Watching this movie was one of the most memorable theater experiences I’ve ever had. I spent the first three quarters of this movie bored and uncomfortable. I didn’t enjoy it. Then something started happening to me internally, and I was confused. The movie ended and I was still confused.
It was one of my best friends birthdays. It was me him and his ex Marysol who watched it. When we were walking out, Marysol asked what we thought. This weird emotion kept building in me that I could later only describe as the Kill Bill 5 point palm exploding heart technique. I was trying to come up with some response, still in the fog of confusion from what I just experienced. Nate was first to speak, exclaiming “Sucked! Where are we eating?”. This only heightened my confusion.
When Marysol turned to me as we walked the dark city streets of San Francisco and asked what I thought - the memory feels fuzzy. I don’t fully remember what it was I said, but I remember Nate’s response to it. He said, “They didn’t go anywhere or do anything.” I looked at him confused and said, “It’s because he didn’t have any money.” In that moment the 5 steps were walked and Nate realized what is was we just saw before I did. Experiencing it from him clarified it for me. We were both a mess.
This is a movie to experience, not a movie to enjoy.
