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Horrible movie.. don't bother..

posted 11 years ago by whynotiamyoung
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The overall plot of the movie is unimaginative. A guy who's girlfriend breaks up with him and he's sad.. The first thing that caught my attention as a viewer was how unbelievable it all was. The guy is this short fat ugly loser and his girlfriend is a gorgeous brunette with a promising career.. Just to see the two of them kiss didn't seem likely at all. As I watched the movie I couldn't believe how... Boring it really was. Every scene is ridiculously drawn out, and even though you get the gist of it, and want to continue on, the scene carries on and on with some sort if ominous tone.

I wanted to like this movie, I really did. I was told it was a "dark comedy" which is right up my alley. This movie is no comedy. I saw a few parts that I think were intended to be funny but they were really trying too hard. The only somewhat funny thing was the mob boss guy, he had some funny lines. However I will say, there is absolutely no way a mob boss would do a man's dirty work for him at risk of being hurt.. He'd hire someone to do it... Come on..
It was just unrealistic. As for unrealistic, if you ever have someone pretending to cut hair, at least make it seem like he's actually cutting hair! All throughout the movie the guy is getting his hair cut and you can see the "barber" opening and closing the scissors BEHIND the guy's head. It was driving me crazy! No hair on his shoulders or on the scissors.. Work on making things seem feasible I guess. Gary Busey was supposed to be in this movie, he had maybe a four minute role that didn't even matter.

The film was filled with bad actors and long pointless scenes. The ending is horrible and ridiculous. I won't ruin it for you. If you waste your time watching this movie it'll ruin it for you. You're better off watching one episode of any television show on TV right now than taking the time to watch this movie.

[–] MirrorImagesLTD 11 years ago

This is your third post about how much you don't like the film. I think it's obvious to anyone who reads your review and comments that you're quite angry.

There are many people who love this film. And as you can see, the positive word of mouth has been swiftly outpacing anything negative.

That being said, I'm completely aware the film could be better.

But I think you might find your time better spent in pursuit of something positive, rather than, for some reason, coming back to the imdb page for "Matt's Chance" every day to reiterate how much you did not like the film.

Again, I reiterate that I'm proud of the hard work the cast and crew did, and am honored by all the awards we've received, as well as the great audience reaction at our screenings.

I am sorry you could not connect with the film.

Hopefully we make something more to your liking next time :).

Nicholas Gyeney

[–] AnotherWorld_AnotherTime 11 years ago

Angry? sorry Mr. Gyeney... Perhaps there is a post this person has written that I haven't seen. But from what I have read, I don't see it that way. I see someone stating their opinion. I know it may be difficult to hear that someone didn't enjoy your film after the hours of hard work and love you and your colleagues put into something, but that is what comes along with putting yourself out there... especially, when you're willing to stand there and accept acclamation for that same film.

I'll say this... I appreciate your effort and the efforts of those who worked on your film. It is no easy task to get a film made. That said, in my opinion, this film fell short of anything I would recommend to someone. And I was disappointed to see that it was considered the best at any fest. Truly.

I'm about to post my review in a separate thread.

May you continue to write and direct films, and continue to grow in your craft, Nicholas Gyeney.

[–] MirrorImagesLTD 11 years ago

The anger is shown by the fact that after writing a negative review for the film, the following day this individual decided to come back and post a comment on the message boards reiterating the same points, and then followed that up with a third post the following day with the post above. These are very easily accessible on this film's imdb page.

I'm sorry you didn't like the film, truly. And I would never expect everyone to like any work I have done or will do.

But the fact remains that many do, thankfully, and like I stated above, I am honored by the recognition we have been receiving, as well as the mostly positive reactions we have seen at screenings.

Take care, and thanks for the opinion.

Nicholas

[–] shepardjessica-1 10 years ago

This film goes on my Top 10 worst films of all time. Poor Margot Kidder.

[–] bartallenii 10 years ago

There are way worse films out there, a lot of which actually get released into theaters. The twist ending is what made me really enjoy the movie.

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