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Every character a cliche...

posted 12 years ago by GoUSN
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I liked the movie in a vague superficial way, because I thought the movie itself was vaguely superficial. There was no complexity in any character. Each was single-dimensional and cliche:

The skeptical, faithless scientist.
The lovelorn girl (after only three weeks!).
The shrewish wife.
The noble soldier off to war after an inexplicably durable three-week romance.
The noble, well-intentioned, misunderstood leader of a third-world country.
The press secretary as comic buffoon.
The fibbing politician.
The lazy bureaucrat.

[–] mikeyflatley 12 years ago

u forgot da talkin fish

I live, I love, I slay, and I'm content

[–] krautdoggg 12 years ago

I missed the talking fish... Are you talking about The Incredible Mr. Limpet?

[–] BellatryxLeStrange 12 years ago

Except for the political stuff, which was throw-away stuff, and the only three-week old "relationship", which was hard to swallow, I think you are wrong.
I think the loveless marriage was completely believable. The shiek, well...
All in all I think they slightly twisted all the characters to give them a lovely, movie-magic charm.

Just get it out, get it out, get your fücking voice out of my he-ee-ea-ead.

[–] Mongey 12 years ago

when did The noble, well-intentioned, misunderstood leader of a third-world country become a cliche, I mean most of the time Shiekhs are portrayed evil,fat,rich and stupid.