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Extremely Pretentious + Incredibly Boring

posted 10 years ago by ToppsyKretts
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What a horrible movie. It was like the filmmakers got together and tried to manufacture an Oscar winning film. Thomas Horn's acting ranks right up there with Jake Lloyd's from Phantom Menace. When I checked out the special features and saw that the kid was learning Mandarin (because according to him its the second most used language or some crap like that), it all made sense. Here's a kid who has had no childhood and thinks he can do anything, including acting. His performance just seemed "programmed" to me. Like he was like a computer that was programmed to mimic emotion and feelings. Combine his programmed performance with the utterly brilliant idea of giving the kid OCD or Aspergers or whatever the hell was wrong with his character and it just made it even worse. There's so many better movies to watch. Don't waste your time. the 6.9 rating is not reflective of the actual movie.

[–] seans_life 10 years ago

Just by you saying it was incredibly boring says enough about how you probably look at movies and review them. No wonder nobody commented on your post until I just did but I just have to say if you thought that was a bad film I would hate to see what you think is good.

[–] orange021 9 years ago

OP I agree. People can see through these kind of pretentious movies. Cheap emotional sentiments, and an annoying lead character don't help matters either.

[–] jefftippett 9 years ago

You're right it's not a 6.9 rated movie........I would rate it at least 8.5! (My wife rates it at 10!) You missed the whole point of the movie - an autistic child's attempt to make sense of his father's senseless death! As for having no childhood, from his bio I was led to understand that this was his first time acting (at age 13 - discovered when he appeared on Jeopardy Kids week). Maybe you should stop focussing on the background and focus on the main point!

I recommend this movie to anyone who is a sensitive human being!

[–] tim411 9 years ago

The movie wasn't good. It was cheap sentimentalism filtered through a child that is almost impossible to relate to.

[–] chas437 9 years ago

The kid was annoying, then grating. Not only was he impossible to relate to, you wanted to smack him by the end.

Sitting through the entire thing was like a trip to the dentist...and in the end, there is nothing redeeming about the film.

Its a fail, where the book was a success. I can't seriously believe the people who nominated this for a BP Oscar even watched the film.

I'll take Punctuality

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[–] kvothetraspie 7 years ago

Yeah, a solid 8 is my rating, and I agree with your analysis.

[–] halomaniac88 8 years ago

I would like to add extremely tedious as well.

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