Han shopped first!

"It's lazy A.V. Clubbing to throw all this Esposition at a viewer when they brought their click in the expectation of seeing some awesome O'Nealing. We thought we'd made this clear in our extended commentary on last decade's Gilletting…"

In all fairness, I think a portion of the reaction actually arises against the instinctive presumption that such criticism is ALWAYS rooted in homophobia. This is not a particularly empathetic response but it is usually grounded by a sharp sense of 'equal rights to criticism'.

"Veronika tries to die" might have worked but kinda makes it seem like the film is going to be an hour or so of Sarah making various attempts and failing Looney Tunes style.

Except that 'lesson' is completely turned around by the ending where [SPOILERS if anyone still cares] "Surprise Surprise" this mysterious new hero, Baphomet, that turned up out of the blue and Batman has decided to groom as a successor after a few adventures together is actually Smith's own Onomatopoeia.

The main reason I asked was to see if there was any apparent justifying context for the stylistic choices of this scene. Personally, like others here, I found the scene rather effective regarding the murder of the child but was puzzled by what the slow motion and tableaux were being used to do.

How'd it get bummed? How'd it get bummed??

I'm not a big fan of this scene myself but I have a few questions for its detractors.

"OK, OK. IT IS A TOOMAH!!"

"The Angle of Death"

It's true that consuming nature of Rex's obsessiveness is indeed highlighted throughout the film and it certainly paints him as extremely disturbed by his loss. The distinction that I felt the film didn't successfully make was between the self-destructiveness of a lover who basically is unable to live without their…

There is absolutely no way that Rex could think that it would end well for him so the film somewhat dissonantly ends with a heavy-handed "Twilight Zone"esque moral that 'Curiosity killed the cat'. This kind of plot works so much more effectively in shorter formats where the audience hasn't invested too much time…