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Problems...

posted 12 years ago by Bob Solo
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...why are we the audience supposed to care what happens to Antony Starrs character? We are barely introduced to him and he is a poorly drawn character throughout the movie. I just didn't care about him. The rest of the screenplay was heavily cliched - affair with wifes sister, cracks appear etc etc. and too much time is spent dealing with the wife (no surprise since she co-wrote) and the repercussions on her life, when we really need to know more about Edgerton. Well acted but the screenplay needed much more muscle and much less cliche.

[–] micirisi 10 years ago

Your question is valid though as events unravel we wonder less about the fate of Starr's character than what the others know or don't know. It's pretty obvious from the get-go there is some guilt in those seeming to have no clue. I personally thought the story mediocre and the nonlinear timeline way overused.

"He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. Guy was an interior decorator."

[–] bruce-129 10 years ago

Yes!

[–] Gambitt 10 years ago

The movie as a whole felt kind of rudderless and meandering. The plotlines are unclear, and the payoff is ultimately disappointing, considering the build up. Like you said, it felt like unwrapping a gift five times just to find a dingy old cliché lying in the bottom of the box.