Jane Campion says Serena and Venus Williams don't 'play against the guys like I have to'

[Sympthsical]

46. That was not even a remotely ambiguous movie.

I'll admit, I'm not in a cohort of people who think it's an amazing movie, and I'm puzzled why people think so. I went into the movie knowing nothing about it and thought the main character's sexuality was telegraphed as hard as humanly possible very early on. From his very first comments to the son to his over the top devotion to the dead mentor. "The homophobe is actually gay!? So surprise, much subversive."

This movie was hardly subtle. When we got to that little handkerchief scene in the meadow, my eyes rolled so hard they ended up in western Nevada.

So all we're really left with is the acting and cinematography. It is filmed beautifully. The acting is hilariously bad. I love Kirsten Dunst, but what was that loopy drunkenness stuff? She looked like she had no idea she was supposed to be in a dramatic film. She sounded like her Bring It On character. It was just an absolutely bizarre choice on her and the director's part. I think if she'd underplayed the alcoholism, it would've worked better. Instead, drunken falling over. Bam, Oscar nominee. Did Jessie Plemmons do any acting at all? If you told me he showed up on set severely constipated, so they just had him run lines while the cameras rolled, I would believe it.

Again, beautifully shot, but shockingly mediocre for all the praise it has received.

I did like the ending though. How the son's plan worked out. That was great. I knew what he was doing with the dead cow, but didn't put together the why until they focused on the hands in the end. That was pretty neat.