There are a couple scenes where Mike Binder is running to a car, etc. it jumps from frame to frame, like flashes, of pics, not fluid movement. And when Mike is talking to the janitor when he is vacuuming with the cd player on you do not hear any music, just Mikes mouth moving, then his words, then his mouth moving, then his words, etc. Then you see the janitor turning the cd player off, and you hear a flash of music before it shuts off.
I have worked in an office, been to meetings. No one runs in an office like a psycho. It seemed like everyone was falling down in the hallway when people are in the office and boardroom doing nothing but waiting to do their job. There is no presentation that I could see, don't see how they wrangled the consultation, or got the job. They just keep running, running, crash, fall down; running, running, crash, fall down, and so on. Then all of a sudden, they got what they wanted, everyone got fired, the end. wtf? Wasn't funny.
And I am the cheerleader for the underdogs, I clap and laugh louder for comedians that are just starting out and no else is. I feel sorry for them. Jeanine had a couple good comebacks, but thats it. Definitely needed a lot of work with a lot of professionals that do this for a living, and have a good number of comedies under their belt. Smoothing, syncing, timing, etc.
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Dragon-25
16 years ago
There are a couple scenes where Mike Binder is running to a car, etc. it jumps from frame to frame, like flashes, of pics, not fluid movement. And when Mike is talking to the janitor when he is vacuuming with the cd player on you do not hear any music, just Mikes mouth moving, then his words, then his mouth moving, then his words, etc. Then you see the janitor turning the cd player off, and you hear a flash of music before it shuts off.
It's meant to be like that, that was the way they wanted it to look. That isn't an error it is a look they were aiming for
The lip synch is an error I had that on my first copy but they replaced it for me and my replacement copy is fine.
I have worked in an office, been to meetings. No one runs in an office like a psycho. It seemed like everyone was falling down in the hallway when people are in the office and boardroom doing nothing but waiting to do their job. There is no presentation that I could see, don't see how they wrangled the consultation, or got the job. They just keep running, running, crash, fall down; running, running, crash, fall down, and so on. Then all of a sudden, they got what they wanted, everyone got fired, the end.
I think you missed part of the pliot somewhere. Sorry but it is explained within the film, it really is and it does make sense. It is explained that most of the work to get the job had been done already etc... It is all there in the film explained in the dialogue. The ending is explained by the voice over as you see the scenes of people leaving. I have also worked in a big multinational company and I have seen people running through an office to get to meetings, that said again the reason he is running in the office is obvious and explained in the plot. Sorry you didn't like it a lot of us think it is a great and very funny film.
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swannee110166
16 years ago
I received my copy the same way... the lips moving and the words coming a few seconds later and it seemed like it repeated it a couple of times, the scene with the janitor. But the other scenes that were "jerky", or quick 1 second repeats of it, I am pretty sure are meant to be that way artistically. Overall though, the movie is a great plot and glad I bought it. Alan Rickman is great in this movie, trying to protect a life he built, whether he likes the life or not. And the end scene with credits rolling is very funny.
However, the end was how I expected.... You can't always get what you want, but if try, you get what you need. And that's exactly what happened.
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itchyfeet88
16 years ago
If you watch the film with the director's commentary from the special features section of the dvd then you might get a better insight into what they were trying to do with the film. I personally think the jump cuts work perfectly and give the film a much more arty feel than your standard comedy - the scene with Giles asking Matthew to tell him his 'dirty nun story' is especially brilliant when Giles is walking up to him then the scene jumps so that suddenly Giles is sitting almost right on top of Matthew. Brilliant use of editing and really gets the full comedic effect out of the scene!
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Dreamwatcher14
16 years ago
Maybe I should contact them about the lip syncing problem.
I think I will watch it one more time, with the directors commentary on.
The first time someone said something alarming to Mike Binder and he jump ran to the car, that kind of made sense. But then it happened again in a couple other places that weren't so dramatic, so it just made it all seem like skipping. (guilt by similarity?) That's what DVD's do when they are scratched.
(I still think that after all that build up the end was rushed)
At the end of soo many movies I have asked the screen "And then what??" (you know... the long trials and tribulations, the couple get together, the end)
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Dreamwatcher14
16 years ago
I am watching with the directors commentary on now, it is still very unfinished.
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