A Review of Blink Twice. Blink Blink
Blink once for cool, Blink Twice for stress.
Only a movie can tell you about problems coming from money… and maybe that Biggie song.
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Only a movie can tell you about problems coming from money… and maybe that Biggie song. 📸🎞️😱
There might be nothing better than a movie with a message that you don't need a degree in film criticism to understand. A movie you watch for a bit and get it, before any of the characters in the film get it. It makes you feel brilliant regardless of how non-brilliant you might be. That is the feeling that Blink Twice gave me. I'm curious if it will do something similar for you.
What is Blink Twice About?
Blink Twice is about two women trying to make it. Frida (Naomi Ackie) and Jess (Alia Shawkat) are doing their best to make it work in the big city. They're both working as part of a catering company that serves billionaires. Frida can't stand these people but she needs to give Jess her half of the rent.
Not wanting to be left out of the billionaire bash, Frida and Jess "leave" work, slide on their hottest dresses, and glide into the richie rich party they were just working. Frida does not want to be invisible anymore as her job demands. During this "off period," the women meet Slater King (Channing Tatum), a billionaire of epic wealth. Slater takes a particular interest in Frida and introduces women to all his buddies and employees. Frida sees this as her chance to make it out of the doldrums her life has become, so when Slater invites them to get on his plane and take a trip to his private island with all his friends, the girls have no choice but to take the chance and chill with the billis (that's short for Billionaires).
A short nap later, the women can see the island outside the windows. The party is going to keep going and for the first time, Frida and Jess get to be a part of it. That's where we meet Vic (Christian Slater), Cody (Simon Rex), Sarah (Adria Arjona), Tom (Haley Joel Osment), Camilla (Liz Caribel), Lucas (Levon Hawke), Heather (Trew Mullen), and Stacy (Geena Davis). Once they land, Geena Davis has to collect everyone's phone. Jess isn't feeling “not having her phone,” but Channing Tatum says they don't have to do anything they don't want to, so Frida and Jess and everyone else put their phones in Geena Davis' bag.
Once that's done, it's all the best champagne and raspberries, it's all the finest food, it's all the drugs, sunshine, and freedom one could ask for. It's much better than the life Frida and Jess were living that's for sure. Everyone is having so much fun! Channing Tatum keeps making eyes with Frida. He's so cute and it's not her fault she's attracted to a man with so much money. Money is hot.
All the fun is great, but soon it starts hitting the women that they don't know how long they've been there. As Jess said, "Something feels... wrong." But what is it exactly? This is where they've always wanted to be - in a tropical place, being waited on hand and foot by (who we assume are) natives, having a bacchanal with a literal billionaire. Jess thinks it’s time to go, but Frida starts crying using that feeling of invisibility to convince Jess to stay longer. It takes a snake bite before the mystery of this island begins unraveling itself.
Should I See Blink Twice?
Girrrrl something feels wrong to me too!
Absolutely! Especially if you’re into psychological thrillers. Director Zöe Kravitz and her team have much to say here, so I think you should see it even if you don’t like those movies. It’s always nice to learn things.
If you're familiar with billionaires and how they operate, you might have an idea of where it's going. There's a huge chance you won't be right but speculate away.
Blink Twice has pastiches of all our favorite billionaire characters and friends. It has your Elon Musk’s, Jeffery Epstein’s and even broke billionaires like Donald Trump. It has all their friends coming along for the ride like a vacation with any generation of Kennedys. Blink Twice starts in a world of fun and joy and ends in a much more miserable place.
Again... I think some of you (women) will get it, but a lot of people (men) might not. Blink Twice will hit people differently. I think this film is good for the culture. It's especially good for a culture that demands everyone get as wealthy as possible. That’s the United States if you were unsure.
If you woke up tomorrow and had over a billion dollars, what would you do? How would you find stimulation? What would you do if you got in trouble for all the parties you started throwing? What would you say? How would you apologize for your behavior? Deep down, we all know the answer. There is something about extreme wealth that makes people cold. We say it all the time, "Those politicians don't give a damn about you." "If you can't afford a cybertruck, don't criticize mine." "Of course, you have to spend money every month to stream your shows and save your data.”
The only way we’ve found to successfully defeat power is to become power. Only by screwing others first can you avoid being screwed. Once you learn that, all you have to worry about after that is how the accuracy of the line "Absolute power corrupts absolutely." What could you be corrupted to do?
