Beast

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a b-b-b-b-BEAST! Idris Elba needs a new agent, man. This guy is such an incredible actor but him being so good might actually be a detriment to this movie cause the rest of the cast can’t keep up. This movie is super ambitious but comes up short. There’s so many long shots that don’t cut away but I couldn’t help but notice the cues. Like, I could almost see the other actors reacting to the movement of the camera like, ok have this conversation…. NOW, and pick up this thing… NOW, move over here… NOW. I could feel them trying to hit their marks and once I noticed it, nothing felt natural after.

Speaking of nature, the lion looked pretty good. You could really feel the weight of its attacks, especially in that scene where Idris is under the vehicle. I mean this thing apparently killed an entire village on its own. But damn, were the humans dumb as hell. Why did ya boy take the gun and fuck off far away from the moderate safety of the car to the water? Was it a river? A lake? Whatever, let me get shin deep so I definitely won’t be able to run or maneuver in any way once this lion comes to fuck me up. Why not just post up on top on the vehicle and wait for the demon to show its face again then BAM.