Big Sky (2015)
3/10
Frustratingly slow and unnatural
7 May 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I have so many problems with the story. First, this girl, Hazel, is an extreme agoraphobic to the point that she would not go down to the downstairs of her home to eat, BUT she's ok to go to the middle of nowhere in a wide open space without a tree or building on site. Ok she was in a box. She gets out of the box with little to no anxiety. Secondly, her mother has been shot and is bleeding to death. Does she panic? Not at all. She calmly looks through the first aid kit. WTF?!?! Then rather than attempting to drive her mom to get her help, they automatically assume that the van is not drivable and must walk. Thirdly, this extreme agoraphobic manages to walk the wide open land pussy footing while her mom bleeds to death. She continuously takes her meds before the previous dose has had time to work. Keep in mind when she takes the last dose, does she panic that there are no more meds? Nooo! Then fourthly, this motorcycle rider vagabond find her in the middle of nowhere about a miles from where his bike presumably had been totally disassembled, with hardly any tools btw. So when he stumbles upon her, does she frantically tell him that her mother is bleeding to death and she needs help ASAP? Nooo! She's calm, cool and collected. She strolles back with him casually. Next, high noon turns into night, but keep in mind the entire story revolves around a six mile trip to civilization, the Fort destination. But when the couple from the Fort drive Hazel back to her mother it was sunny but apparently the six mile trip takes hours and they reach her by night. Lastly, the standoff was anti-climatic. Here is where they could have used tension and suspense before the shootout, which BTW, we didn't even see because they chose the easy way out and showed Hazel covering her face while it all went down off screen. That's it I'm done!
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