Review of The Lobster (2015) by Jakem1000 — 18 Dec 2016

This is one of those awful movies that is beloved by critics for its trendiness, stylishness, and shock value, despite its relative meaningless and worthlessness as a story. At its center is the notion that modern society's pressure to pair off and mate is SO STRONG that it is basically equivalent to a hotel where you are forced to pair off or be turned into an animal.

Also you're forced to hunt lonely people with tranquilizer guns, because why not! The entire premise strikes me as melodramatic and self-sorry (think film school loner that can't get a girlfriend), and relies on cheap shocks that arrive with predictable regularity.

It basically has the plot of a bad anime mixed with the effete and somber filmography of Beyonce's Lemonade. So at the very least, it's pretty. But after 20 minutes of this schlock you realize that it's all form, no substance.