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These movies are getting on my nerves...

posted 15 years ago by Waigon
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This was an interesting movie, but lacked many answers and that's its main fault. Whether or not you're into it, leaving questions without answers in a movie is simply bad storytelling, you cannot escape that fact. So I am annoyed that the weirdo family's mystery above anything else is never even mentioned again. And half the film I felt like I was witnessing in a dream - it's so mumbled that the plot begins to defy believability.
I was so frustrated at the end of this! And I knew going in that it was an alternative movie and that I should expect a few eye rolls... but come on!

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[–] sfiver 15 years ago

Interesting? I think so only if you are impressed by the eastern Long Island elitism. i can say that because I lived it. (don't worry - I'm still a democrat - liberal, too) The film did capture the culture of the newly rich and famous. They are weird in real life, too. No story however with this movie. "THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR" by John Irving, with Kim Basinger and Jeff Bridges mirrors this MARGOT.. with a better cast, writing, acting, directing. Certainly they are two very different films - but family or the lack of it, coming-of-age genre, half-crazed people, etc., are common themes in both films and both settings are representative of the newly-rich culture of eastern Long Island.

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[–] PhoenixPhuck 15 years ago

I disagree with the original poster saying that leaving questions unanswered is bad story telling...sometimes that's the point...some extremely different examples of great films with great storytelling with unanswered questions would be Doubt, Once Upon a Time in America, and even Pulp Fiction

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[–] Snoopy11208 15 years ago

Yeah there are a lot of movies that are left with questions unanswered and a lot of times it makes the movie interesting, But holy crap from the begining to the end of this movie there were tons of unanswered questions which made the movie pointless and extremely boring.

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[–] Galagatron 8 years ago

"Interesting? I think so only if you are impressed by the eastern Long Island elitism."
That can be something interesting to observe.

[–] Gloede_The_Saint 13 years ago

" Whether or not you're into it, leaving questions without answers in a movie is simply bad storytelling, you cannot escape that fact. "

I really disagree. In fact I would say it's the opposite, at least for me.

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[–] balletmecanique 13 years ago

it could answer the questions, but at some point it feels like we're being spoon fed. Besides, I find it's much like real life. You don't get all the answers at once, nothing in life is truly ever tied up neatly and done with. That's the way it is here, there are many questions unanswered, but like in real life, the answers aren't there immediately.

[–] Gloede_The_Saint 12 years ago

I think it was Polanski who said that you should always leave a few questions hanging, that way they'll keep thinking about it. I agree wholeheartedly with it, leave the audience wanting more. Granted, I'm not against answering all possible questions either, though that can easily get dull if not done right.

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[–] GladyRuth (123) 7 years ago

I'm 17 minutes into it and decided to come here and see what others thought. Thank you for your comment. I will not watch anymore as I feel the same way. So many movies lately have left me hanging. I hate that. I'm pretty sure I have better things to do with my time ;o)