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| Seginustemple 01/11/21 7:18:03 AM #135: | Sound of Metal From the first scene I figured this would be Whiplash for metal, turns out it's a cautionary tale about earplugs and hearing aids. I don't think I saw this guy using earplugs at all, even the Whiplash kid had them! And then of course the ironic twist, the sound of metal is the hearing aids which apparently make the world sound like a robot factory. I know the doctor halfheartedly explained that the implant wasn't so perfect early on and Ruben didn't want to hear it (ba dum ch) but you'd think the deaf community leader would have been even more direct about how disappointing the results are considering he was trying to dissuade Ruben from the procedure. It's like he forgot the strongest argument against them is that they fucking suck. I couldn't tell what the movie was really saying about religion. The deaf community is associated with the christian church early on but the leader teaches what seems like more of a buddhist nirvana lesson. Ruben makes clear that he wants nothing to do with organized religion, and then at the end what finally prompts his acceptance of stillness is the awful clanging of the church's metal bell through metal ears, the mocking crash cymbal of institutional worship splintered by instruments of institutional transhumanist grifting from which the only salvation is sweet silence I didn't have problems with the pacing but I can see how it would have been nice to show more of a struggle to integrate and learn sign language, there's a not-quite-montage where he does the alphabet a couple times and makes a solid joke at dinner and all the sudden he's the most popular guy. But I think the movie hit all its emotional beats well and in that sense I liked that it shifted into a genuine feel-good mode instead of languishing in the agony of deafness for too long. Pairing him with the kids early worked well since their cheery attitudes could immediately humble the specific despair of being youthfully deaf. Riz Ahmed did a good job showing the character changes. Lots of good feels from the community aspect Overall would not want to lose hearing and I hope those implants are at least forward-compatible 7/10 --- You bow to no one, azuarc ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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