hate to say it but something felt off about the whole thing and left me a bit disappointed. to be fair though, i wasn’t fully sold on blessed
upon release either, but i’ll need to rewatch
it felt a bit half-baked with no real aesthetic or cohesive vision in my opinion, not even the biggest fan of the title
even from the opening clip, the color palette looks gross and the opening montage almost felt like a satire on Strobeck’s already outrageous filming
the edit was fine i guess but there was definitely a lot more questionable choices taken in this one. I understand some of the avant grade risks he takes, but a number of them just felt flat or like an early edit before the final cut. and i do agree that the NY footage disrupts flow..
besides that, the skating was great as well as some of the music choices. a number of my favorites right now