I was really looking forward to watching this based on what I've read here - but wow, what a letdown. I felt this movie crept at a snail's pace and just simply wasn't very engaging. I stuck with it through to the end but it was a struggle to do so.
As more people see this movie I'll be curious to see if I remain the only one with negative comments - or just the first.
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I was amused, but it wasn't anything earth shattering. I totally agree that the movie went at a snail's pace, but every time I began to lose interest (or start to fast forward, something would get my attention again). To me, the blender and the piranhas totally surprised me because I didn't expect it to go that route. I also had a problem buying the whole scenario, but I mean, it's a work of fiction, so I guess anything goes.
Mainly, I stared to find the Trevor character extremely dislikeable after a certain point, which I think was exactly what the writer intended... only I didn't find him redeemable after Ashley found out that he was going to propose.
Also, Trevor was a budding lawyer, so I would have expected him to have some idea that the police were going to be looking in his direction after finding his atm card on the would-be robber. To me, when the police show up, it's an indication that they are looking at you, not that you're getting away with it... especially considering Trevor was all banged up when they visited. I did understand his logic of not wanting to turn himself in because he had fired 6 shots, but still, for someone who put a lot of thought into it he was kind of sloppy with the whole thing. Like he was really suspicious questioning his friends about what they said to the police and I still doubt his decision to toss the weapon in the river (plastic bagged- will it sink? are there prints? who knows?) Maybe Trevor doesn't watch Law & Order.
I think I'd have taken my chance with an excessive force / possible murder charge. They'd probably have offered him a plea.
I enjoyed the small appearance from Donovan Patton, aka, Joe from Blue's Clues.
I can't say the film was incredible but it got me thinking, so I guess it's good enough for me.
I also thought it was terrible.
shareI am really truly sorry if this comes off as a flame, but those in this thread speak truth.
If as much care was taken MAKING this film as HYPING it, it would have been a good movie. I love independent films, and have seen plenty, and (at the very least) LIKE most. I've learned a huge budget has no bearing on a good story and good characters. But fortunately, this had neither, so like I said, a big budget wouldn't have helped. I wish this was a comedy, because I wouldn't feel so guilty about laughing at it. I can't think of a single redeeming quality about this movie. There is absolutely nothing thrilling about it, there are no plot twists, and it has nothing it claims to possess.
I see it won 3 awards a various festivals, and all I keep asking myself: How bad were these other films this one was competing with?
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I don't know what you'd read or what you were expecting, but for a low-budget indie movie this is pretty darned good: not as good as Shallow Grave, which it resembles, but better than three-quarters of the mainstream rubbish churned out these days.
As far as not having any plot twists goes, we start off with an ideal couple who know to the day how long they've been living together, then they're mugged and the man ends up killing his attacker. Hiding this secret strains their relationship, as you might expect, and his paranoia about his girlfriend ratting to the police is way over the top, but did you anticipate his attempt to strangle her, and that she'd kill him in self-defence?
And what about the girlfriend buying piranhas to eat away his flesh in the bath? I suppose you saw that coming too, did you?
Even more of a twist was that the ruse worked, when common sense tells you that it wouldn't have. I mean, we're in David Lynch territory here...cut the makers some slack.
Then there were nice touches like the guy in the pet shop hitting on the girlfriend and the scene where the cops clean up the blood thinking it's wine (shades of Roald Dahl and 'Lamb to the Slaughter').
So you found nothing thrilling about his movie. Er, not all movies are thrilling...some are intriguing, some witty, some clever and some moving. There are lots of reasons why a movie can be good - or bad - without being thrilling. If you want thrills rent Saw 9 or whatever other brainless pap turns you on, but don't waste everybody else's time with your inane comments.
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No, I did not find anything thrilling about this movie. Call me demanding, but I do consider that a requirement when calling a movie a "Thriller." It's a lot like how I require comedies to be funny, horrors to be scary, dramas to be dramatic, and mysteries to be mysterious.
But first and foremost, a movie has to be engaging, which this wasn't. The acting was really terrible, which was the primary reason I just couldn't get into this film. There were points where I caught glimpses of acting, but mostly they were just repeating lines. The crazy part is, you can watch the actors go in and out of acting during the course of a sentence or two. It was hysterical. I've seen more compelling performances in high school plays.
No, I didn't see the piranhas coming. However, I _did_ know she would buy like 4 fish, and expect them to consume an entire human body. Which _also_ turned out as I expected -- an even bloodier mess than she had to begin with. If anything, this movie should serve as a PSA about normal people committing crimes: They suck at it, leave it to the criminals.
But I will give credit to the wine/blood clean up scene. That was clever, but 6 minutes out of 87 is hardly enough to warrant a positive review.
This film would have been more successful as a comedy.
The part with the knife in the belly was over acted. Really over acted. I had to laugh at that part. The slow look down... the disbelief... and then the screaming starts. I wish he would have whispered "a knife..." or something equally obvious and banal as he died. It would have really been funny.
The camera shot from above (of him laying bleeding) with the loud music just made me mad. That scene was stealing from the end of "shallow grave" (which was far more effective). Perhaps stealing is too strong a word.... but I don't think so.
Its good from the standpoint that it made me fart alot and those farts smelled better than the flick.
Nothing is more beautiful than nothing.