Basically, a film adaptation of "The Oregon Trail" (not joking)

I'm not typically a fan of "Westerns" but I am a fan of beautiful cinematography, director Kelly Reichardt, and deliberately intimate, immersive dramas that transport the viewer to another place or time. It is SLOW as molasses (reminded me at times of letterboxd.sitesdebloques.com/film/days-of-heaven/) with long stretches without speaking which won't be everyone's cup of tea but really worked for me (as a city-dweller unaccustomed to seeing long stretches of nature)…

My favorite film of the year so far, and there have already been a few I loved.

Director Josephine Decker (Madeline's Madeline) has her stamp all over this. Intensely raw, purposefully disorienting yet tastefully stylized. Cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen who did Victoria in one shot (one of the best of the decade) absolutely kills it. I counted about 100 shots that could have been the poster. Tamar-kali's score is so fucked up and incredible.

This is an extremely dense dramatic…

I wanted to like this in the first 1/3. The premise is great. Besides the obvious reasons to dislike it...it just plays like a lower-tier Netflix original. I'm confused why some people seem to think it was decent but I also don't watch badly written TV.

Also I just saw Saint Maud which had phenomenal sound design & score...so coming off of that this awful music was distractioningly corny. (Like the royalty-free version of something cool)

My partner is disappointed I…