How? How does so many people like a such garbage?
Objectively, the movie was poor: bad plot development, poor inciting incident, terrible acting (even from well known actors), awkward cussing (seemed out of place like every line was written by a sex fueled millennial), everyone was smoking joints (don’t they all vape now?), the script was awful with a few funny lines, the nudity seemed forced, and the messaging of dropping out of law school went no where…
Not a spoiler, but the inciting incident that kicks off the movie was so forced and abrupt that the audience was left unsure. Why did the man (Glenn Powell as Ben) say those nasty things about Bea (Sydney Sweeney)? Unsure in the sense that Ben’s character seemed to have been thrown lines to progress the plot and yet the justification, or explanation, of his harsh words was so thin there was no attachment. I could not accept the reason, and I did not care either, for the development of the characters seemed purposeful for the plot despite the purpose is supposed to be for the viewer.
The hatred for the two seemed arbitrary. The only foothold one may find it to know that the movie is supposedly based off of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Oh, so she is Beatrice and he Benedict…Well, in the play we have witty banter to supplant the lack of backstory to grind in the understand of their mutual hatred for one another. In Anyone But You, the quibbling duo causes few laughs and their dialogue lacks, not intelligence but a basic need for culture. Our current American’s seem so starved for culture they remake classics poorly and love the simplicity in the same fashion that an amateur craves the elementary my dear Watson. Its a necessity to start out basic so you can turn on the expert with time, effort, and experience. But, but, young adults don’t need this level of simplicity. Adolescents are mature enough to understand the language in this movie, and the plot line, and yet the movie shows tits, a dick, and says fuck word after fuck word (pardon my language but the movie says fuck about 40 times with no reason to have done so).
This movie is characteristic of a fear of the late great Oscar Wilde, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” I am slandering, though not slander because its true, I am ranting about this movie but the people to blame are those in the audience almost as much as the crack pots who call themselves artists who made this movie. If our world takes after this movie, society is done. China will take over the US in a fortnight and I will welcome the great red dragoon with open arms for the intellectual ineptitude of the modern young American is a paradoxical circus. Half of the audience was comprised of college students and they all seemed “intelligent.” I bet they all receive wonderful marks in chem, or bio, or comm or whatever they study; but wholly hell, there has to be another measure for out intelligence. We see the world they want and we marvel at the fact that many also want that world.
The acting: half hearted or puposful?
I believe that the actors were trying for bridge medium and attempt to add the effect of a plays usage of silliness. Actors in person have a rapport with the audience, they have the ability to act like they are acting and the audience can still enjoy the bridge in the 4th wall (well plays are in person the the bridge does not need to be broken because it is transparent).
GaTa’s character acted like he was speaking to the camera, the audience, and to the actor in front of him. Dermont Mulroney (who I thought was a decent actor) acted in the same pseudo play like fashion. Both of the actors were involved purposefully gossiping loudly in the movie in an attempt to get Bea and Ben to act cordial towards one another (Much Ado About Nothing inspired). The lines were delivered with tone and expression of an actor who was pretending to act. I felt the inertia of “cringe” taking hold. I looked at my wife sitting next to me and she looked at me too and both of us agreed, we were being ripped off. Was every take a first take? Was every joint smoked in the movie real? Did I need to be stoned to enjoy this movie?
There was a cadre of corny lines which is not always a problem in a romantic comedy, but the incessant effect of purposeful acting only made the bad dialogue worse. Shakespeare actors may use this corny delivery to juxtapose overwrought wit and lines full clearly written by a genius, but not here. This movie had no well worded counters to balance out silly expressionism. It was all silly with little humor. Dumb and Dumber, Anchorman, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, are very silly movies but the balance out the surreal plot and dialogue with real humor. Anyone But You tries to keep the audience by using a few funny lines like life preservers to keep the entire theater from drowning themselves.
Did the movie have good use of cinematic elements?
- Close up shots: One of a penis being squeezed. The shot placed the penis looking directly at the viewer (squeezing ones own penis like that is called ant eater because the penis head unsheathes if uncircumcised).
- Convention: Happy ending. The lesbian couple gets married (pointless; they can’t have children and can’t glorify God), Ben and Bea start dating and the movie implies they will get married.
- Diegesis: The movie uses diegetic music (as most do).
- Eye Line Matching: The inciting incident (SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!) occurs after Bea and Ben sleep together, not sex but just sleep, and Bea leaves and Ben has a friend comes over. Bea thinks, I need to go back because I really like this guy, but when she steps into his house, she hears Ben say that she is a mess and he doesn’t care bout her at all. we know Bea is at the bottom of the stairs lookin gup, we know the other two men are lookin gat each other and not her and we have no idea why Ben’s acting was so bad, nor do we ever understand the symbolism of the wrench and why Ben is so reluctant to share memories of his mother with people he cares about or why Glen Powell is so bad at making believable facial expressions. Also, does that man shave his butthole?
- Location: The movie had some stunning views of Australia
- Mise-en-Scene: Lets call it rich snotty brat vibe of directors who are trying to cater to the liberal millennials with a diverse cast, and a black lesbian who wears a racist shirt with the phase “Ego of a straight white man” on the front of it.
- Persona: Bea is the rich smart girl who does not want to listen to her parents wish that she go to law school, Ben is the “fuck boi” as he is referred to in the movie which the character enjoys being called and Ben also is “hot girl fit;” a term that means a buff man who has no cardio nor functional muscles. It is all for show. The lesbian couple is perfect despite the fact that lesbian couples have a much higher rate of domestic violence…God hated them first.
- Star: I should have known Sydney Sweeney from the horrible show was an executive producer and that the movie was going to be leftist trash just like that show and just like her: well, I don’t know if she is trash, but her views and taste seem to be.
To comment again on the new aged racism of the modern left, the white bigotry in this movie is subtle and ironic. The Black lesbian in the movie has a white dad and yet she wears a shirt that makes fun of white people. Typical hypocrisy. Typical cuck whites who decide that their race sucks and being made fun of is a good thing. Now, I am all for race centered humor. White chicks is hilarious, South Park is funny, Dave Chappelle is comical even after his mecca and transition to the worship of Louis Farrakhan. But, the left today has it all one way: kill whitey. If you are gonna be racist at least be funny.
Sydney Sweeney
Bea
Glen Powell
Glen Powell
Ben
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