The film is still plenty horrific when it finally gets going. It's antagonist turns out to be extremely creepy, manipulative, disturbing and brutal.

That's not what it's about. I don't want to spoil it, but the monster doesn't actually represent her alcoholism and Seoul doesn't actually represent her soul. That's a fakeout. The metaphor turns out to be better, more clever and more interesting than that.

That could be it. I was really annoyed by that character in that movie, but when I really think about it the writing was the root of the problem, not the actress.

Honestly, she's just sort of fine. I feel about her the same way I felt about Amy Adams pre-Arrival (which overshadows everything else she's ever done).

She's legitimately great in this, it's the best role she's done in my opinion. It helps that the character is so grounded, not some kind of Catwoman or space-travelling super-genius.

Yeah, I think the movie eventually decides that her alcoholism wasn't ever really that big of a problem for her anyway. Her biggest problem was the men in her life. Her boyfriends shaming her about her 'alcoholism' had more to do with him attempting to control her and his jealousy about her having an independent…

That is really not what it's about all, even though it kind of pretends to be that movie at the start. The movie ends up being extremely feminist. It might be the most feminist film I've seen this year.

It's an independent character drama about the relationships between men and women, with the monster thing as a backdrop. If you go in expecting Pacific Rim or Godzilla you will be disappointed.

I found the first half of the film very difficult to sit through, but all of that stuff really gave weight to the climax, which validated the whole thing.

Some of the characters are hard to like and the rest are downright loathesome. I suppose you can still consider them good good characters in the sense that they are unique and complex. They were certainly more memorable than the father / son and whoever else was in the Godzilla remake.

It was shockingly, nowhere near as fun as the advertising made it seem. Just giving you a warning, there's some pretty heavy and ugly stuff being explored through the ridiculous premise. I still think the movie was good, but it was tough to sit through at times.

Was this mentioned in the article he wrote? If not then where did that info come from?

A few years ago someone told me that a not close but good friend of mine was not always female. I had met her as a woman and accepted what I saw her as when I met her, so it didn't change my perception of her at all. In fact it made me realise that's I'm always assuming what gender a person is when I first meet them.…

I laughed at this then felt bad about it.

Can at least SOME of them be zingers?

I don't think he would have resorted to this dumb move if he had an idol, he could have just told people he had it and that he was voting for Ozzy.

Production knows who does or does not have an immunity idol. Probst is coy about it, but they brief him on all of the significant activities that take place each day.

Ozzy didn't say much, but I felt like I identified most with what he did say:

I would find this funny if it was played like poochy returning to his home planet.

I liked that moment. There are a lot of bigots in the world and I think it's a good thing when they change. That's how the world becomes less shit.