I started watching sort of by accident on Hulu and I didn't really know what the story was as it wasn't described very well in the little blurb they have. I found myself resistant to it and I was going to turn it off, and then I decided to skip ahead. I landed on a certain scene, realized I wanted to find out what led up to it, went back and then just resigned myself to the fact that I was invested.
I think I was initially not getting past this being a straight woman trying to be a certain way and make an idealized yet jerky man love her. I recognized the "type", and movies don't have to reflect my personal experiences to interest me; but I was in the mood for something I could relate to, and that basic idea wasn't it. Eventually, though, I found myself relating on a deeper level.
Maybe you have to have "been there" emotionally, to really appreciate this one, and I always am thankful there are artists willing to make a movie they must know in advance is not going to appeal to the majority of folks but may mean a great deal to a smaller portion of society.
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