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For those who hate this movie

posted 11 years ago by quochung91
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I think this movie is not really that bad. It's all because of your high expectation. I do agree that with that big ass budget and big ass actors, you deserve a much much better movie. However, this movie would be acceptable if somehow they can make it with less than $10 million.

If you like movies with good stories, don't bother looking at big budget movies. Indie movies are what you're looking for and Sundance Film Festival are the place. For the movie with 2 earths like Upside Down, you should try Another Earth. It's simply fantastic.

[–] rockykoston 11 years ago

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I do not hate this movie but to be honest there is nothing to like either. I just finished watching it. The visuals are nice but the story, the physics, the pace of the movie, random events happening at directors' will are simply atrocious.

ok, POINT ONE First time Adam travels to the other planet, he starts burning pretty fast, spending just 10 min in her office. Next time, he doesnt burn so quickly and even makes it to the restaurant, has a nice lunch etc.

POINT TWO When the gunmen are chasing Adam and Eden, Adam falls from that sky structure into the trees on his own planet, he doesnt even break a bone (Really, OMFG, he is Superman) , while in the other scene when the guys kidnap him in the car, threaten him and throw him out of the car, he is limping and holding his shoulder. (Oh Boy, that hurts more than falling from the sky)

POINT THREE His First escape scene from the restroom on Eden's Planet when the alarm sounds, he just finds a Maintenance stairway and *poof* he has escaped to his own planet.

POINT FOUR After the authorities find there has been a security breach and they know exactly the spot where it happened (coz one guy followed Adam through that place the first time). Still there is no security personnel posted there to stop those breaches (Really, I dont think they care if people can breach security in TransWorld, But ohh on the Mountains, there are always Rangers/Cops looking to kill them)

POINT FIVE It seems that every time Adam goes to the other planet, his time to start burning increases in duration.
1st Meet Eden in Office(Burns in 10 minutes)
2nd Meet Eden in restaurant (Burns in definitely more than first time)
3rd Breaches security, escapes, lies around somewhere, finds Bob Boruchowitz, Still no burning
(quite plausible there is some explanation since their worlds dont mirror ours)

So many continuity breaks, unexplained random scenes (and I am not even talking about physics laws owing to the fact that everything in their world is as per the director's convenience)

[–] LillyStryker 10 years ago

Wow... rockykoston... You already posted that entire 'reply' as your own thread on the forum. Like, verbatim, you just copied and pasted it. That's so rude. Making your own thread should be enough, but you're so desperate to get your point across that you had go on to hijack other people's threads and repost the same exact thing in the comments? It's fine if you want to disagree with the OP, but what you did is just unfair to the OP, who, if they wanted to comment on what you wrote they could've just gone onto your thread. Show a little respect, and don't assume people are too stupid to notice what you're doing.

By the way, the whole movie is about two worlds sharing the same vicinity, in the same solar system, revolving around the same sun, with two separate gravitational fields, between which they build towers so they can intermingle, but can't achieve grounding on the opposite planet simply because they didn't originate from that planet ... And you have the nerve to point how 5 or 6 minor details about this movie that are unrealistic, and argue it with scientific backup?? Really??? If you can't see that just the basic premis presented in the very beginning throws all science, logic and realism out the door, then I suggest you start watching movies that are more aproppriate for your 'flawless attention to scientifically accurate details'.

[–] kb-70 10 years ago

rockykoston's post was exactly the info I was here looking for. Blast him for being "rude" all you want, but your tastes and opinions do not control the rest of us.

And, IMO those were NOT "minor details". They are examples of the director setting a scene, then casually and repeatedly violating his own rules. If the rules don't matter, Ms. Bri-Monster, then why did the director spend the first five minutes of the film describing them in detail?

Kindly don't criticize the rest of us for your short attention span.

[–] LillyStryker 10 years ago

I don't remember trying to control anyone. You have complete right to disagree with me for "blasting" him. I'm glad that people have different opinions on IMDB, otherwise this forum would come across as millions of people seeming to have lobotomies discussing movies.
"I liked this movie"
"I liked it a lot"
"Yes, I liked it too"
That'd be painfully boring, right?

It's odd that you accuse me of being controlling, I never spoke for anyone else or told people that they should agree with me. With that said, I was addressing no one else besides the person I was targeting it towards and if that person or anyone else disagrees then that's fine with me, but I hardly see how that means I'm trying to control the tastes and opinions of anyone.

And I'm sorry, but my short attention span? I actually had to laugh because I have no idea what that could be referring too. It seems as if you think I was being condescending or something of that nature and you were offended by this, so you thought you'd retaliate by being condescending as well? That seems redundant to me.

[–] kb-70 10 years ago

Thanks, rockykoston. I was 20 minutes into the movie, and checking the forum to see if it was going to get any better. Clearly not.

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[–] rubirub 10 years ago

I think the movie is beautiful. Just relax and enjoy it.

It's kind of poetic, an imaginary world...

Yes, maybe it has a lot of plot holes, but I really enjoyed the film and even cried.

For me it was great.

[–] superherolu 10 years ago

Well I didn't know what kind of budget this had going into it, but that's not the problem with the movie. The problem is that it was poorly thought out, poorly written and poorly executed.

Look at the movie Moon, for instance. Very low budget film, yet manages to do many things well and tell a compelling science fiction story with minimal CGI.

Now a movie like Upside Down really shouldn't be wasting its budget on CGI when it doesn't have the writing to back it up. Sure, it looks very pretty, but it doesn't have a leg to stand on.

[–] bond_98 10 years ago

I think peoople taking the movie too seriously. If you want to watch something serious about physics you watch a documentary. Not a movie. You might as well bitch about how Star Trek is impossible because you can travel faster than the speed of light. Or Doctor Who is awful because you cant travel back and forth through time. This is what we call a romantic fantasy movie. Take it as such. Im not saying this movie dosn't have its flaws. It dose. But i think psychics is not one of them. The story is not great. But its not the worst i have ever seen either. Go Watch Twilight if you don't believe me. Overall its enjoyable. If you go into every movie wishing for the next Citizen Kane. Your going to be disappointed.

[–] rockykoston 10 years ago

Hey Bond_98, I am not remotely concerned with the physics in the movie, but there's got to be some rules even in a fantasy movie, especially when the fantasy movie tells us the rules for first couple of minutes.

If it is a fantasy movie, then no need to explain the "laws" followed in these universes since the movie is not going to follow them anyways. "Faster than Light" is a phenomenon not yet accomplished and as long as the movie follows or supports what it says, I am ok with it.

It is a decent romantic story but not extraordinary. Twilight is something I dont like so no comments about it here. If you read my points carefully, they are just common sense, not hard physics.

example - If the director says in a random movie, that things float due to lack of gravity and suddenly in one scene they show that the apple falls to the ground, how absurd would that be. A movie universe is as true as much as it is captivating, this movie however loses its charm when it makes us feel like "You are watching a movie, just go with what we are showing you. Forget what we told you, forget the dialogue, just watch this, every scene is separated from the previous one."

CONTINUITY is the problem of this movie PERIOD

[–] LordManhammer 7 years ago

The romantic plot line is actually barebones--two people care about each other but are kept apart--and so if we discount everything that doesn't make sense and focus on the love element, the movie is even worse!

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[–] LordManhammer 7 years ago

I think this movie is not really that bad. It's all because of your high expectation. I do agree that with that big ass budget and big ass actors, you deserve a much much better movie. However, this movie would be acceptable if somehow they can make it with less than $10 million.

Keep in mind that many people come to movies on platforms like Netflix having never heard of them. I had never heard of Upside Down before watching it, had no idea of its budget or cast, so you can't say I didn't like it because of my preconceptions. Next time you want to lay out blanket criticisms, ask yourself if you're making a complex issue black/white.

Plus, this movie is nothing like the typical big-budget star-studded blockbuster, so your position doesn't make sense. You could levy this sort of criticism about someone who watched "Transformers" expecting a story, maybe, but Upside Down markets itself as a movie all about story.

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