Under The Skin
Woah. Bob was right. This film is a game changer. I'm not even going to write a review on my website yet until I've seen this a couple more times. It's just that kind of film. I think rather than doing that I'm just going to scatter brain talk about what I just watched in short musings. I need to let this sink in before I write a piece on it. Perhaps more in depth analysis will come from any discussion n here...
The score is pretty amazing. I'm listening to it as I type this. "Love", a track that is played during probably the most important scene in the film and one of the most beautifully impacting scenes I've seen in a long time, is a f*cking amazing piece of music. It's so beautiful yet so unsettling which is what the film was for me, an unsettling gorgeous piece of art.
The opening shots are very kubrickian in composition, but unique in how Glazer introduces us to our main character. The darkness contrasted with the bright whites, as if something is being created in front of our eyes was really neat and sucked me into the film from the get go. We immediately know that this person we're seeing is not of this world. The fact that she's learning our language is equally as unsettling.
The whole hidden camera technique that Glazer used was genius. We have these unsuspecting men being lured in by a beautiful woman when in fact they really are being tricked into being cast in the film. Something just wasn't right every time on the screen and I think some of these men felt that, especially the deformed man.
The beach scene with the swimmer was one of the bleakest things I've ever seen.
The way she lures men is almost like a Venus Flytrap. The liquid trap scene scared the living **** out of me. I've never seen anything like that before.
I think it's safe to say that if I was one of those guys that she tried picking up, I'd end up like everyone else. Scarlett was just mesmerizing the entire film. Besides being seductive as all hell, she portrayed somebody not of this world extremely well. She's really starting to come into her own as far as acting goes.
The landscape shots of Scotland were gorgeous. It just added to the overall creepiness and unnerving feeling I had throughout the film. There wasn't a moment that I wasn't uncomfortable. Even during the love scene I was certain something awful was going to happen.
There are too many scenes that occurred where I have no idea what happened. I need you help on some of those bob. Maybe more time will uncover those.
Yeah. This movie is a f*cking masterpiece. I think I'm going to watch it again tonight before I got to sleep. Let those dreams try to work the cogs out of this one.
5/5