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Looks great, great actors, but odd juxtapositions throughout

posted 7 years ago by MovieHeartGirl
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It's hard to know where to start here. This film had a great look and feel, the actors were great, especially Lily and the male lead who was pretty cute.

It just seemed so strange to have a very realistic, mundane set of circumstances in place in terms of work, colleagues, a break-up that doesn't seem too upsetting paired up with Sasquatch. The nature shots were wonderful, but the tone felt odd. Maybe this was done on purpose to avoid a horror-type feel.

Also, I'm not from the Northwest and don't know much of the lore regarding Sasquatch (including the mystical aspects of the creature). This is a film that is hard to explain or describe well to others--you just have to experience it for yourself.

The romantic component seemed odd, had a weird tone, and was rushed. It didn't go far, either, so I wondered why it was there. Sometimes, it seemed like the film was going to turn into a rom com due to the brief scenes of fiesty banter and a fall on the part of the guy (so he grabs her around the waist/hips), but then, suddenly, there's a declaration of romantic intention paired right away with a tiff regarding whether or not the male feels physical attraction and not an intellectual one. Why wouldn't he feel both since they are two cute, intelligent, nature geeks with very narrow interests in common. And, then, boom, sex. The sex scene feels awkward, and then things disintegrate. Perhaps that's a reflection of real life for many people and that's why it was included?

The bare bones aspects of the romance were interesting, but they just need to be fleshed out a lot more. It could have worked if it had been a part of a much longer interaction taking place over several hours, but for it all to happen in five minutes seemed rushed.

[–] WhoToTrust 7 years ago

The way I interpreted the sexual encounter and relatively fast subsequent disintegration aspect of the movie was that it revolved around how the guy (Sean) felt about Bigfoot (based both on his own flashback "scary" encounter when he was a boy, and, getting sick after placing the trail cam at the cabin) and what he suspected Sarah knew about the existence of Bigfoot. I suspect this because his change in demeanor and decision to leave happened right after he saw the pictures in the cabin that Sarah had drawn/painted of Bigfoot and realized that she must have had her own encounters.

Or on a more basic animal level, maybe he recognized that he was the type of person affected negatively by Bigfoot (the negative vibrations that made him physically sick) and that Sarah was the type of person who was affected (and viewed the existence of Bigfoot) positively.

So not necessarily a dog person/cat person kind of thing...but something like that?

It's also later fleshed out in the movie that they had different ideas about how dealing with the existence of Bigfoot would be best handled. Sean wanted to immediately prove they existed (the reason he set up the trail cam) so that public attention would make it too risky for the military to proceed with what they were planning, but Sarah wanted to learn more about them first (the reason she decided to live in the wild with them for a year or so).

Given the way the movie ended, maybe a sequel is in the works? I know I'd be interested anyway since this movie in my opinion addressed the possible existence of Bigfoot in the most realistic manner to date.