The Platform. Netflix. 5/10

The Platform is the new grand streaming release from Netflix, directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia this film is set in a fictitious society wherein prisoners and for some reason people seeking a college degree can all go to serve time in what seems to be a hierarchical hunger run prison system. Honestly, I've seen the scores it gets on other critic platforms and frankly, I don't get it. Call me picky but I felt the cinematography in this film was offhand at best. It feels very evident to me that there was no sort of basic communication between the director, editor, or cinematographer throughout this whole process. Instead of what should have been a visually stunning movie, with an overflow of creativity pouring due to lack of various locations, I found myself staring at the same exact shots, and color stills. This film's cinematography, in my opinion, felt like a compilation of leftover footage from a black mirror episode. The editing in this film felt like an overextended burden of work for my eyes, the constant switches, and the director's fetish for wanting to hastily finish a scene was abhorrent. The acting to my surprise was quite pleasing, I found myself convinced and indoctrinated into the character development of Goreng played by the talented Ivan Massague. However good I found the acting, there were some lines that were completely out of Massague's ability to be able to perform properly, because truth be told the writing in this film was annoying. It was so obnoxiously pretentious, the idea of this film is exciting but the whole point of being able to enjoy a film is to be able to understand what you're watching. This screenplay left me asking more questions than answering the ones initially presented and NOT in a good way. I thought some of the imagery was quite beautiful, I understood the intent of having biblical as well as societal commentary, but again without being able to understand properly what is happening or what the "message" is, I just felt a huge sense of embitterment. This picture exuberates potential but sadly due to desiring a grander commentary award it ended up getting misguided by rewrites and unclear development. This film is good to pass the time just don't expect to leave satisfied because to really enjoy it you have to be either on some sort of substance or just a total douchebag. Excuse my french.