Willy is really annoying. This movie is really bad. - Waiting for Forever (2011) Discussion

[–] kantone 13 years ago

I agree. I stopped watching after about 30 mins. They tried to make this a cute little movie, but it just didn't work for me. The stupid hat he was wearing was pointless, and irritating to watch.

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[–] moovie_grrl 13 years ago

I am so disappointed with this movie. They tried to touch on many different plot points but didn't go into detail in a lot of important stuff. It made me not care about the characters. Too cutesy when it would have worked better as drama w/ occasional comedy.

SPOILERS:

-Emma's fiance murdered the guy she cheated on him with. She takes it remarkably well and they only dedicate a few minutes to it.

-The WIlly/Jimbo brother relationship should have been explored deeper. As well as their early family life.

-Too many other things to count.

That being said, I did like Tom Sturridge. He has the potential to be an indie star.

"Alkaline. Clementine. Valentine. Columbine-the flower, not the high school massacre."

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[–] wendylike 13 years ago

Agreed. I watched most of it in fastforward, and could not tolerate it!!! I stopped watching before finishing too. BAAAAAAD acting!!! Horrible plot!!!! Ridiculous and totally UNbelievable!!

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[–] dceezy 13 years ago

Well said, they seem to be going for cute never fall out of love with you type hipster movie. Yet it just comes across as scary.

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[–] C.S.Wood 13 years ago

Co-signed. Really, really awful. Fast Forward was invented because of movies like this. Total waste of film. I couldn't even make fun of it it was so bad.

Don't try to cash in love, that check will always bounce.

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[–] bryter_layter 13 years ago

It really was, I don't understand how it got made. How many people read it and thought that it was good enough to be made? Such wasted potential, utterly ridiculous plot and unrealistic dialogue.

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[–] sXe_kat 13 years ago

i couldn't agree more...this movie was just plain bad. it jumped all over the place, went for the sympathy card way too often but had no real follow-through, and the characters had no real chemistry. i mean...it was just awkward to follow. willie was too idealistic and his romantic style just seemed implausible. emma was a bit of an ice princess. and what was with the murder plot, the dying parents, and horrible family relationships...was just a big mess from start to finish! gah! it had so much potential, but failed horribly!

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[–] katish7 13 years ago

totally agree with you - awful movie! you should have got out of watching it faster, like after 30 minutes, lol, but perhaps you kept hoping it'd get better, I bet it never did (couldn't watch it anymore after like 30 minutes myself), the story seemed too poor, acting of the most actors unbearable.

Every time I see Rachel Bilson in something, I am more and more convinced she's no actor, it might seem at times that she is kind of taking on her character in a new and fresh way, but that's jusr an illusion, which unrevels after few minutes of watching her performance, she just can not act, and I don't understand why directors don't see it, it's way too obvious; but she wasn't the only one bad actor in this movie, most of them were - there was just no room in the movie for characters to get out of the cliches.

though montage in the beginning was promising...

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[–] scott-brecht 12 years ago

i don't think rachel bilson's acting was the problem. it was tom sturridge (or his character). nobody could have sympathy for his hipster/clown/stalker character. he was awful in every way imaginable. all of the scenes with the dad were completely awkward, especially the one with blythe danner when he makes her cry.

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[–] modelajb 12 years ago

i agree with all of this.

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[–] harajuku_lover89 12 years ago

"hipster/clown/stalker"

ACCURATE.

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[–] kentucho 11 years ago

especially the one with blythe danner when he makes her cry.

Yeah, what was that about?

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[–] nbdnbdnbd 11 years ago

My mom and I tried watching this tonight... Got about 40 minutes in and then called it and read the plot on Wikipedia.

real love, it finds you somewhere with your back to it.

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[–] modelajb 12 years ago

I'm only halfway through the movie, but I have to agree. Guess we'll see how the rest goes... :/

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