Definitely a better film that it's RT critic and audience score will have you believe. It's not perfect and as you said it's not for everyone, it's basically a cult film shot on a big budget. Amazing that Chazelle even got this made.
The first 90 minutes of this film are excellent and some of the best filmmaking of 2022. Once it kicks into sound era of Hollywood and it get's a little darker, the flaws start to show more and the film could have done with some editing during that part of the film. But any film that in it's first 20 minutes has a elephant shit on a man, a golden shower and a midget jerking off a massive fake cock deserves praise just for having the balls to do it.
Margot Robbie is excellent in it, and should have got some award buzz for it. She's heartbreaking but also you see the ending for her character coming a mile away. Brad Pitt is great too. Everyone is pretty great in the film. The acting, cinematography, soundtrack and editing are all great. As I said the first 90 minutes are fantastic, if the second half of the film kept to that level it be one of best films of the last 23 years imo.
But you can see why this film died a death at box office. This film isn't for the masses, it's a cult film and flaws and all I loved it.
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