I completely agree with you! I was so surprised to see takes on this film. Yes, Dakota Johnson is cold, but that’s the point! And she doesn’t have much chemistry with Pedro Pascal, but that’s the point!
I love that you love this film so much! While I agree with many of your points, I’m sad that there are so many comments about how “cold” Dakota Johnson is in her roles. I thought she was great in this.
I would’ve preferred a less “rom-com” ending and no cave people bookends…but it’s great to have a film worthy of quibbling over!
100% agree, especially an era when most films are so shallow there is no quibbling to be done. Dakota doesn't get enough love ever - especially in "Cha Cha Real Smooth" from a few years ago.
I am actually with you on the "rom-com" ending - it is partially why Broadcast News will always be one of my favorites because it so clearly doesn't do that.
This movie made me question the point of marriage so much!! The opening scene portraying survival as a "business deal" makes perfect sense of the inevitable "contracts" we have with everyone. Sure, we might have business partners with whom we share a very explicit contracts, but friendships or relationships are also a contract. Why are you my friend? Why am I your friend? Well... because we provide support for one another. It's a win-win contract, even if it's genuine love or care for one another. However, the earliest Homo Sapiens weren't exclusively monogamous. Even today, communities in the Amazon are not monogamous. They choose a partner whom they love and spend most of their time with, but they have children with several partners. So why do we even get married nowadays? Politically, we benefit from marriage. People get married for money, status, security (especially when it comes to having children), but they also have benefits like joining their taxes, the likelihood of better salaries increases, and the likelihood of getting fired from their jobs decreases if married. In a way, marriage was designed to work in favor of the individual rather than as a genuine pursuit for love. Are people selfish because they look for money, status, and benefits in marriage, or are they pushed into it by a system that designed marriage in that way?
I didn’t care for Materialists at all. I think it really went off the rails for me in the scene where Dakota Johnson stalked and confronted the assault victim. But I will see everything Celine Song makes because of how incredible Past Lives is.
I completely agree with you! I was so surprised to see takes on this film. Yes, Dakota Johnson is cold, but that’s the point! And she doesn’t have much chemistry with Pedro Pascal, but that’s the point!
Exactly!! Not sure why so many people are missing that
I love that you love this film so much! While I agree with many of your points, I’m sad that there are so many comments about how “cold” Dakota Johnson is in her roles. I thought she was great in this.
I would’ve preferred a less “rom-com” ending and no cave people bookends…but it’s great to have a film worthy of quibbling over!
100% agree, especially an era when most films are so shallow there is no quibbling to be done. Dakota doesn't get enough love ever - especially in "Cha Cha Real Smooth" from a few years ago.
I am actually with you on the "rom-com" ending - it is partially why Broadcast News will always be one of my favorites because it so clearly doesn't do that.
This movie made me question the point of marriage so much!! The opening scene portraying survival as a "business deal" makes perfect sense of the inevitable "contracts" we have with everyone. Sure, we might have business partners with whom we share a very explicit contracts, but friendships or relationships are also a contract. Why are you my friend? Why am I your friend? Well... because we provide support for one another. It's a win-win contract, even if it's genuine love or care for one another. However, the earliest Homo Sapiens weren't exclusively monogamous. Even today, communities in the Amazon are not monogamous. They choose a partner whom they love and spend most of their time with, but they have children with several partners. So why do we even get married nowadays? Politically, we benefit from marriage. People get married for money, status, security (especially when it comes to having children), but they also have benefits like joining their taxes, the likelihood of better salaries increases, and the likelihood of getting fired from their jobs decreases if married. In a way, marriage was designed to work in favor of the individual rather than as a genuine pursuit for love. Are people selfish because they look for money, status, and benefits in marriage, or are they pushed into it by a system that designed marriage in that way?
I didn’t care for Materialists at all. I think it really went off the rails for me in the scene where Dakota Johnson stalked and confronted the assault victim. But I will see everything Celine Song makes because of how incredible Past Lives is.
Totally fair!