I heard something about a romantic trio in a tennis movie. Nothing prepared me to this A-Game film by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name). It's a movie about a lot of things; tennis is one of them. It is present and drives the whole story, but it is not the main theme and subject of the movie.
The main things are relationships from several kinds. Domination, friendship and a lot of sex in the air, without having any or show too much. The atmosphere of this movie is oozing with sex, but it feels like it is not the main issue. It feels like Guadagnino wanted us to take side, in this three sides romantic/friendly love/ jealousy story and roll with it until the end of his story.
The Narrative of this movie is inconsistent and you can tell that there is one force that drives the plot - Zendaya's force. She rules so much, while the male actors drool so much. Don't get me wrong; all of the characters are well performed, but Zendaya's Tashi is the heart and center of this movie. She is like a director, which can easily be manipulated, but still holds the rhythm of the plot and the whole movie so damn good.
The soundtrack is just addictive. Dreamy, pumping, gets into the veins and into the movie and most of all - contributes to the sexy atmosphere of the whole movie. Its been a while since I've heard such a good soundtrack that haven't been written by one of the epic movies' soundtrack creators.
The camera work is amazing and catches each and every character's state of mind, concerns, fears and manipulations. The camera's angles, while playing the game and hitting tennis balls into the viewers face are just remarkable. Add the angles for the characters looking at each other, from each and every direction and you get a Meticulous work of a pedantic director (and of course - camera man).
The shifting in the story, between each character and going back and forth in time are just mesmerizing and the clean cuts from tennis games from the past and then straight to the present time are most inspirational. There were some times that it seemed that Guadagnino inhaled some of Snyder's juice of slow motions, but he gets himself straight and fast. And comes up as the big winner of this film.
The main things are relationships from several kinds. Domination, friendship and a lot of sex in the air, without having any or show too much. The atmosphere of this movie is oozing with sex, but it feels like it is not the main issue. It feels like Guadagnino wanted us to take side, in this three sides romantic/friendly love/ jealousy story and roll with it until the end of his story.
The Narrative of this movie is inconsistent and you can tell that there is one force that drives the plot - Zendaya's force. She rules so much, while the male actors drool so much. Don't get me wrong; all of the characters are well performed, but Zendaya's Tashi is the heart and center of this movie. She is like a director, which can easily be manipulated, but still holds the rhythm of the plot and the whole movie so damn good.
The soundtrack is just addictive. Dreamy, pumping, gets into the veins and into the movie and most of all - contributes to the sexy atmosphere of the whole movie. Its been a while since I've heard such a good soundtrack that haven't been written by one of the epic movies' soundtrack creators.
The camera work is amazing and catches each and every character's state of mind, concerns, fears and manipulations. The camera's angles, while playing the game and hitting tennis balls into the viewers face are just remarkable. Add the angles for the characters looking at each other, from each and every direction and you get a Meticulous work of a pedantic director (and of course - camera man).
The shifting in the story, between each character and going back and forth in time are just mesmerizing and the clean cuts from tennis games from the past and then straight to the present time are most inspirational. There were some times that it seemed that Guadagnino inhaled some of Snyder's juice of slow motions, but he gets himself straight and fast. And comes up as the big winner of this film.
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