Aaron's Thoughts
The whole thing feels like a bad music video. You know the kind of ones I’m talking about. Even great artists like Taylor Swift have them. The kind that have an unhealthy amount of cringe & winking at the audience. The kind where the artist is being so sincere yet you get to the end and you either are laughing at how silly it is or your skin is crawling because you can’t belief how narcissistic the whole thing is.
But then you forget about it because it was no more than 2-3 minutes of your time. Or you just roll your eyes and move on because you know the video is simply a vehicle to promote the song & nothing more. It doesn’t serve a greater purpose but to point you to the song.
Now, imagine if instead of 2-3 minutes, it was 105 minutes. I think that’s probably the only way to explain why the film is getting the response it is from audiences (the correct response I might add). Because after sitting in the filth of someone’s obsession with self promotion & self image for almost two hours, you rightfully get pretty mad.
I’m pretty bummed that Trey Edward Schultz was involved because I really loved his last two films (Waves and It Comes At Night). I can see why he was drawn to it as a filmmaker because the first half gives him the blank canvas to work with some unconventional filmmaking moves not unlike what you see in the first half of Waves.
In hindsight, it should have been obvious this was coming if your first three films are made by A24 and then your fourth is made by LiveNation & distributed by Lionsgate. Curious if A24 got a look at the script and said no or if it was LiveNation all along to promote The Weekends new album.
I have noticed that the scene of Jenna Ortega dancing to Blinding Lights has gone viral with the internet poking fun. I’m so glad I went to see it on Thursday evening because sitting alone in a theater dying laughing at the last 30 minutes of the movie is an experience I won’t forget anytime soon. Great time, terrible movie (if it even deserves to be called that).
Finally, Jenna Ortega, does know that she can fire her representation, right? She is going to have to do Wednesday until she’s 40 to stay relevant if she keeps making films like this, Miller’s Girl, and Death of a Unicorn.
