![]() ![]() If none of that sounds interesting as everything I described in the simulation, that’s because it’s not. There’s also an amnesia subplot for Greg whereas Isabel has to convince her peers that the purpose of the simulation is effective. Without saying much, the fictional reality is designed as such to give the citizens of the real world a greater sense of what a bad life is like, as apparently in this real-world all environmental concerns and world issues have been solved. It feels like Mike Cahill has an endless amount of directions to take the narrative of Bliss, which is actually quite energetic, mystifying, and good loopy fun for its first act, before he takes things back into the real world where everything fizzles out. Fittingly, the color palette is all monochrome colors, dour, and as depressed as Greg seems to be before he realizes what the place really is. The difference is that this reality is not exactly glamorous it’s intentionally impoverished with Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek purposefully looking nothing like the Hollywood stars they are, rocking ragged clothes and looking like homeless people. ![]() Or at least that’s how these characters treat it. The physical torment is not just for the young and spry, as his last victims are an older couple looking on.įrom the superpowered drugs to the sandbox environment where the real inhabitants (Isabel tells Greg that everyone else is an FGP or Fake Generated Person) can cause harm to anyone or anything while maintaining a clear conscience, the simulation is strikingly a lot like an actual video game. This moment arrives at a rollerskating rink where Isabel encourages Greg to take advantage of their telekinesis powers (granted from snorting special yellow crystals that are rare to come by) having him knock down the other skaters. Again, the best scene comes roughly 30 minutes into the movie, whereas Salma Hayek’s Isabel is deep into the process of explaining to Owen Wilson’s Greg that they are not in the real world and can treat this version of reality carefree knowing there are limited consequences. The simulation world itself is where things are more exciting, spontaneous, and unpredictable. The latest slice of high concept sci-fi from writer and director Mike Cahill ( I Origins) Bliss peaks early and is at its most engaging when not really dealing with its simulation experiment of experiencing the good to appreciate the bad. Madeline Zima, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Joshua Leonard, Ronny Chieng, Mercy Malick, Nesta Cooper, Steve Zissis, and Bill Nye.Ī mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a computer simulation. ![]()
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