Real does not equal good


This felt very real to me. As in: I felt the cast, the male lead in particular, was improvising throughout this interminable trial. (the longest 97 minutes of my life.) I'm sure there was a script somewhere, but who could tell with this douche-bag blathering on interminably about his feelings and his world view to the two hot girls he was torn between. (PU-LEASE!) I could go on and on (like the *beep* dialogue, but instead, I'll sum it up for you real simple: WHO. GIVES. A. *beep* I really didn't care who this idiot wound up with. I just wanted him to SHUT THE *beep* UP. The Greatest hero f this movie is the MERCIFULLY critical viewer of "Danny's" little student film who said he should have a point. At this juncture, Tom O'Brien showed his ass by telling the audience in his own voice (AND AT THE ZENITH OF PRETENTIOUSNESS) that just stopping should be enough. It definitely was not enough to make this a movie worth watching, but like banging one's head against a wall, at least it felt wonderful when it did. Finally. Stop.

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Sorry you didn't get/see what I got from this movie.. I loved the pace the characters.
The pretentious audience critic summed up all I dislike in movies, being tightly structured and tied up with a neat bow at the end.
The thing I don't get is why you endured "(the longest 97 minutes of my life.)"
and found the time to criticise every aspect of the film.

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Are you upset because the movie caused you to feel something you didn't like, and so think that means the movie is bad? The movie seemed to be about how this man really didn't live an authentic life, or choose intimacy, or chose just to become a people-pleaser and he choose phoniness instead until near the end. So are you just feeling the frustration of seeing someone live that kind of life? I guess I'm questioning because if movies are to make us feel something, maybe the correct feeling came across, and it's just an uncomfortable one.

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