Dinner and a movie. Today it’s Monolith (2022) and it’s got a promising start: a disgraced failwoman journalist chasing down dubious leads for a conspiracy theory podcast, and a Mysterious Sci-Fi Monolith
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Dinner and a movie. Today it’s Monolith (2022) and it’s got a promising start: a disgraced failwoman journalist chasing down dubious leads for a conspiracy theory podcast, and a Mysterious Sci-Fi Monolith
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MONOLITH 2022 | dir. Matt Vesely
I have a secret. And when I tell this story, I will change everything. Monolith (2022) dir. Matt Vesely
Fascinating
“Monolith” is doing interesting thematic work—the black bricks are, well, brick-sized, and there are dozens of them. But the main character is alone. We never see another human being on-screen, just hear their voices over the phone. She’s alone in this big house being eaten alive by guilt and doubt and anger and fear and the need to prove herself.
Whatever the bricks are, they’re about guilt and shame. Something everybody has been hiding and holding down inside and making themselves forget. And it’s manifesting in the form of this black brick that holds it all, and is drawing the guilt to the person it was “delivered” to until they can’t handle it.
The mystery of it all doesn’t quite stick the landing as well as I’d hoped but damn. 8/10 and I was on the edge of my seat the whole way through. Alien artifact, or maybe a memetically based cold war bioweapon, can kill you with your own pent up guilt and lies if you let it.
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Movie: Monolith
Some movies set out with a big goal and a big story they want to tell in a big way. And of those movies, some succeed in reaching their goal and some don't quite fill the shoes they've claimed they can.
Monolith was kind of a smaller story with a smaller goal, but it fulfilled it. I think the ending could have been more but hey, I enjoyed the journey there and the ending fit.
6/10
Monolith
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Monolith (2022, Australia)
Director: Matt Vesely
Writer: Lucy Campbell
Mini-review:
Monolith is pretty different from what I expected, but it's still a solid, low-budget sci-fi offering. The central mystery kept me hooked, even if it didn't give me any easy answers, and Lily Sullivan's committed performance elevates the material and carries the movie when it threatens to buckle under its own weight. It also tries to touch on some social issues here and there, but it never ventures too far into that direction, choosing to focus instead on the main character's descent into obsession. It won't enter my favorite sci-fi movies list, but it definitely helped me pass the time.