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21 Dec 2018, 6:52 pm
I watched 'Welcome to Marwen' ~4 hours ago and this review does make sense to me now
https://film.avclub.com/the-disastrous- ... 831232884'
as does calling it 'Toy story for adults'.
I actually would have preferred less of the figurine scenes as it could have really delved into what adult bullying means if it had done that instead of settling for being something of a quasi-predictable melodrama when it came to that, with "the kind of role Robin Williams, rest his soul, might have mugged his way through in the late ’90s" (from the link).
The scenes with the figurines made for a escapist male power fantasy. At least during this time of the year I am not too bothered by that however this 
Quote:
But however close he feels to the material, Zemeckis has flattened a complex journey of self-discovery into a technical exercise at once egregiously sentimental and emotionally hollow—a plastic facsimile of human struggle. Only this director, perhaps, would even think to make a special effects movie out of Hogancamp’s story. Everyone else would have the good sense not to.
Leaves me conflicted.The things Hogancamp had for wearing high-heel shoes (instead of focusing on apparently the full on crossdressing done by the irl Mark Hogancamp) plays an important role as far as someone having been severely abused on b/c of their sexual expression but I (goodness knows how it might me speaking out of admitted pornography issues) wasn't comfortable with the depiction of preferred 'crustless cheesecake' media which wasn't doll based.
I would say that this was a '~2 star' sort of movie leaning on 2 and 1/2. I appreciate having watched it in the privacy of a theater but would like to say that it's the sort of movie that you can contently wait for with no rush for it arriving on Netflix. If I majorly craved something '3 star' and more cerebral, I would probably pick something out on 'kanopy' but my credits to watch something on that website don't renew until next month/the new year.
I feel that 'Yang' is almost irrelevant to me not the least when it comes to assertion. It s---ks to pondering on the near irrelevancy of 'masculine energy' which I am highly wary. It s---ks to pondering on the near irrelevancy of 'masculine energy' which I am highly wary when thinking about my dad and that is probably a reason I liked it sort of seeing the need for power fantasy that Carrell's character has b/c of that and not just b/c of appreciating how the aftermath of 'emotional viscerality' from tormentors being handled appeals to me. This movie was 'fun and weird' or 'fun in a weird way'
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