I keep thinking about your comparison of Fincher to Kurt Cobain and need to sit with that one for a little while. I think that me not being a bit Fincher fan made me want to argue against it, but I am starting to get the overlap. I don’t see the vulnerability and humor that Cobain always showed beneath the anger and anguish in Fincher’s work. I suppose that’s where it doesn’t match up for me.
Excellent review! Are you going to write about the new season of Fargo?
And not sure about Fargo. I haven’t started but maybe because I know I’ll find myself in need of writing about it? It’s my procrastination. I’m loving on “murder at the end of the world” on FX Hulu right now
Thanks for the feedback. I was especially proud of this review because it just flowed in a way that worked even though I wasn’t overflowing and effusive with positivity on this one. I like letting snarky Beth out to play and maybe I shouldn’t suppress her for the sake of adulting so much.
As for the Cobain connection I think it’s just when I think quintessential GenX “playing it cool” dude director (excluding a very non cool Tarantino) I think of Fincher. There’s darkness and some pockets of humor and whimsy though not a lot. He takes his men way too seriously. But he’s also trying to exude depth and anguish at the same time. Agreed on vulnerability not being there. Even the ah ha moments of Fight Club we just feel like it was all a trick. Fincher has a certain Grincher style and Cobain, with the OD and self destruction I find myself thinking of him in this dark and sad way.
I keep thinking about your comparison of Fincher to Kurt Cobain and need to sit with that one for a little while. I think that me not being a bit Fincher fan made me want to argue against it, but I am starting to get the overlap. I don’t see the vulnerability and humor that Cobain always showed beneath the anger and anguish in Fincher’s work. I suppose that’s where it doesn’t match up for me.
Excellent review! Are you going to write about the new season of Fargo?
And not sure about Fargo. I haven’t started but maybe because I know I’ll find myself in need of writing about it? It’s my procrastination. I’m loving on “murder at the end of the world” on FX Hulu right now
Thanks for the feedback. I was especially proud of this review because it just flowed in a way that worked even though I wasn’t overflowing and effusive with positivity on this one. I like letting snarky Beth out to play and maybe I shouldn’t suppress her for the sake of adulting so much.
As for the Cobain connection I think it’s just when I think quintessential GenX “playing it cool” dude director (excluding a very non cool Tarantino) I think of Fincher. There’s darkness and some pockets of humor and whimsy though not a lot. He takes his men way too seriously. But he’s also trying to exude depth and anguish at the same time. Agreed on vulnerability not being there. Even the ah ha moments of Fight Club we just feel like it was all a trick. Fincher has a certain Grincher style and Cobain, with the OD and self destruction I find myself thinking of him in this dark and sad way.