While this probably isn't the worst movie I've ever seen, it did leave me the most confused I've ever been at how a studio thought putting money up for this trash was a good move. Then, after watching it, I saw that it did, generally, get good reviews. And I was baffled. Here's why.
The premise of the movie is absurd. Now, I know that a lot of you will say "yeah, duh." But it's absurd in a way that only flies if we're all kind of in on the joke, and like the joke, from the get go. And honestly, the only way you could be in on this joke, or appreciate it after the fact, is if you're a sexless creep that's planning on shooting up a girls' dorm and thought "hey, Hollywood finally gets me." This movie plays like a less plausible Silence of the Lambs, if Hannibal Lecter were a snarky, post-woke adolescent that nobody but an actual sociopath -- one that doesn't know how physics or human bodies work -- could be rooting for.
Now I know that movies sometimes make the protagonist(s) a villain. I know that. But this protagonist/villain is so specifically about girl/chad hate that you'd need to have lived under a rock for the past few years to miss the connection. The disturbing elements of the plot seem less edgy, in the context of current events, and more slimy, creepy, and disappointing.
And beyond the edge factor, there is absolutely nothing good about it. So, that's that. Better give Better Watch Out a pass.
The premise of the movie is absurd. Now, I know that a lot of you will say "yeah, duh." But it's absurd in a way that only flies if we're all kind of in on the joke, and like the joke, from the get go. And honestly, the only way you could be in on this joke, or appreciate it after the fact, is if you're a sexless creep that's planning on shooting up a girls' dorm and thought "hey, Hollywood finally gets me." This movie plays like a less plausible Silence of the Lambs, if Hannibal Lecter were a snarky, post-woke adolescent that nobody but an actual sociopath -- one that doesn't know how physics or human bodies work -- could be rooting for.
Now I know that movies sometimes make the protagonist(s) a villain. I know that. But this protagonist/villain is so specifically about girl/chad hate that you'd need to have lived under a rock for the past few years to miss the connection. The disturbing elements of the plot seem less edgy, in the context of current events, and more slimy, creepy, and disappointing.
And beyond the edge factor, there is absolutely nothing good about it. So, that's that. Better give Better Watch Out a pass.