My Movie Review: Enter the Void
4/5
Opening Statement: Oscar is a young drug dealer living in Tokyo. He recently started selling drugs to get his sister's ticket to move here with him, now he gets caught up in a deal gone wrong where he is shot and killed. From there he enters his after-life, or a better word for it, THE VOID.
What's Good: I entered the void, and I liked what I saw. Director Gaspar Noe has a way to make the supernatural afterlife look pure, trippy and a nice scenic, yet dark view of Tokyo. We watch many things after Oscar's death that help us reflect on his character and the characters in his life. This movie is truly bizarre with an odd third act that starts out slow but ends with a borderline- pornographic surprise. Simply put, Noe is an artist who has a deep dark bizarre view on what happens after you die, and at times it can be oh so beautiful. A religious experience we might not morally agree with, but makes up for being theatrical dynamite.
What's Bad: At times Enter the Void seems slow, maybe unevenly paced as well. Unfortunately I couldn't tell you if this was a good directorial decision or a bad one. Since all the excellent camera angles seem continuous throughout the whole story.
The Rant: No rant today. You would think people would freak out about this film religiously so I could rant about it just being a movie. But no one seems too pissed.
Oscar Possibilities: None, unfortunately.
Consensus: Enter the Void an amazing experience, an artistic, pornographic, supernatural view on the after life, that achieves great amazement from it's highly original use of lighting and cinematography.
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