Always be a poet even in prose

The poetic movie for 2020 goes to, drum roll "I'm Thinking of Ending Things". Viewers digression is advised: For poetic inclined.

I got the recommendation from a friend. I do not understand the reason, but I feel prejudiced. Someone thinks I am a nut head, you will come to realize this too. Poets are tagged as disturbed.

I insisted I didn't like action movies but some conversations, love should be featured and I'm Thinking of Ending Things just off me. Enough on the intro already.

Jessie Buckley is an Irish singer and actress, who came in second place in the BBC talent show-themed television series I'd Do Anything.

The movie like the title obviously tells the story of our female lead trying to or convincing herself to end a 'no potential' illogical relationship. This is played out as a varying scenarios of time, same scenes.

Movie will question your conciousness until you grab the play of time. I repeat, unlike what you have known. Here the scenes are constant but time is a variant. It's not delusional like we would easily pass the movie as.

The moral of the storyline is the value of relationships. You will be in some relationships just because you're passing time and well, time played a joke on you. Time passed. Against your critical reasoning or surpassing understanding, you just find yourself many years down the line in same relationship, you really do not get what keep you together... In this movie it was their smartness and intensity.

The depths of the human psyche in the movie is merserising with the good poems and conversations. Seeing the lack of action and very few scenes for the one hour thirty minutes drama, you'll think it is boring. You won't be if you have intuitive ear for colourful, poetic conversation.

Iain Reid is the king of deadpan, philosophical horror. He wrote the non fiction novel and it was too good that it was adapted for motion pictures. The female lead, Jessie Buckley had to have acted herself into her movie role because she is as critical in real life as her weirdo partner.

We hear her inner mind, loud and clear, she needs to end this.

In the end, it is only in mysterious equation of love any logical reason can be found. Your partner should be all your reasons because trust me, nothing makes sense staying.

This is not a movie summary, angry I don't appreciate spoiler alerts myself. And I am not your typical movie critic because this review is according to my movie taste slash preferences and just enough hype to advise your next movie. I am not a preacher of spoiler alert lipsrsealed , thank you.

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