coreyallen

It was bound to happen at some point, and it's probably not the only present or future instance that Black Mirror, arguably the 21st Century Twilight Zone would feature themes that parallel its predecessor.

This chapter recalls "Eye of the Beholder" in that the viewer is forced to consider truth and virtue based upon how one views another by sight, class, and ethnicity. Once again, we're left to consider the age-old trope that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

Just as powerful today, if not more than, the original episode airings in the early 1960's are these themes, as they themselves echo the sense and sensibilities blowing in the wind with regards to haves and have nots.

This could also be summed up by a particularly profound lyric in Pink Floyd's "Us and Them:" "With, without. And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?"

Despite displaying early brilliance in his work, Terry Gilliam's more recent work has been extremely disappointing and lackluster.

With some positive critical buzz, and by his own description of this latest project on a Talkhouse interview, I looked forward to watching Zero Theorem on Amazon Prime. Christoph Waltz is typically compelling, but he looked lost in this story, like he was above the material.

One sign a movie isn't good is when the most positive thing you observe is the set design.

After an intriguing first act, the second act slowed the momentum to an annoyingly frustrating lull. At some point I found it hard to believe that the female lead character turned from a minor femme fatale or red herring into a major tangental distraction.

Though the intended "nearby future" vision seemed realistic in its pursuits, the ideas and even the computer graphics are nothing phenomenal. I kept thinking to myself that I'd seen this movie before...in the '90's in the form of films like Lawnmower Man and Strange Days. Those predecessors were more successful in achieving their intended visions than this unfortunate waste of time.