Triangle Of Sadness is a dark comedy movie that, like every movie made this decade, satires class strife and inequality. It explores this through a series of vignettes in which our protagonist, a male supermodel, finds himself being dragged through increasingly picturesque and unfair situations. Each vignette presents a microcosm of the world, showing hierarchies, and hierarchies within hierarchies; the have-nots who resent being at the bottom of this pecking order, and the things they have to do to satisfy their shiftless masters.
The first takeaway from the film, and Triangle's biggest problem, is the lengthiness of its vignettes. The total run time for the movie is two hours 20 minutes. It could have easily been less than two hours, and would have been much better for it. Each episode feels like it is being drawn out to the maximum. Whether its a scenario about model auditions, or a squabble over a restaurant bill, or a farcically ill-fated luxury yacht cruise, each are harmed by the decision to stretch them on so long. The clever themes and witty points become laboured to the extreme, the fun jokes worn thin.
It's a shame, because there are lots of good bits to this. The high point of the film features a drunk Captain and Oligarch exchange political epigrams whilst the passengers around them coat the ship in gallons of vomit. It's a hilarious pay off, but once again, the joke is hampered by it going on way too long. The Captain and Oligarch argue for too long, the projectile vomiting even longer.
And that's all I can really say about this film. I don't want to spoil the plot because I can sorta recommend it. Apart from this one major fault, it is a daft, wicked movie that is worth a chance.
Film The Family Guy Vomit Gag. but Longer
Triangle Of Sadness is a dark comedy movie that, like every movie made this decade, satires class strife and inequality. It explores this through a series of vignettes in which our protagonist, a male supermodel, finds himself being dragged through increasingly picturesque and unfair situations. Each vignette presents a microcosm of the world, showing hierarchies, and hierarchies within hierarchies; the have-nots who resent being at the bottom of this pecking order, and the things they have to do to satisfy their shiftless masters.
The first takeaway from the film, and Triangle's biggest problem, is the lengthiness of its vignettes. The total run time for the movie is two hours 20 minutes. It could have easily been less than two hours, and would have been much better for it. Each episode feels like it is being drawn out to the maximum. Whether its a scenario about model auditions, or a squabble over a restaurant bill, or a farcically ill-fated luxury yacht cruise, each are harmed by the decision to stretch them on so long. The clever themes and witty points become laboured to the extreme, the fun jokes worn thin.
It's a shame, because there are lots of good bits to this. The high point of the film features a drunk Captain and Oligarch exchange political epigrams whilst the passengers around them coat the ship in gallons of vomit. It's a hilarious pay off, but once again, the joke is hampered by it going on way too long. The Captain and Oligarch argue for too long, the projectile vomiting even longer.
And that's all I can really say about this film. I don't want to spoil the plot because I can sorta recommend it. Apart from this one major fault, it is a daft, wicked movie that is worth a chance.