The Lobster

The best thing I've watched lately

This is a real treasure trove. On many levels, this movie is good, once you accept its crazy rules. It's just a good love story. and a good satire on modern society. and a good meta-comedy. in short, I strongly recommend watching it, but eat thoughtfully, otherwise there is a chance to get bogged down in a series of incomprehensible events)

How cruel can the world be

A peculiar interpretation of " Romeo and Juliet ". Satire, an allusion to modern society. Strange and unusual. There were thoughts that this work was shot by Lars von Trier, or a person who reveres him.

The overall vibe resembles the TV series Black Mirror

And what are the several operational problems that forced you to remove the option of bisexuality? I wonder why they decided to turn into animals without finding a couple. Obviously, we are not talking about the preservation of the human race, because we would leave only a natural heterosexual option.
What if the lobster is caught and cooked for food? 😅
It's kind of absurd – we'll lose one hand for a day, so that we understand that it's better with a couple than one 😂
Since the arm will be unhooked tomorrow anyway, maybe it's better to wear clothes and sleep and not suffer undressing?
So it's much worse here? Are they sending not only singles, but also widows and divorcees? 😶
Why did John C. Riley choose this heartless one? Similar characteristics? And it seems like 3 girls are sitting together, you 3 are also together…
Hunting each other? One of the ways to punish, besides turning into an animal?
Are darts deadly? And each person killed seems to add another day…
And every day is semi-prostitution? 😅
Is it necessary to rub through clothes, but you can't masturbate? Like this is going to interfere with married life?
Well, what are these terrible statements about the need for a partner? 😆 The partner may be weak, or there are many attackers – and then who will save the girl? Well, or she can have a gas canister with her and use it to get rid of the attacker...
Why don't the hotel guests agree on living together? Like, "We're a couple now, we're in love." And then, after leaving home, live on your own. Or do they arrange inspections in the houses afterwards?
Was it necessary to repeat about jumping out of the window twice?
Does the main character really want to find someone? Maybe he avoids communicating with that girl not because she is unattractive to him, but because he wants to become a lobster faster? 🤔
Do children help solve problems? Isn't it individual? For someone, they can create new problems, become a stumbling block and lead to divorce 😅
I thought the main character wanted to become an animal? If not, why did you decide to come along just now?
And what attracted her to not helping her? Is he a weakling or a coward and does not pose a threat to her?
And where do children come from? Orphans? Single children (widows)?
I didn't do anything for a month and a half, then decided to pretend to be heartless, more emotionless than I really am, just to find someone? 🙃
And she probably likes to kill, so she's in no hurry to leave the hotel? Plus free food…
Is it my imagination, or was the ladder moving at the 51st minute? 😅
So darts don't kill? Are they knocked unconscious and then killed? Or do they wake up and start over?
And why are couples banned in your country? Are you against couples, or will couples want to leave and might give you away? Or can they have children?
So maybe try your chance back at the hotel or become the animal you wanted to be? Otherwise, this group of loners seem to be the same psychos. Why is it forbidden to become a couple? Why is everything the exact opposite of the hotel?
By the way, did anyone try to escape during the hunt? Are they all returning peacefully?
"The marriage certificate has expired" - what, do they have a deadline, or what? Do they have to keep updating to prove that they are together?
Okay, kill the manager for running this place, but kill them just to make them lonely? Okay, it's clear with them – why the rest?
So, wait a minute – did they just want to scare? To check which of the couples is ready to kill for their own salvation?
They run straight into it – okay, you pretend to be a couple at the leader's parents on her orders, but you don't need to overdo it, otherwise she will understand that you are not playing and not overplaying, but behaving naturally 🤣
I thought they wanted to perform such an operation so that she would not have a child... Is it necessary to have exactly the same defects? Can't a nearsighted person love someone with normal eyesight? Would he stop loving her if she had good eyesight? Or if he gets operated on too? Unless, of course, they lie that they came to the eye ... 🤔
Uh, wait–was she really blinded? And why would a doctor perform such an operation? She's a psychopath, worse than the law. They at least give some chance to find a couple, and here they are punished for it…
And I'm also interested in how money is in this world? How did the forest loners get money for the purchases they went to? Or did you just go for a walk? And what did the doctor pay for the blinding? Is getting rid of loners economically justified? Do the expenses for the maintenance of the hotel pay off? If so, how?
And why blind yourself? Wouldn't your eyesight be better for both of you than if you both went blind? 😶 And do you have to do it yourself? Can you go to the same eye doctor?
Is that all there is to it? I was already critical of the film, and now this ending? 🙃

What cannot be taken away from this story is the lack of dust.
It was beautifully shot and played with talent. Wise and Farrell are beautiful individually and incredible together.
The idea of public condemnation of loneliness as a phenomenon is relevant (which makes the film ideal for viewing on Valentine's Day).
The characters are desperately trying not to be a part of society. Breaking out into a different, more loyal environment... they start going awry again, but in the opposite direction and together.
And only at the end, left alone with each other and with themselves, the characters begin to play by the rules.

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, I had only seen "The Poor and the Unfortunate" before, and this film interested me mainly in the cast, because in addition to Pharrell, Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman, John C. Riley, Michael Smiley and others, whom I definitely saw, but I don't remember their names. The film itself is called an arthouse and I usually don't watch it, but I decided to do it anyway. It turned out pretty well for my taste, although it was hard to watch, but then I got involved. I was pleased with the acting and the completely insane world where people are thrown from one extreme to the other. And the ending on the one hand may seem unambiguous, but on the other it leaves a lot of options, because Farrell's character has already proved that in a critical situation he is capable of diametrically opposite decisions. Suddenly it's the same here. I will not recommend it, the film is definitely not for everyone, but I was personally hooked.