The Perfection (Netflix)

[levcore]

I thought there was a thread for this? Wow this was a pretty great horror thriller that was pretty unpredictable. Where you think it is heading, it is not and it takes some great turns. You also question who you root for throughout, with your allegiances shifting.

The finale gets absolutely ridiculous but in a good way, and the last minute is just hilarious. Great performances from the cast, the only thing i did not care for is how the rewind flashbacks were presented. The first time they used the technique it was fine but it did not work when it was used again later in the movie, and there's a rewind to an expository scene that is not needed at all. Other than that though, well worth checking out.

One point though finally:

[Show spoiler]It did seem that getting her to cut her own hand off was still insanely drastic and that just drugging her, kidnapping her and then talking to her for an extended period of time might have achieved the same effect. They even had that unnecessary flashback to show that Lizzie didn't mind that she had been manipulated to cut her own hand off, as if to get Charlotte off the hook. Thinking about it after the fact though, i mean if she did feel that mutilation as the only way, why not just get her to cut off her thumb? She would struggle to be a competent player without that and it would have probably achieved the same result (getting booted out of the academy).

There's a lot worthy of discussion with this movie.