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Shockingly Bad

posted 10 years ago by Legendary_Badass
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Heard about this movie in the film festival circuit last year and was eager to finally see it streaming on Netflix. That eagerness quickly died once I started watching In a World... As I type this I'm an hour in and interest has disappeared.

Every line is littered with awkward. Umm, alright, yeah, so, etc.

The only character I can get behind is Corddry's, who seems like a decent human being. Everyone else is a stereotype you want to see die. And to be honest I don't even see how he fits into the movie. It's like he's the lead's brother-in-law and best friend, though this isn't made clear.

The attempts at humor are so bad they have the opposite effect.

Such terrible cinematography on any budget. The framing is bad, the color correction leaves all teeth yellow, and it's generally underlit.

What sounded like a unique premise extends to almost nothing as the bulk of this first hour is setting up tired rom-com tropes. Worse the movie reflects on it's own lack of creativity by having the lead/writer/director reboot Don LaFontaine's line.

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[–] Legendary_Badass 10 years ago

EDIT

Having finished the film I can only say it gets worse with each passing minute. The Watch should have been a frenzied competition to land the Amazon Games trailer voice is over in no time. Carol learns she wasn't the best voice, but won the spot for simply being a woman and she's perfectly fine with that. She doesn't even reach a measure of success. The final seen of the movie has her back as a vocal coach, as though Lake Bell simply didn't write and ending and the editor tacked on a cut scene from earlier.

There's no reward whatsoever to watching In a World...

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[–] kay_rock 10 years ago

It wasn't about winning the spot or becoming a star. That was only the vehicle for the real story of the evolution of a character.

I don't get the hate for the technical elements, either. I didn't see any of the coloration issues you mentioned. And there were many clever set design elements and some very interesting framing, imo.

I have seen so many narcissistic 'trying too hard to be clever' indie films lately that I enjoyed this one quite a bit.

Movies are IQ tests. The IMDB boards are each person's opportunity to broadcast their score.

[–] saugoof 10 years ago

I thought the set designs were particularly outstanding in this film. Dani and Moe's flat looked like people actually lived there rather than the sort of "model home" that most movies present. But best of all was Louis' flat. This looked exactly like the sort of bachelor sound engineer flat of people in similar professions that I know. Even his bedroom door had that authentic dirt along the edges from thousands of handprints accumulated over years and never cleaned.

[–] ihategorgonzola 10 years ago

A pretentious poster about an indie movie. You think the characters are cliche....well.....lol

[–] Legendary_Badass 10 years ago

I've been programming an indie film festival for 7 years. I saw 350 submissions this summer. In a World... falls short of any promise.

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[–] ethermusic1981 10 years ago

Disagreed 100%. Great film!

[–] dealey52 10 years ago

Yes. They talk like real people. And there is nothing "Legendary" about your remarks. I've seen your other comments elsewhere.

[–] Legendary_Badass 9 years ago

Having seen my other comments elsewhere, I'm sure you found them in the correct location where I last put them.

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[–] jschott65 9 years ago

It's your opinion and that's totally fine, but I happened to enjoy it. I didn't dissect it while watching. I justreally enjoyed it from start to finish, with the horrible exception of dad with his shirt off!