I found this artsy and pretentious. Did anybody else not like this movie? The locations, cinematography, and the acting was great. A script like this takes people in. It appears artsy and intelligent but really it's lots of obscure moments strung together. The guy who did the photography is really good and the designer, too. The acting is wonderful, as well, but sadly I found the movie a bummer. Bad writing ruins movies and wastes all this talent.
shareI'm on my 3rd attempt at watching this movie. Virtually no story. A little bit of conflict. Mostly just character traits. I wouldn't say it lulls me to sleep...but it's come close.
shareNot as good as "The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow", but not as bad as "The Passion of the Christ".
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BORING! I only got halfway through this one before I said "To H*** with it." There is no plot. I didn't give a rip about any of the characters. I didn't see any connection between the two boys and the rest of the cast. The scenes with the two old ladies also seemed disconnected. I wasted an hour of my life hoping something was going to happen, then my attention span ran out. Horrible piece of pretentious, mindless, wandering garbage.
shareAs you say, the locations, cinematography and acting was really good but I found it artsy and pretentious too.
"Do you like me more than you don't like me or do you not like me more than you do?"
Also, I think it wants too much, like being touching and moving, and the representation of different generations with the boys, the teenage couple, the elderly mother and grown-up daughter, the old ladies. Etc. It's a bit obvious, you see through all the attempts to make this film 'deep' and artistic.
"Do you like me more than you don't like me or do you not like me more than you do?"
I spent maybe the first third being faintly irritated by it all - and the last third sitting absolutely still trying to soak it all in. I guess that makes it a slow burner - it's all painted in scene by scene and eventually builds to a story where I wanted to see what happened next. It's possibly another one of those films I'll like better the second time around.