so it's crappy, more or less?
5.8 as of this posting. Too bad. I was gonna rent it this weekend. Not gonna waste my $1.20 @ Redbox.
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Well, pretty much.
I thought it was technically very well made, and the actors are believable, but the characters seem to be under-developed, and they all kinda suck as human beings. It's a weird-ass mix of drama and a bit of subtle black comedy, the latter of which is what made this movie worth a watch (to me). But it is nowhere near the brilliance of a Coens movie or the coolness of a Jackie Brown.
I just wish I hadn't seen this in a crowded theatre (which was completely silent, with a few people giving up and walking out), with my family. At one point I was wishing I had picked Demonic or Into The Woods instead.
So yeah.
The novel is excellent. I was sort of excited to find out a film was made until I seen the cast, or lack thereof. I don't know how you can write what you write and yet say the actors are believable. I thought the writing was poor, given how well Elmore Leonard does plot and characterization. I thought the acting was quite poor. Again, though, the screenwriter did a shtty job fleshing out the characters and the actors didn't seem to care too much about fleshing out their roles either. The film should've been funnier. This is what often happens when a low-budget filmmaker tries to do a classic story.
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