Past Lives, a movie where nothing happens

 


How did the writers even pitch Past Lives. 'Picture this. Two childhood friends separate. The girl goes to USA, the guy stays in South Korea. They reunite on social media. The guy visits the girl in America. The girl is married to a white guy. The South Korean guy and girl hang out and talk about life. Then the South Korean guy goes back home. The end.' Where is the inciting event? Where is the antagonist? Where is the point of no return? Where is the climax and resolution? What was the point of the movie?

Films like Past Lives, Eyes Wide Shut and Lost in Translation should be in their own genre. The genre of nothing ever happens. I thought all South Korean movies were dope but Past Lives is an exception. It was so boring. I expected the wife to cheat on her husband or something. But no! Watching Past Lives is like having sex with a condom and without a climax. In the end you just feel dead inside. 

How Past Lives got over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes is unbelievable. I guess the lesson here is that one man's meat is another man's poison. To one person a film is a masterpiece and to another person a story is trash. As a writer and a creative person you can't please everyone. Just write for yourself and critics be damned.

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