I've already professed my love of Gaspar Noé's works on my blog, as he's an excellent writer/director/cinematographer. That being said, I watched his latest movie Enter the Void last night, and I didn't like it. It just didn't do anything for me, and I felt (and my friend agreed) it lacked several important aspects: editing, character development, storyline. It seemed like the perfect movie to begin watching at 1AM, dark and possibly edgy (Tibetan Book of the Dead ooooh). Instead, I was overloaded with two hours of first-person spirit floating over Tokyo, camera effects which were very interesting the first 100 times they were used, and an overabundance of Japanese hookers having sex with businessmen. The dialog lacked the depth and thought-provoking aspects I've come to expect of his films, and any new scene was preceded by endless flashbacks of things which had already happened (and, again, were interesting the first time they were seen, but had lost all their effect by the 50th). I suppose this may have been purposeful - to exemplify the release of one life so that a person may move on to the next, but it somehow cheapened the movie, which, at its core, became a repetitive emotionless drag.
Trailer
Plot summary {Warning: Spoilers}:
Drugs. Sister. Dead. Drugs. Floating over Tokyo. Bright lights and vagina-like tunnels. Body-less soul, must find body. Floating. Drugs. Sister. Floating. Drugs. Sister. Float. A tunnel. Is it a vagina? No, it's a light bulb. Float over Tokyo some more. Reminisce about parents and sister. Drugs. Ooh, another tunnel. Vagina? Nope, aborted fetus. More tunnels, more floating, Japanese hookers, tunnel! But it's just a stove. Drugs. Sister and druggie friend who she dislikes are having sex. Tunnel! Inside of sister's vagina! Rebirth.
That's the basic premise, except there's a lot more floating over Tokyo. And more Japanese hookers. It didn't really do anything for me.
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