>>89298352Not that anon, but it's theme is tired, and even as a critique, it's still past due.
There are plenty of other pieces that deal with similar themes as Anomalisa in similar ways, but the lack of subtlety presented in Anomlisa just comes off as obnoxious and pretentious by bashing the viewer over the face with it's point: "Look at how everyone looks and sounds the same to him! He's such an obnoxious douche who doesn't understand how he got to this point in his life! But wait, here comes the one opportunity for that to change and he's gonna whiff it!"
It's a good piece, but I didn't particularly enjoy the ride. Maybe you can just cop it off to personal bias. Though for all the obtusity in thematic presentation, it still never really clarifies whether the audience is supposed to sympathize with Michael or if it's supposed to be critical of this sort of ego-inflating mass depersonalization, and the objectification of femininity as a means out of it.
