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One to miss

posted 19 years ago by Weezl
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I'm sad. I caught this at a screening at the Egyptian a week ago. I was hopeful, it had potential, but the dialogue was painful, and the story waddled aimlessly. And the random speeches that made characters sound as if they had memorized sections of the local paper? I would think that there would be a more eloquent way for the director to establish the unpleasant future she strove to create.

For that matter, was there really a reason it had to be set in 2009?

Has anyone else seen this yet? What does everyone think?

Zaphod's just...zees guy, you know?

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[–] YammaD 16 years ago

I have seen many far worse pictures. Not the best I have seen but sweet, a bit slow and smartly not too long as most pics these days. Didn't take itself too seriously just pleasant performance by Hall, and a sad commentary on the plight of the elderly.

[–] sunbatt50 16 years ago

I agree - it's one to miss. I had high hopes for it, and it didn't start too badly. The first 20 minutes were leading up to a fine little movie of tenderness, compassion and re-awakening, but then it bogged down into inane dialogue and pointless, unconnected scenes. (There was a quick cut of a duck with a plastic ring caught arount its neck, but it was never seen or mentioned again.) The whole mess finally just became painful to watch. A very poor effort, but the ducks were cute.

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[–] X-Evolutionist 15 years ago

I loved it. I thought it was wonderful that a needy little duckling saved his life and gave him purpose. Wonderful. Animals can be a great comfort to those who have no family left.

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[–] rooprect 14 years ago

I'm happy to see I'm not the only one who thought this film was a dud. Like the other posters, I had the highest expectations. As both an animal lover (who has actually rescued ducks before) and a socially conscious person, I thought this would be an inspirational, uplifting story.

Boy was I wrong. This movie is a one-way ticket to bitterness. The entire human race is presented as a parade of a-holes. It comes across like a cynical, paranoid, hateful pity-party that mocks everything and everyone. In the real world, firefighters are not all jerks. Police officers are not all angry whiteboys. Construction workers, animal control officers and bus drivers are not all bloodthirsty predators. I can't help but feel sorry for anyone who lives in such an angry world as this with such a distorted vision of reality.

I'm not sure what the director was trying to accomplish. This movie doesn't carry any hope at all. It merely spreads anger, fear, cynicism, mistrust and hatred of all human beings. I'll be the first to say that human being suck, but I don't need to reinforce my frustration by watching a crudely-imagined fiction depicting an endless string of insults heaped on a feeble old man.

By the way, I don't care for the way they mishandled the duck during production. I'd like to shove the director in a toilet and vomit on *her*. See how she'd like a movie about that.