The Shrouds (2024) - Review
Duriboh
[{'start': '0.400', 'end': '5.360', 'text': 'David Cronenberg has been one of the most\xa0\ninfluential directors in shaping how I view cinema'}, {'start': '5.360', 'end': '11.920', 'text': 'as an art form not just cinema but also how I\xa0\nrelate to technology media and even the human body'}, {'start': '11.920', 'end': '17.520', 'text': "always finding the perfection in the imperfections\xa0\nI've been obsessed with his filmography for"}, {'start': '17.520', 'end': '23.120', 'text': 'nearly a decade now so I was genuinely\xa0\nexcited to see his newest work The Shrouds'}, {'start': '24.160', 'end': '29.200', 'text': "as always it's a bizarre journey into the\xa0\nintersection of human beings and technology"}, {'start': '29.200', 'end': '34.480', 'text': 'but this time with a new and deeply personal\xa0\ntwist you might know that Cronenberg lost'}, {'start': '34.480', 'end': '40.480', 'text': 'his wife Carolyn in 2017 and in many ways the\xa0\nShroud feels like his way of processing that'}, {'start': '40.480', 'end': '48.240', 'text': "grief Cronenberg has always centered his films\xa0\naround one major theme this time around it's grief"}, {'start': '48.240', 'end': '53.600', 'text': 'everything else orbits around a singular\xa0\nemotional core the grief in the shrouds'}, {'start': '53.600', 'end': '59.360', 'text': "isn't just a present it's a vacuum a haunting\xa0\nabsence that the protagonist desperately tries"}, {'start': '59.360', 'end': '65.760', 'text': 'to fill he turns to technology creating a unique\xa0\nway of connecting with his wife however so much'}, {'start': '65.760', 'end': '71.120', 'text': 'is happening around that grief like corporate\xa0\nespionage foreign spyware and the political and'}, {'start': '71.120', 'end': '76.960', 'text': 'philosophical issues of burials because of that\xa0\nthe film becomes more compelling it mirrors how'}, {'start': '76.960', 'end': '83.840', 'text': "in real life grief doesn't exist in isolation it\xa0\ngets tangled in everything else Cronenberg frames"}, {'start': '83.840', 'end': '89.840', 'text': 'this emotional black hole as the gravitational\xa0\ncenter pulling all the chaos into its orbit'}, {'start': '89.840', 'end': '95.760', 'text': "let me quote David Lynch here i don't know why\xa0\npeople expect art to make sense they accept the"}, {'start': '95.760', 'end': '102.320', 'text': "fact that life doesn't make sense i use that quote\xa0\noften but I always try to add my own perspective"}, {'start': '102.320', 'end': '106.560', 'text': "you don't have to make sense of everything but\xa0\nyou do know when you've witnessed something"}, {'start': '106.560', 'end': '113.120', 'text': "that's truly art because it provokes something in\xa0\nyou and that's enough the Shrouds is exactly that"}, {'start': '113.120', 'end': '119.360', 'text': "it's messy it's personal and full of big ideas but\xa0\nat its heart it's about a man trying to deal with"}, {'start': '119.360', 'end': '125.920', 'text': 'the death of his wife there are interviews where\xa0\nCronenberg is constantly asked whether the film'}, {'start': '125.920', 'end': '130.720', 'text': 'is autobiographical which I kind of find funny\xa0\nespecially considering the nature of his previous'}, {'start': '130.720', 'end': '136.080', 'text': "work but I've always seen his films as containing\xa0\nsome sort of author surrogate in one way or"}, {'start': '136.080', 'end': '142.080', 'text': 'another from character appearances to their inner\xa0\nworlds every film feels like an extension of him'}, {'start': '142.080', 'end': '148.400', 'text': "either literally or figuratively so rather than\xa0\ncalling this film autobiographical I'd say this"}, {'start': '148.400', 'end': '155.440', 'text': "is his most personal work there are things about\xa0\nit that I loved and things that I didn't so let's"}, {'start': '155.440', 'end': '161.440', 'text': 'start with what worked the score by the legendary\xa0\nHoward Shore is just amazing and captures those'}, {'start': '161.440', 'end': '167.360', 'text': "unspeakable emotions perfectly the way he's been\xa0\ndoing so for the past decades Vincent Cassell and"}, {'start': '167.360', 'end': '174.160', 'text': "Diane Krueger both give solid performances the\xa0\nsecond act is a standout it's tense beautifully"}, {'start': '174.160', 'end': '179.920', 'text': 'constructed and emotionally resonant and the\xa0\nending I actually love the ending a lot of'}, {'start': '179.920', 'end': '183.920', 'text': 'people seem to have issues with it but I thought\xa0\nit was one of the most well thought-out parts of'}, {'start': '183.920', 'end': '189.200', 'text': 'the film especially compared to the somewhat\xa0\nscattered first and third acts several scenes'}, {'start': '189.200', 'end': '194.240', 'text': 'shine like the opening sequence in the restaurant\xa0\nand one especially intimate moment in the second'}, {'start': '194.240', 'end': '200.000', 'text': 'act i just wish there was more of that brilliance\xa0\nyou know more focus and more tension all the way'}, {'start': '200.000', 'end': '206.240', 'text': "through now let's talk about some of the bad stuff\xa0\nstuff that didn't actually work for me honestly"}, {'start': '206.240', 'end': '211.520', 'text': 'I only found out after watching the film that it\xa0\nwas originally conceived as two episodes of a new'}, {'start': '211.520', 'end': '218.400', 'text': 'Netflix series before Netflix actually pulled the\xa0\nplug on the whole thing entirely and to be frank'}, {'start': '218.400', 'end': '224.160', 'text': 'that Revelation alone made a lot of things click\xa0\ni believe that the biggest issue of the film is'}, {'start': '224.160', 'end': '229.600', 'text': "its script it suffers from two major problems\xa0\ni mean there's just too many active themes and"}, {'start': '229.600', 'end': '234.480', 'text': 'loose ends it feels like Cronenberg had a ton\xa0\nof fascinating ideas that he wanted to explore'}, {'start': '234.480', 'end': '240.720', 'text': "but the film doesn't fully commit to any of them\xa0\nit ends up being about so many things and at the"}, {'start': '240.720', 'end': '247.200', 'text': "same time it's actually about nothing i would have\xa0\npreferred a sharper focus on grief trauma and the"}, {'start': '247.200', 'end': '252.560', 'text': 'human experience instead of getting pulled into\xa0\nbroader geopolitical themes and spyware subplots'}, {'start': '252.560', 'end': '259.040', 'text': "that actually got nowhere by the end of the film\xa0\nthere's also repetition and simplified dialogue"}, {'start': '259.040', 'end': '263.680', 'text': 'certain details are repeated unnecessarily as\xa0\nif the film is trying to remind the audience'}, {'start': '263.680', 'end': '269.360', 'text': 'of key information again and again and again for\xa0\ninstance we meet the sister-in-law pretty early'}, {'start': '269.360', 'end': '274.960', 'text': 'in the film but characters keep calling her the\xa0\nsister-in-law instead of using her actual name'}, {'start': '274.960', 'end': '280.640', 'text': "it's a small detail but when it happens repeatedly\xa0\nit starts to feel awkward and unnecessary some"}, {'start': '280.640', 'end': '285.920', 'text': "dialogues felt undercooked there's potential in\xa0\nemotional beats but they often get buried under"}, {'start': '285.920', 'end': '293.200', 'text': 'lines like quote unquote artificial intelligence\xa0\nvirtual assistant avatar which pull you out of'}, {'start': '293.200', 'end': '299.680', 'text': 'the experience it ruins the immersion when you\xa0\nreally think about it you start to imagine all'}, {'start': '299.680', 'end': '305.120', 'text': 'the meaningful dialogue and deep conversations\xa0\nthat could have replaced the 20 times that they'}, {'start': '305.120', 'end': '310.000', 'text': 'mentioned the word sister-in-law or the 10\xa0\ntimes that they mentioned the word Budapest'}, {'start': '310.000', 'end': '316.480', 'text': 'there were no significance or specific weight to\xa0\nsome things and yet they were repeatedly used for'}, {'start': '316.480', 'end': '323.120', 'text': 'instance K the protagonist is wearing white shoes\xa0\nat some point and they show up multiple times and'}, {'start': '323.120', 'end': '328.960', 'text': "they really stand out in his outfits and there's\xa0\neven a close-up shot of the shoes so it really"}, {'start': '328.960', 'end': '334.160', 'text': "gets you thinking maybe there's something going\xa0\non there with the shoes but in the end there's"}, {'start': '334.160', 'end': '340.320', 'text': "literally nothing going on with the shoes these\xa0\nare all tiny details and I know they're tiny and"}, {'start': '340.320', 'end': '344.800', 'text': "I'm being nitpicky but they really add up to\xa0\nthe point of frustration or at least that's"}, {'start': '344.800', 'end': '350.320', 'text': "how I experienced it it's all more frustrating\xa0\njust because the film has some terrific moments"}, {'start': '350.320', 'end': '356.560', 'text': 'with some good dialogue brilliant acting and great\xa0\ncinematography but then the rest of it feels very'}, {'start': '356.560', 'end': '364.560', 'text': "bland and unseasoned maybe I'm being harsh and\xa0\nI understand that but that's the curse of high"}, {'start': '364.560', 'end': '370.880', 'text': "expectations when a director like Cronenberg has\xa0\nset the bar so high for decades it's really hard"}, {'start': '370.880', 'end': '378.080', 'text': "to accept anything less from him ultimately I did\xa0\nlike the film maybe even more than most but that's"}, {'start': '378.080', 'end': '383.440', 'text': "because of who I am and how much his work means\xa0\nto me this isn't a film I'd recommend to someone"}, {'start': '383.440', 'end': '388.720', 'text': "just getting into his filmography but if you're\xa0\na diehard fan you already know that you're the"}, {'start': '388.720', 'end': '394.160', 'text': "target audience let me know what you thought\xa0\nof the film i'm really curious to hear other"}, {'start': '394.160', 'end': '399.360', 'text': 'perspectives thank you so much for watching and\xa0\nalso thank you so much for your continuous support'}, {'start': '399.360', 'end': '404.960', 'text': 'i really appreciate you if you enjoyed the video\xa0\nplease make sure to like and subscribe and stick'}, {'start': '404.960', 'end': '411.146', 'text': "around for more videos I'll catch you in the next\xa0\none but until then take care and stay safe [Music]"}]