Mentions (16)
"Honestly the whale would have been a much more interesting movie if it was about a beautiful famous singer songwriter who lets herself go, because that conflict is much more opaque than that of the average fat American."
"The Whale? Sucks
The Menu? Sucks
All Quiet on the Western Front? Sucks
EEAAO? SUCKS
I guess I'm not as smart as you guys cuz I thought most of these were good"
"Watched the move last night. I went by myself because I had a feeling it was going to tap into some emotions related to family and relationships that I try to ignore. It did. I was sobbing uncontrollably in the theater after the movie ended. Everyone was sniffling. It felt like a funeral. Just a biz"
"While it's definitely far from Darren Aronofsky's best, I still greatly enjoyed it! Brendan Fraser was phenomenal, as everyone has been saying! I really hope he gets a "Best Actor" nom for this movie come award season. I honestly don't understand why it's getting so much hate for being "fatphobic". "
"So bad it was an unintentional comedy. Awful acting aside from Fraser. Ridiculous misery porn plot. Dialogue incredibly on-the-nose in the worst way possible. Hilarious how many people on this subreddit are defending it just because the wokes think it's fatphobic or whatever"
"The plot is exactly the same but instead of being an english teacher, Brendan Fraser's character runs a podcast about perfume"
"With the popularity of The Whale, I'm seeing a lot of Twitter discourse scolding the film's casting of Brendan Frasier. It's made me think about the obvious pitfalls but also the benefits of letting people of such size act in major films."
"thought it would be good since fat ppl on Twitter complained bout it. I was wrong."
"I still haven't seen the whale, and maybe I would take him seriously if I had, but it was impossible for me to take him seriously in this film and I wonder if The Whale was similar. There's also the whole aspect of him being treated like a make-a-wish kid and getting what seems like it could have be"
"David Lynch would have done better with The Whale than Darren Aronovsky"
"Just got around to watching the Whale. Deeply spiritual! The movie makes allusions to the Parable of the Prodigal Son; in the Whale, Charlie is in the form of the prodigal father. Just like how the prodigal son is met by his father halfway on his return home, Charlie is met by his daughter before hi"
"The Whale got an oscar, I get that the award mostly went to the topic but Sadie Sink was unbearable. Dropping her bag and opening the door felt like highschool theater."
"This movie is based on a play, hence it's single location"
"it seems like eventually in america *someone* has to make a film about someone who eats themselves to death, and aronofsky was the right guy."
"thought it would be good since fat ppl on Twitter complained bout it. I was wrong."
"The Whale got an oscar, I get that the award mostly went to the topic but Sadie Sink was unbearable. Dropping her bag and opening the door felt like highschool theater."