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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Canonical url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1KI2Mk3bVw

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Summary

  • ๐ŸŽญ Comedy and suspense are two genres that are typically seen as incompatible, but the movie "The Menu" successfully combines them.
  • ๐Ÿฝ The characters in the movie are familiar yet heightened to the point of caricature, adding to the film's satirical tone.
  • ๐Ÿคฃ The movie elicits laughter while also creating suspense, keeping the audience engaged throughout.
  • ๐Ÿ” The underlying message of the movie is targeted at foodie culture and the ways in which it has gone awry.
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ The movie explores the transactional nature of content consumption and the commodification of art and food.
  • ๐ŸŽจ The chef's craft is degraded into content, losing its power to evoke emotions and becoming a status symbol for the wealthy
  • โš–๏ธ The movie raises questions about entitlement, punishment, and the role that both creators and consumers play in perpetuating a broken system.

Highlights

  • ๐ŸŽญ The movie successfully combines comedy and suspense genres.
  • ๐Ÿฝ The characters are familiar yet heightened, adding to the film's satirical tone.
  • ๐Ÿคฃ The movie elicits laughter while creating suspense.
  • ๐Ÿ” The movie targets foodie culture and its problematic aspects.
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ It explores the transactional nature of content consumption.
  • ๐ŸŽจ The chef's craft is degraded into content, losing its power.
  • โš–๏ธ The movie raises questions about entitlement, punishment, and the broken system.
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had literally no context going into this movie other than it was about a chef and/or a restaurant, and it was well-reviewed.

By the time I figured out that it was basically a horror movie, which I'm not into, I had already seen a couple of graphic scenes that I wished I hadn't, so I turned it off. Disappointing because I like the actors in it, and the story was compelling at first.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Horror? That was a dark comedy I thought.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There's some gore, like when:

spoilerMr. Liebrandt gets his finger chopped off, and When Elsa is stabbed and bleeds out.
But neither of those examples are really focused on in the way, say, the Saw series does.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If you're a creative, you've known every single person at those tables, the workers (you're probably one of those) as well as the chef. I think the comedy is that creatives get to watch them get what everyone thinks they deserve without it really happening.