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Is it good?

posted 18 years ago by aldamononline
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I heard it's coming out soon in the US, and I just wanted to know if it's worth checking it out, I'm a huge Natalie Portman Fan.

[–] ewusia_gapusia 18 years ago

I'd recommend it to anyone, as it's a well-made movie that leaves you thinking for a long period afterwards...

As for Natalie Portman, she is amazing in it! There's a 7 minute crying scene right in the beginning of it... You'd think it would be impossible to cry convincingly for so long, but she pulls it off so well!

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[–] Evil_Bob 18 years ago

It's not really technically bad or anything but its quite boring and there's lots of pointless shots that seem to be there only to show the landscape of the country

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[–] deesaid-1 18 years ago

The answer is NO. It is not good.

One of the worst films I've seen in years... boring and absolutely pretentious. The kind of cinema that some fools love just because they consider a 5 min static opening closeup just art. I consider it just pointless.

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[–] deesaid-1 18 years ago

30 seconds are enough for that... 5 minutes are just tedious. I don't care what you say, but this film is B-O-R-I-N-G. Doesn't come with anything new... so she's sad and crying, damn! very original!! you can sum up all the script in 2 minutes, the rest is just landscape, awful music (sorry, but I hate it) and silly chat. The only thing that's worth in the film is Hana Laszlo.

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[–] Evil_Bob 18 years ago

Seriously mate have you seen the movie yet? I never have problems with long shots or anything like that and the crying scene is fine but the rest of the movie is boring as hell, laboured, not well made and quite pointless.

"I'm expecting a blind date and I was worried you were it"
DAVID BRENT

[–] vegeta373 18 years ago

it STARTED good with Natalie breaking down for about 6 minutes or so that's quite heartbreaking and that song rules but then it just gets stupid. At one point I think I saw 3 Natalie's on screen along with 2 other faces and it was just incredibly boring.

[–] explainmyself 18 years ago

I usually like Portman's work, so I checked it out for that reason, but this movie was a hot-fried mess and came off extremely amateurish. I wouldn't recommend going out of your way or spending money to watch this.

[–] iggy_hates_spam 18 years ago

it's definately not her usual fare and definately not the block buster type of flick like "V for vendetta". if you enjoyed her in star wars, this is probably not a good recommendation.

also i thought the first scene was powerful for like the first 30 seconds but sorta felt dragged out after that. found myself clicking forward. not sure if it was intentional to portray this unending cycle of pain and suffering in that region but i got bored and that's saying about cause i am a bit of a freak for natalie. i truly would watch her flossing her teeth.