists don't get but a line or two of development and we should have got more, when this fight between Dennis and Cyrus breaks out I was left wanting more of an understanding for both sides.
As soon as the characters fall off the roof the film instantly gets far more interesting the questions that it begins asking at that point are really intriguing.
all that being said I don’t want to sound too mean here because the visuals on this thing are beautiful, the camera works is amazing, the way it floats from shot to shot is so cool, the editing, it makes sense that the director was the editor because this film has a great sense of style, it can be super quick and fast paced at times but man is it cool to look at.
great first feature, will for sure be keeping on eye on this director moving forward.
notes below
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- like the opening classical music, cool soundtrack, then during the argument it feels a little repeative
- the editing is crazy, so quick so much is happening.
- like the cut to title card that was cool.
- this is a cool split screen.
- what the freak is happening.
- rebirth?
- I like this cool photograph scene thing, very cool vfx, very cool framing, like how it changes and adapts to what they are saying.
- like this thought of looking deeper for meaning that is being presented with the color drawings -- plays off the title, it's whats inside.
- this film is really great at putting us in the perspective of the characters, very cool.
- really like the lighting in the film.
- the blue light behind Game boy and the green light on his face.
- the soundtrack is pretty cool.
- the movie has a good sense of imagery.
- cool concept for a film.
- I almost wish the camera would stop moving for a second and allow us to breath with the characters.
- great sound design for the movie.
- glad we have slowed a bit, these slower bits would work if we knew our characters, like this argument between Cyrus and Dennis would hold weight
- I do think alternatively this argument between Nikki and Shelby works better as it has been kind of set up.
- I also think this conversation between Shelby and Cyrus works as well as the whole movie has been built around it.
- feel like instead of saying all that stuff she could have just rubbed the top of her eyebrow, brought that back?
