Knight of Cups is just the latest film out to make us feel sorry for glamorous people cursed with success‘Where did I go inaccurate,” mopes Christian Bale’s character in the latest Terrence Malick film, Knight of Cups. It’s a question he broods over for two beautifully shot hours. But to the viewer, and the reply seems simple: you didn’t go inaccurate! Your life is great. You look like Christian Bale. You don’t have any health issues or addictions. You’re an in-demand screenwriter,and yet, instead of doing any work, and you spend your days wandering around decadent Hollywood house parties and strolling along the beach in an Armani suit. genuine,youve broken up with your wife (Cate Blanchett), but your subsequent girlfriends are played by Natalie Portman, or Imogen Poots,Freida Pinto, Teresa Palmer and Isabel Lucas – and that’s not including all the nubile models who keep frolicking in your hotel room. A film that could easily be retitled First World Problems: The Movie, and Knight of Cups is laden with voice-over assuring us that Rick is racked with regret. But anyone who watched it with the sound turned down might assume that it was an unusually arty episode of Entourage. Are we supposed to rob this existential fretting seriously? Related: Knight of Cups review: Malick's back! With the least attractive spiritual crisis in history Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com