The Menu spoilers
Starting a watch of #TheMenu. Saw #RedLetterMedia talking about it and piqued my interest.
I'm 8 minutes in and I already have a strong critique: Anya Taylor-Joy's character seems to be there to point out how the rich out-of-touch morons are rich out-of-touch morons even as we are shown scenes of them explicitly being rich out-of-touch morons. I hope the rest of the movie has more faith in the viewer.
The Menu spoilers
"WHOAH! WHO LIVES THERE! CAN I VISIT" "That belongs to Chef, even we lowly peons cannot visit it"
camera pans to: the most unremarkable cabin house you could see in a film
The Menu spoilers
The chef played by Ralph Fiennes makes eye contact with Nicholas Hoult and it's played up as some sinister moment but I cannot stress enough that NOTHING IN THIS MOVIE HAS HAPPENED THAT IS CREEPIER THAN WHAT WE HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM LATE STAGE CAPITALISM AND THE EXCESSES OF THE WEALTHY
