Select language, opens an overlay

Comment

Nov 19, 2017
With a title of “A Ghost Story”, one would think it could be scary. Nope. Creepy? Naw. A thriller maybe. You wish. In the category of non-scary, non-creepy ghost stories, you have to compare it to say, “Ghost” or “Always” which are two good movies because … you identify with the protagonist or, at least, you know their character. In AGS, the protagonist is dead by the 12th minute. The wife is gone by the half hour. The rest of the movie has our main character under a large white sheet with two dark holes for eyes. What is his motivation? What kind of person was he? Was he warm? Were they thinking of having children? What did he even do for a living? Or her? There’s no connection. Every scene is a long take of him just standing and watching. He remains at the house long afterwards. Oh yeah! She left a note in the wall! He can smash dishes, pound on the piano but he can’t work a tiny note out of a crack in the wall. He gains abilities. The house is gone so he goes back in time so he can try to get the note again. Spoiler!! We never find out. That’s because … whatever. I started to get a message when the partygoer started rambling about how fleeting everything is. Even symphonies and works of art will eventually be destroyed by apocalypses and even if new ones replace those, the universe will eventually expand to slowly die of heat death. So? Live for the moment? Believe in a god? Try to attain access to one multiuniverse where it doesn’t die of heat death? Nope. Lets maintain the ambiguity and have the audience choose their own. This is called “pretentiousness” people. Make note: the director’s name is David Lowery. Stay away from that guy.