The film itself was fine, yes you can clearly see the inspirations in terms of themes like Black Swan, and in terms of visuals and direction, like Suspiria.
On a symbolic and thematical level, it was fine, but they have really outdone themselves with the endings.
I mean ok, she froze as she did in the past, she ran away and tried to escape by committing suicide, but as she did that she imagined her successfully playing the piece (as she did before in her dreams, so she convinced herself that she was successful and her dream came true), but then again, she did die, but then again, she didn't, since nobody seems to notice this.
My take is that she either did really die and as she did before, just imagine her becoming someone since she couldn't be someone in the real life. Or the whole ending was again symbolic of sacrificing everything to becoming someone, killing the old Juliet. And as the other teacher noted, you die and maybe in 300 years, someone will remember something you did, but your sacrifice may remain unnoticed, as it happened in the last few seconds.
Either way, the film was mostly good, but they have really overdone the ending, it didn't have to have so many layers IMO.
Also, what was the point of having all those horror elements? Just let it be a rivalry/success/failure/sacrifice thriller.
All that stuff with the first girl and some of the horror nightmares feel forced in since the film is not really about that, it's more psychological.
Maybe I'm missing the big picture here, but a more focused ending and less forced horror could've made this much better.
On a symbolic and thematical level, it was fine, but they have really outdone themselves with the endings.
I mean ok, she froze as she did in the past, she ran away and tried to escape by committing suicide, but as she did that she imagined her successfully playing the piece (as she did before in her dreams, so she convinced herself that she was successful and her dream came true), but then again, she did die, but then again, she didn't, since nobody seems to notice this.
My take is that she either did really die and as she did before, just imagine her becoming someone since she couldn't be someone in the real life. Or the whole ending was again symbolic of sacrificing everything to becoming someone, killing the old Juliet. And as the other teacher noted, you die and maybe in 300 years, someone will remember something you did, but your sacrifice may remain unnoticed, as it happened in the last few seconds.
Either way, the film was mostly good, but they have really overdone the ending, it didn't have to have so many layers IMO.
Also, what was the point of having all those horror elements? Just let it be a rivalry/success/failure/sacrifice thriller.
All that stuff with the first girl and some of the horror nightmares feel forced in since the film is not really about that, it's more psychological.
Maybe I'm missing the big picture here, but a more focused ending and less forced horror could've made this much better.