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What was bad and what was good in this movie?


Beware! See film first! Contains a lot of spoilers!

Bad:
Fighting scenes.
The dialogue.
The main actress' acting and her strained voice, and espescially her singing.
The driving in the movie.
The drunk driving by Pitt and his father.
The Gil falling in love with leatherfac ather than th beautiful boy.
The references to SM in the movie.
The MC-race.
The tedeous and cheesy music in the film.
The psycho locals.
The Americans being the only ones to have cars.
The cheesy birthday party in the end.
The mother turning up in the end.

Good:
The basic idea.
Brad Pitt's acting talent and charm.
Brad Pit admiring himself when off-masqued.
The mystery which appears in the start of the film until the carnival.
The filming premises in Serbia.
The fact that this is Pitt's first main role in a movie.
The references to "the Beauty and the beast" and "Snowwhite".
The PC in the movie, with basic programmes.
That the mother doesn't roll down the stairs, like we feel she is going to do.
The fact that there's no stupid happy ending where everything goes just great.
The closing scene with the bike driving towards the setting sun.

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