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silly, preposterous, and reprehensible

posted 15 years ago by bws042257
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The dialogue was silly. I actually laughed out loud several times and shook my head in disbelief many times.

Examples:

The conversation in which Diana is showing Bradley the house.

The conversation in which Chloe asks Harry to adopt her and Oscar.

The conversation between Bradley and the nurse/doctor at the hospital.

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The situations were preposterous. I mean, it's one thing to suspend belief in a movie in order to make a plot work, but quite another matter to suspend reality for the entire plot itself.

Examples:

The marriage of Bradley and Diana.

Harry asking Chloe (and her baby) to be his adopted daughter. Best is how he never asked his wife about it.

The way in which everyone in the movie unites in this blissful sort of love that denies every facet of human emotion with the exception of this concept of free love that didn't work in the 60s and doesn't work today - save for in the hearts of naive, foolish, and selfish people.

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The people in the movie are reprehensible and number one on my list is Harry who acts as a sort of all knowing character (in relation to the others, not so much in regards to his own life) and uses this implied wisdom to propogate a morality that based on Alistar Crowley.

But virtually everyone in the cast is sickening.

Examples:

Bradley for being a weak and selfish fool

Diana for being a promiscuous, self-serving slut.

David for being a promiscuous, self-serving slut. (male version)

Bat for being a lunatic.

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But you know what makes this movie so wonderful? (note sarcasm)

It's the way in which free love (without loyalty or commitment) is all that really matters.

This view is the view of a wayward child and escapes any reality of people and their hearts.

[–] Linda1973 15 years ago

I so much wanted to like this movie. I love the cast on their own, but somehow none of them had any chemistry with each other, in my opinion.

I also have loved the director's past works (especially Kramer VS Kramer), but this movie absolutely bored me to the point of turning it off before I fell asleep...I made it about 45 min through and gave up.

One of the biggest disappointments of recent memory for me.

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[–] UncleArthur 15 years ago

OP, you absolutely nailed it!

I wanted to come & post here specifically to
express my utter disgust with this movie, but
you did a commendable job.
I often wonder about the writers who peddle garbage
such as this movie.
The disrespect shown to the audience is astonishing.

I absolutely thought that this was one of the worst, most
pretentious movies I've EVER seen
Good actors, caught up in inane nonsense.

[–] DameAlys 14 years ago

Well, that settles it. I guess I'll have to see this movie, after all.

They filled in the blank with crab on crab....

[–] ccknight 14 years ago

when oscar died, now that's when I laughed out loud, because it was so stupid. it reeked of obligatory movie death

[–] oneseat 14 years ago

I completely agree. Thank you for taking the time to delineate some of the nonsense and slovenliness. How could a great cast and a promising scenario have gone so wrong? This is an un-anchored, cast-adrift movie.

I borrowed the DVD up from the city library. Seven and a half minutes 2/3rds through were too damaged to watch. I don't think I missed anything important.

[–] lamont-hard 9 years ago

How about when Bradleys first wife ask him what color were her eyes and he did not know. The Absolute silliest dialog i ever heard. How would he not know this.