I Saw the TV Glow: Ambitious but…

I Saw the TV Glow is an interesting piece of work on obsession, technology and the self, and while one can appreciate all the risks and ambition that the film possesses, I have to say that I was quite disappointed with the ending. All I could do was turn my expectations high as I entered the theater ready for some serious action but when the credits rolled I was more bored than entertained.

The plot of the movie deals with two middle schoolers, obsessed with this strange show, fighting against each other, and indeed offered an interesting opportunity to delve into the supernatural psychological horror genre. There were moments where I enjoyed the artistic choices, in this case, the ominous tone established by the dark images and the relevant sound design which looked like some neons in a tension scene. But then again the movie I Saw the TV Glow, as attractive as it was visually, it felt instead making unique creative decisions for the purpose of doing so instead of having a good narrative and making sense.

The film, in its attempt to stretch too far and cover many tones, also went ahead and lost the flow. Some disarray was probably intended for a scene or two, and its surrealness allows that, but nothing there stimulated my interest or made me think, and rather cut me off from the story and the characters in it. The sense I got throughout the movie was that there was some anticipation, tension, or drama which was being created, and that how it would all culminate would be quite amazing.

As the events, it can be said that throughout the movie, there are spectacular scenes especially those that relate to the narrowcasting structure. Nonetheless, such scenes were in the movie for the most part it was boring and I was tired of the slow winding movement in the strange story line. Even if I Saw the TV Glow is something likely to appeal to most people who want an experimental film and not an easy one, it just did not work for me.