Sirât
I’d never heard of the concept of Islamic concept of Sirāt (the bridge over which every person must cross in order to enter heaven) prior to this movie, and the little explainer for it at the beginning of the film I kind of ignored until the end of the movie, but the movie can’t be understood without viewing it through that lens. If you’re of any form of faith, that lens will probably improve your appreciation of this film. If you’re not, that lens will probably decrease your appreciation of it. Regardless, when this movie began to go into the metaphorical phase, it became a worse movie, but did become a lot more tense. The soundtrack and sound design is absolutely peak though, and my vote for best sound, for which it was nominated.
-Z
The word that comes to mind here is “visceral.” What an experience! Incredible soundtrack. Otherworldly visuals. But such a bleak, gut punch of a plot that left me feeling pretty down afterwards. I know there are some layers to the plot here and certainly it is meant to be more metaphorical, but I’m just not sure I fully get it. The nomination for sound though, absolutely deserved!
-E
