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a waste of time

posted 18 years ago by chocoholic112
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hey
-so i just saw this movie because a friend of mine told me it had an interesting plot. I was so disappointed, i really wanted to finish the film because I believe all films deserve a chance, but i couldn't take it, i turned it off during what must have been the last ten minutes, right after the "climax". The film was so messy. Various parts in the story were simply left and forgotten. I don't know what the director thought he was doing. There were many shots filmed to impress you with their "unique" technique, but few to none were effective.
All the women in this movie seemed to be the same age, and Robin williams' love interest must have been at least 20 years younger than him. Every scene she's in you keep on thinking, "this girl is sweet and beautiful, what the hell is she doing with a 55+ man, with no life, and obvious social issues?"
I guess it was supposed to be clever because there were so many mini plots woven inbetween the story, but instead of thinking "oh, that's interesting" the whole time its more of a "wait,oh, so that one guy did...oh okay, um...sure"
The characters are very unlikeable. I felt no compassion for them whatsoever as i watched this film. So while Robin Williams is going on his little odyssey i simply didn't care. I almost felt like rooting against him because I questioned the morality of his actions.
I never actually got into the movie and just waited for it to be over. I give it one star, and two thumbs down. Interesting concept, badly executed.

[–] intexor 18 years ago

I agree with most of what you've said. It looked very interesting in the beginning, but man did they screw it up. It seems like the person who wrote this simply didn't know what to do with such an interesting concept. And I'm also wondering why this is categorized as a thriller? I mean it's "drama" at best.

[–] gustavor85 18 years ago

You couldn't have said it better. You really nailed this movie.

[–] herrkilman 18 years ago

It isn't a thriller, but it's good. You may not like it, but for us who do, this movie is excellent and does exactly what it tries to do, except for the unnecessary thriller-parts. It is a movie about what it feels like to exist.