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What a pointless exercise on film.

posted 11 years ago by budarc
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Can anyone actually claim to be entertained by this garbage?

I'll admit the plot summary captured my imagination. A movie about celebrity impersonators living and working together and putting on a show. Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin! That sounds awesome! Only Harmony Korine could have turned out this absolutely pointless and useless piece of dreck. The only thing more interesting than this unbelievably dull story that goes nowhere is the idea of nuns jumping out of a plane without a parachute in order to test their faith. Almost sounds like a Monty Python sketch, and its placement in this movie makes no sense, other than it was a leftover idea from another project that the director decided to pad into this movie (in order for self-important blowhards to derive some grand "meaning" and give this no-talent hack the undue credit and respect he has never deserved). However, even this idea seems to be abandoned without any sense of cohesion or pay-off.

All that being said, this is still Harmony Korine's most engaging film. Which says absolutely nothing for the other utterly offensive pieces of shít he has put out into the world.

GO FÚCKING KILL YOURSELF, HARMONY KORINE.

He belongs on a list of the worst filmmakers of all time, alongside Larry Clark and Uwe Boll.

[–] ibbi 11 years ago

I don't think it's pointless. Like you said, it's got an interesting concept, and seems to be attempting to say something kind of interesting. I just don't think Korine had the material to fill out a feature length movie with it. Probably could have been a really good short. I thought Werner Herzog and the jumping nuns kind of saved the movie made it entertaining at least.

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[–] Errington_92 11 years ago

Absolutely no substance to Mister Lonely. The characters' personalities/conflicts were never fully explored and the suicide of 'Marilyn' was the only scene of significance.

"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not".

[–] Brennan-8 10 years ago

I like challenging films, but this was just gawd awful, like it was written by a mental defective. Seriously, it's this kind of poseur tripe that gives art films a bad name.

[–] beersandshots 10 years ago

Definitely too high of a price to pay just for Samantha Morton, which is the only reason I picked it. Harmony Korine gives me headaches. I think this gave me a brain tumor.

"In a time of universal deceit,
telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
George Orwell

[–] haileybaron 9 years ago

You're an idiot who can't seem to make up his mind. So the plot captured your imagination, the idea of nuns jumping from planes is interesting, and this is the directors most engaging film.
But you hate it and want him to kill himself.
Which one of your multiple personalities has the open mind and good taste in films? I'd like to speak to him please. Can he come out and talk to us??