It's been a few days since I watched Luca Guadagnino's latest movie, Challengers, full of star actors. That's why I don't think my thoughts about the movie will change much from now on. I can say that Luca Guagnino, who impressed the audience with his delightful love stories by offering impressive visuals, neither impressed nor disappointed me with his latest movie Challengers.
(My review is a long review article rather than the videos we will share on our Instagram account. So I recommend the short video we will share on Instagram as a result of our collective criticism to those who do not have time to read it.)
The common history of three tennis players dating back many years (15 years) is told with a non-linear time flow, jumping back and forth. These three people; Patrick, with a nice smile, flirtatious and relaxed; Art, who is shyer than Patrick but more determined in terms of what he wants; and Tashi, the person who holds the balance of power and distributes the cards. Art and Patrick are two close friends, and while they are at the top of the tennis matches, sometimes together and sometimes separately, they watch a match of the ambitious, talented, beautiful Tashi and admire her. The fact that both of them are influenced by Tashi will create the dynamism of three intertwined desires that will spread throughout the film. Patrick, Art and Tashi meet at the hotel at the end of the day, but Patrick and Art have different expectations than Tash. And Tashi, the owner of the power, enables the dual homo-eroticism hidden in the film between Patrick and Art to be reflected in their behavior for the first and last time. Tashi and Patrick, who started a relationship in the events that followed, parted ways as a result of Tashi's unexpected accident. From that day on, there will be Art and Tashi, and Patrick will move away from them in the course of life. Art will rise in his career thanks to Tashi, and Patrick will be in a position to live the day. However, the trio's paths will cross again in an unpopular tournament that is the focus of the movie. As for my comments about the film, the thing that draws my attention negatively is that we do not have the chance to get to know the character of Tashi, who determines the dynamics of the film. Her economic inadequacy, mentioned at one point, is never mentioned afterwards.. I would have liked the director and screenwriter to be involved a little, rather than creating the reasons for her ambition and the choices she made between Patrick and Art with the data I don't have enough.
I sympathize with those who can feel the interaction of desire with Tashi in the dynamics between this trio, but unfortunately I have not been able to feel any interaction other than the hidden flow of emotions between Patrick and Art. It should be emphasized that the movie has a good plot because it makes a boring tennis match exciting with its non-linear time flow. However, I have something to say about the flow of time. Unfortunately, the perception of age that can only be felt through shorter hair or more make-up is no longer enough for me. One of my favorite aspects of the film is that during the tennis match, the surface suddenly becomes transparent and you watch it from below or see it from the tennis ball. When I saw the cast of the movie, I had good expectations for him and he did not disappoint me. And that's Josh O'Connor. As in La Chimera, he did his role very well. I always enjoy watching a Luca Guadagnino movie. As a matter of fact, this movie is the same, but I will definitely not include it among my favorites.
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