The Lobster (2015)
8/10
"....peel away the the first layer if you originally disliked...."
17 April 2021
This is an incredible, and original film....peel away the first layer if you originally disliked....and watch it again in freshness of a new spirit...and maybe everything will fall into place - hopefully you'll find a deeper and satisfactory answer to this dark tale - a story that you will touch and puzzle you with an understanding of weirdness of this strange film...

I disliked the film initially, and empathize with reviewers who feel the same..... I was not quite ready or in the mood to relish an extraordinary film....and so I watched it the next day....and sure enough, I have found wisdom and maturity in a venture of an answer..... I am not trying to be funny here, but I really do like the nature of this film on second viewing?

'The Lobster' is a film of very dark humour; the characters really do gel together in delicious contrast of entertainment of cinematic drama: It is certainly not a comedy though. In my opinion, the film profoundly offers an alternative vision of how -the futile seeds of shallow indifference -could develop into warfare of misconceived ideas.... An idea that will stranglehold the very thought of love: A love that really should have one meaning only; and that is a love to share in desire of purity. The film ingeniously questions 'love' in manipulation against the horrible thoughts of loneliness -it is thought provoking?

I believe now that the film is a classic - it reminds me of another film; namely, 'Life is a Bed of Roses,' and I feel this is a film of very high quality... I have looked forward to view future films from the director's chair of 'Yorgos Lanthimos,' but I have struggled to understand and like them? Extraordinary!
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