Kenton Blaschka

It was beautiful, the acting was fantastic and it had a fantastic score. However, it wanted to be an A24 art house film so badly that it dropped the essence of the source material, decided to be vague instead of tell a classic myth and lacked a depth of conflict. While it opened with promise, it turns into a slog towards an ending that built up to let down. Yes, I know how the original ends and I don't want to spoil anything, lets just say they should've cut 15 minutes from the scenes where nothing happens and add the rest of the ending from the actual story. Would've improved the pacing and finished it right. It could have been good, however, this film adaptation tried too hard to be artistic. With a film like this, at a certain point, things got too long, too boring and lacked the hold over an audience a "journey" movie needs. Again. Visuals were stunning, but I went to this movie for a story. Not turning a classic into a pretentious "well you just didn't get it" art film. I got it. It just wasn't good.