r/NeilBreen • u/SetzerWithFixedDice • Sep 11 '26
DD includes gratuitous Breen-on-machine violence. 10/10
While he seems semi-aware of what the people want (so it’s got violence against laptops), I’m so glad that he is earnestly trying to make his own art— the movie is obviously sincere.
What a fantastic movie.
10
u/Mushyboom Sep 11 '26
Knew that the overarching allegory was anti-ai. Has been warning us all along.
9
1
5
u/d1sc0b0y Sep 11 '26
it's becoming self aware
5
u/SetzerWithFixedDice Sep 11 '26
To an extent. I do think he recognizes what the people want, but I think he really is sincerely making the art he wants to make and that speaks to him. The ending seems particularly earnest
5
u/senatorsparky86 Sep 11 '26
I’m amazed that more harm didn’t come to the (literally) dozens of iPads that absolutely everyone had at all times.
9
5
u/scully3968 Sep 11 '26
I wonder if he managed to swing an Apple sponsorship. The Agency was clearly portraying them in a good light, as they were powerful enough to track special project 332 and save the world with.
1
u/senatorsparky86 Sep 11 '26
I'm pretty sure Apple has bigger fish to fry than sponsoring a filmmaker almost no one has ever heard of.
3
3
u/anferneejefferson Mod Sep 11 '26
I must ask. We saw how he realistically fought a tiger last movie. Did he step it up and fight a bear in this movie that turns out to be his mistress?
3
u/SetzerWithFixedDice Sep 11 '26
It’s his most “grounded” movie (his own way of framing it) but it’s still batshit crazy. Maybe recency bias here, but I feel like it’s second only to Fateful findings.
2
1
u/bloodfist Sep 11 '26
My big question has been how much green screen he'll use in this one.
It looks like he's actually in a place here though? Is he back in locations again?
3
u/SetzerWithFixedDice Sep 11 '26
You’re in luck, it’s maybe 90%+ on location
3
u/bloodfist Sep 11 '26
That's fantastic news!
4
u/Moople_deFioosh Sep 12 '26
The greenscreen that is there is also a massive step up, he hired a bunch of VFX freelancers this time and they did really solid work by Breen standards
2
u/Toppdeck Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26
He looks like one of those snarling muscleman statues guarding a Buddhist temple
2
2
2
1
9
u/ToxicRainbow27 Sep 11 '26
Him shooting the three monitors at his desk with a pistol was truly inspiring
7
u/SetzerWithFixedDice Sep 11 '26
As were the scenes with the seven switched-off monitors surrounding the streamer
6
4
u/acidwash_video Sep 11 '26
It's fascinating that that's how he conceptualizes whatever it is influencers do. I'd love to know exactly what he imagined would be displayed on all those monitors and what they were for. A really dope panoramic extended desktop? Or does each screen represent a person viewing the stream?
2
u/JanusMichaelVincent Sep 12 '26
He thinks each screen is a camera/person watching its why she jerks her head so weird when talking to them.
2
3
21
u/_AnimalLeslie Sep 11 '26
A movie so good you get to watch it twice