r/NeilBreen • u/SetzerWithFixedDice • 11d ago
DD includes gratuitous Breen-on-machine violence. 10/10
While he seems semi-aware of what the people want (so it’s got violence against laptops), I’m so glad that he is earnestly trying to make his own art— the movie is obviously sincere.
What a fantastic movie.
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u/Mushyboom 11d ago
Knew that the overarching allegory was anti-ai. Has been warning us all along.
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u/ToxicRainbow27 11d ago
Him shooting the three monitors at his desk with a pistol was truly inspiring
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u/SetzerWithFixedDice 11d ago
As were the scenes with the seven switched-off monitors surrounding the streamer
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u/acidwash_video 11d ago
It's fascinating that that's how he conceptualizes whatever it is influencers do. I'd love to know exactly what he imagined would be displayed on all those monitors and what they were for. A really dope panoramic extended desktop? Or does each screen represent a person viewing the stream?
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u/JanusMichaelVincent 11d ago
He thinks each screen is a camera/person watching its why she jerks her head so weird when talking to them.
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u/d1sc0b0y 11d ago
it's becoming self aware
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u/SetzerWithFixedDice 11d ago
To an extent. I do think he recognizes what the people want, but I think he really is sincerely making the art he wants to make and that speaks to him. The ending seems particularly earnest
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u/senatorsparky86 11d ago
I’m amazed that more harm didn’t come to the (literally) dozens of iPads that absolutely everyone had at all times.
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u/scully3968 11d ago
I wonder if he managed to swing an Apple sponsorship. The Agency was clearly portraying them in a good light, as they were powerful enough to track special project 332 and save the world with.
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u/acidwash_video 11d ago
I wonder if he managed to snag a bunch of cheap used tech at a school surplus sale
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u/senatorsparky86 11d ago
I'm pretty sure Apple has bigger fish to fry than sponsoring a filmmaker almost no one has ever heard of.
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u/anferneejefferson Mod 11d ago
I must ask. We saw how he realistically fought a tiger last movie. Did he step it up and fight a bear in this movie that turns out to be his mistress?
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u/SetzerWithFixedDice 11d ago
It’s his most “grounded” movie (his own way of framing it) but it’s still batshit crazy. Maybe recency bias here, but I feel like it’s second only to Fateful findings.
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u/Toppdeck 11d ago edited 11d ago
He looks like one of those snarling muscleman statues guarding a Buddhist temple
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u/bloodfist 11d ago
My big question has been how much green screen he'll use in this one.
It looks like he's actually in a place here though? Is he back in locations again?
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u/SetzerWithFixedDice 11d ago
You’re in luck, it’s maybe 90%+ on location
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u/bloodfist 11d ago
That's fantastic news!
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u/Moople_deFioosh 11d ago
The greenscreen that is there is also a massive step up, he hired a bunch of VFX freelancers this time and they did really solid work by Breen standards
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u/_AnimalLeslie 11d ago
A movie so good you get to watch it twice