Anyone Watch The 'Film'? BRUTAL. (Stupid Timeline.)

I know, right!? Like, something out of "Neighbors," where it's just insane craziness, speed ramp editing (fast to super slow, body cams of people walking around looking into camera while the background moves, etc.).

They stride in like they're about to own it... and it's like a handful of schlubs sitting around. Put on some strobe lights, big music, etc... something out of everyone's comfort zone. But no, instead of people sitting around the mansion drinking, they're drinking at some rando's house and the guy's like, "I'm getting naked and jumping in the pool" for some reason... then, within 10 seconds, when Charlie's in the pool with him, he sneaks out, dries off, clothes on... and NOBODY SEES HIM!?

The crazy thing is that Jason wanted everything to start at NIGHT!!! WHY!!? If the initial party was at night, then they wouldn't be going to bed until long after midnight then they'd just be up all night. As it stands, it's such a stupid timeline, starting at dusk. It should have been a morning brunch to have any possible logical time-flow.

Re the drawing pictures on dad's face, remember Jason wasn't happy that the penis wasn't big enough and wanted it redrawn?? What the effing difference did it make! He was so focused on the stupidist things. How could he miss all the bigger problems?

I just saw the 15 minute version of Present Trauma yesterday, one of the shorts that was submitted. Too bad they didn't pick this director and then let him make a movie from that script. It would have been so much better than this.

Oh, but wait, they wanted to do a comedy this time. Yeah, like the script they chose was hilarious!

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Did you or I post that? If not, I definitely want to know as well.

If the composer is on this board, I apologize, but I HATED IT. It was overly-synthesized, melodramic telenovela style music and there was just waaaaaay too much of it at too high of a volume.

In this day and age... the director of "Beasts of No Nation" was just talking about this very topic last night at the Q&A and he was saying how films are backing off of score because the viewers are getting more savvy to how the filmmakers are trying to force emotions instead of letting a real emotion happen. Like, with this film... there wasn't comedy at all but the film was scored so heavily like, "Here's the big comedic swell... LAUGH HERE!!!!"

Jason acted like a spoiled brat. Effie talked about fast food and Jason says he never eats that stuff. Obviously. He is an orthorexic, narcissistic douchebag that spent more time on film over digital than thinking about plot holes of the story. I hate it when screenwriters have no life experience so they don't think like an actual human being.

Here are the plot points that bothered me:

His brother sees an invitation that was sent to his uncle; why would he send an invitation to ANYONE in his real family? At least build in a backstory that he likes to brag about his crimes to his uncle. One sentence would have fixed this. UGH.

Charlie and Fiona in love: I didn’t see them being in love at all except for that little “Hi” thing they did.

They show up at a strange party. No one seemed to own the home. Why did Fiona get mad that Charlie was trying to protect her naked sister? She is running for office; why would she take off her clothes and jump in? Wouldn’t other party guests jump in the pool if beautiful naked women were in there? It looked like Leonard and the sister were stealing everyone’s clothes- what happened with that?
It was hard to hear but Daddy Warbucks was a member of a super-secret club of racists? Then it got completely dropped?

Fiona’s hair is nearly dry already in the car. They couldn’t have caught up to the other car if they had all gotten dressed and she towel-dried her hair.

Why did her sister stop her car after the near miss? It seems to me that she just cut him off. She was drunk right? Why would she stop the car and run over there? What drunk driver that had a near miss pulls over and waits for the cops and mom and dad to come? The wreck was lame. No, they didn’t need to flip the car but they could have had a bigger wreck. What was Daddy Warbucks whispering to the guy on the stretcher? How was no one not arrested? The guy said he was okay but got loaded up into an ambulance? The interior of the ambulance looked like a generic empty van- where was all the equipment?

Daddy Warbucks waits until right before the wedding for the background check? Was the background check revealing details about someone else with the exact same name as his faked name and date of birth? Nice coincidence that someone has that name and DOB.

Next morning no one is tired? After all that fighting everyone just went to bed? Daddy Warbucks didn’t insist on kicking them out?
The marriage license would be in the wrong/fake name so the marriage is null and void anyway.
Why would Leonard try to talk him out of getting married? Why would it be unethical for them to get married? Also, he grows a conscience literally overnight? Leonard’s character completely turns into the opposite of himself in the morning? Did the hooker attend the wedding or did she hide out in the house during it? No one finds it strange that Daddy Warbucks didn't kick her out before the wedding?

The hooker was too attractive and her hair is right on trend. Her body is nice and she looks well-groomed. I've NEVER seen that on COPS. Real hookers are nasty. Also, she presumably was getting paid for services but decided to just spend the night? She needs to make money.

The rollerskate idea the director had would not have made sense- where did they all get rollerskates that just happen to fit them?
So by marrying Charlie/William she is dicking her father over and has him by the balls? How is that?

Mom hates Daddy Warbucks and wants to leave him but decides to stay with him because...why?