As you know, I took a picture with one of the stars at the after party for Ben Wheatley's High Rise (It was Luke Evans - see previous post). Now it's finally out to the masses. Here's my review.
High-Rise the movie with Tom Hiddleston, Luke Evans, Sienna Miller, and Jeremy Irons is now available on-demand (Check your cable service provider). This movie is not for the faint of heart. It is very graphic and very profound. The basic story is that there is a high-rise building that is filled with representations of the low to high social classes. At some point, the system of everyone living in harmony becomes everyone living in discontent, then everyone ready to kill one another.
The movie was well acted by all the leads and it made me see these people in an even more esteemed light. I think everyone brought up their game and I'm curious to see where they all will go from here. I think more awards should be coming for this movie.
This movie had the same effect that Snowpiercer had on me at the end..... What?!!!!!!!!! You are left with a lot of questions, like, "How did everything fall apart so fast?!", "Why did people stay?", "What's going to happen to all those bodies?", and many more questions!
I enjoyed the movie, precisely for that reason. I also enjoyed the movie because it was a representational microcosm of the world that exists now. There's so much going on and we can't always see the big picture. Then we step back and think, "How did we get here?" There are class problems, race problems, and other social issues that are allowed to go so far before people realize that a serious problem has been created that could have been avoided if it had been addressed much sooner and honestly.
I hope that after you watch this movie that is based on a J.G. Ballard novel set in the seventies, that you see that there are many truths that still exist: People/Classes staking out their territory, not realizing that working together for the benefit of everyone would benefit everyone. Perhaps it's just human nature to want to dominate or feel dominant over another group, no matter how shallow that dominance is.
You're going to think about this movie long after you watch it, especially when wondering where these people will go after all this destruction. Will they rebuild to something better or leave behind what was to be their Utopia? Yes, many questions.
If you want a movie that makes you think all the way through it and after it, then.......TRY IT!!!!!!!!
Here's a youtube link to a discussion that included Ben Wheatley, Luke Evans, Tom Hiddleston, and Sienna Miller:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBe1F5BDiAg
