So, my mom has been obsessed with this movie ever since it came out. I’ve always been skeptical of this movie because I’m skeptical of anything put out by Amazon Prime. Even after all the awards it’s won I’ve still been putting off watching it, but I finally agreed to watch it with my mom last night and was pleasantly surprised. Once I realized it starred two stand-out supporting actors from some of my favorite shows The OA and Bates Motel, I realized it was going to be alright. Obviously, the editing and sound design was phenomenal, but I still can’t get over how good the acting was. How did this guy not win Best Actor? I really like how the film focused on the emotions behind becoming deaf (that can be applied to any sudden life changing event, really) rather than the mechanics of actually being deaf. I kind of had this weird anxiety about watching this movie because due to some poor choices when I was younger, I get the ears ringing and everything goes silent thing probably about once a week. It only lasts less than 10 seconds but it still freaks me out and what happened to this guy is my worst fear. The panic he felt when he realized he couldn’t hear and then the denial was so well done and I think it translated so well to the audience. I will admit, I did get a little bored in the second and third acts. There was a lot of interesting stuff like the deaf community and the choice to remain there or ‘get his life back’ but it still seemed to drag. Once he got the implants though it somehow became even more depressing. The whole time I was like please just take them out this is unbearable and he finally did at the end which was a relief.
My takeaway from this movie is to never, ever get cochlear implants.
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