Sci-Fi Movie Review: Chrysalis

Last week I rented Chrysalis. My writing was done for the day, and my wife was uninterested in watching a movie.

No bartering. No debating.

The movie choice was all mine—

Perfect!

So, after careful browsing—(or so I believed)—I rented Chrysalis for a simple reason: Science Fiction. (Very mild sci-fi, though, which was disappointing).

You see, my go-to genre is science fiction,  if I’m not in the mood for horror. I love it.

Spaceships and other worlds and you can count me in. Beam me up, Scotty, and all those things for me.

The sun set and the evening presented itself as I retired to my recliner.

DVD in.

Two remotes in hand.

Cold drink.

Cold Pizza.

Push play and sit back and relax. Right?

I swear, it’s NOT MY FAULT. The video store mixes the foreign movies in with all the rest. No stickers. No big text that reads: This is a FOREIGN FILM. Nothing.

I’ll take some of the responsibility, though. I should have been more observant. Attention to details and all that crap.

Still, I mostly blame the video store.

Chrysalis is a French movie, with English subtitles.

No thank you! Not for me.

Now, I’m not bashing foreign films, or people who like them. I’m simply not a fan. With a few exceptions, I can’t stand subtitles. When I watch a movie, I don’t want to have to work at it.

Still, since I wanted to review it, I watched it.

Overall, it wasn’t all that bad of a movie. The setting, and tone of the movie was good. Dark and mysterious.

The problem with this movie, and many other foreign ones, was that it takes too long for the plot to pick up.

Personally, I don’t recall many of the details of the movie. It didn’t have a lasting impression, but then again, I did end up watching it. Overall, I enjoyed my night and the movie as well.

-Vincent Hobbes