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Just got back from this. GF was bored, I found myself a bit bored as well. I love Keaton, the acting was great, but the movie just wasn't very entertaining. It felt like some kind of dogwhistle for theater geeks. Don't regret watching it, but I wouldn't see it again.
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Honestly, it felt like a hamfisted "did he or didn't he?!?1" ending shoved into a movie that was a little too full of itself. It wasn't written or conceived as "and then he flew because he really did have telekinetic powers" or "he died and his daughter saw a rainbow" - it was written/conceived as "and then I'll put this metaphor in which will make people guess because I'm a hipster and it's edgy *nudges glasses*" I hope it gets enough love that we get more Keaton in things though. oswald ownenstein fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Nov 17, 2014 |
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Nov 17, 2014 22:01
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Advice posted:
I think you put into words my feelings better than I could have, except I didn't really hate the movie I just didn't find it to be very good. Kind of like how Prometheus had great cinematography but was a total piece of poo poo, this movie had a lot of great performances but was overall not very enjoyable. I'm also a little surprised that critics loved it so much when the movie calls out critics pretty boldly. Maybe they just justify it by thinking "  heh, those stupid theater critics, not like ME the MOVIE critic "
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Nov 18, 2014 17:16
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Surlaw posted:Criticism is fine and good but this is really stupid, sorry. No it's a pretty apt description of the people gushing over this movie
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Nov 19, 2014 19:54
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I like good movies. Sometimes artsy movies are great, and sometimes they're pretentious. This movie wasn't really pretentious, but it was definitely for theater geeks and film school dorks. It was objectively 'good' - I just didn't enjoy it very much as an experience.
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