Michael Mayer's 'The Seagull' (2018)

I liked this way more than I thought I would just based on the trailer. This was impeccably shot, some clearly inspired by Lubezki which is always a plus. This was really funny too. I felt the story needed a bit more developing, I wasn't invested in the tragic elements of this as I was in the funny bits. I have a couple more iterations of this to watch this weekend for comparisons sake. Stoll & Moss were standouts for me. Saoirse was just good, but just ok for my standards for her which are always incredibly high, except for her final scene which was almost at the level of her Brooklyn brilliance. Bening was just fine nothing was added or detracted. The structure really was unexpected, I felt with how they had the opening scene it was framed in a different light by cutting dialogue in key instances. Where it seems that Nina knocking on his door provided him inspiration to write his play, but placed in the correct chronological order of events it proved to have a different affect on me for obvious reasons. Really good. Some of my pet-peeves that characters do were evident throughout thus knocking it a bit. 7/10