Review of Mute (2018) by Deni I — 24 Feb 2018

Not sure if I ever wrote a review, but the nonsensical amount of extremely negative reviews on this left me quite confused, hence this rant.

TL;DR I liked this movie because this is my type of a movie. I would give it a solid 7/10, but to counter the moronic amount of negative reviews, it gets a +1 bonus. If this is the type of movie for you, go see it, you might be surprised.

I really liked Moon, thought Source code was quite good, and loved Warcraft because well, I really like SF and Fantasy films and in addition, I played lots and lots of warcraft/ wow. Since we don't see so much of fantasy today, any decent addition is okay in my book.

That being said, movies like Blade Runner 2049 are pure masterclass in my eyes and seeing such films flop badly at the box office opposed to for example Fast and Furious/Transformers or other crap, kinda leaves me scratching my head. So in my perspective, Mute is a nice addition to the cyberpunk noir genre, and even though it gets confusing at some points (maybe deliberately?), I would rather watch it then a perfect drama/history/war or similar type of movie, because ultimately, those kind of movies are "not my f****** tempo".

That is the whole point actually, to watch the type of movies that you like, and all the so called "critics" of the new age that seem to be experts in the movie making business and films in general, make me want to puke. There is no objective reviewing because each of us has preferences. Yes, you can see that some movies are well made, or have great acting or what not, but even that is subjective on some level.

So to get to the specifics of the film, I think the point of the film is quite good, .i.e. if you can understand it. The acting is solid, except for Paul Rudd which just shines in this quite weird role.

I read somewhere that CGI was used as little as possible, and it is surely felt in the film. Everything looks realistic for this kind of a budget. The music is a bland of old and futuristic with some mashups from bowie and nirvana which oddly works for me.

Some films require a working brain and multiple viewings to be fully understood, for example like Cloud Atlas. I would put the Mute in the same bin due to many clues that are there for you to see in its vague story.

So to sum up, this gem may or may not become a classic in the future, but if history has thought us anything its that the critic opinions actually mean sh**.