TheAnimalMother
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There are some great aspects to this film, mainly the cinematography and the acting. Aside from that, the film is almost sure to win the Best Picture Oscar. This, since it is in all likelihood one of the most pretentious films ever made. Even though some of the scenes here are paced exceptionally well by the actors and the editor, far too many of the scenes still feel overly forced, due almost entirely to the writing. Some scenes on the other hand are done with such a genuine feel, there are some great moments here. However the film really fails to be consistent overall, especially when it comes to the writing.
I have quite a few issues with the film, more in fact than most films I give 7 out of 10 ratings. As I said however, it does touch greatness at times. One of the main things I disliked about the film was that it almost begs us to call it a piece of fine art. As Bob Dylan might say, in some ways it tries far too hard to be something it is not. As a whole, I'll take A Complete Unknown over this film any day. Though I must admit that A Complete Unknown I enjoyed even more the second time I saw it. This film however, I'm not really even interested in seeing it again anytime soon. In a few years or so more likely.
7/10.
I have quite a few issues with the film, more in fact than most films I give 7 out of 10 ratings. As I said however, it does touch greatness at times. One of the main things I disliked about the film was that it almost begs us to call it a piece of fine art. As Bob Dylan might say, in some ways it tries far too hard to be something it is not. As a whole, I'll take A Complete Unknown over this film any day. Though I must admit that A Complete Unknown I enjoyed even more the second time I saw it. This film however, I'm not really even interested in seeing it again anytime soon. In a few years or so more likely.
7/10.
It felt like this film was 3 hours long. For the most part, it's terribly unfunny and unbelievably boring. Thankfully at least Scarlett is enough to keep the audience awake. I don't think I've ever rated a Scarlett film this low, but this one was a real dud. Woody was great in his role and Scarlett is hard to not watch as always. The one great highlight of the story was the way they portrayed advertisers as con artists. That was refreshingly honest for a Hollywood film. Other than that however, the writing was fairly weak, especially in terms of the jokes/comedy aspect. There are some good things here, but overall it really wasn't funny or interesting enough to make it work for me.
3.5/10.
3.5/10.
For the most part, this film is a lot like a very Hollywoodized, and very unintelligent version of Ex Machina. Yet it sticks mostly to more regurgitated and standard Hollywood themes, in this way it's more like M3GAN. Not that there aren't a few interesting and somewhat unique moments in this film. There are. However they are pretty rare moments, and they're sandwiched in between a lot of ridiculousness. Worst of all, the film really suffers from a lack of tension or mystery. This, mainly because the whole film seems so obviously fake in nearly every regard. There are way too many badly executed and terribly written scenes in this film. The film is easily more laughable in how badly thought-out it is, rather than in any intentional comedic aspect. The film is a pretty drastic failure in terms of intelligence and/or entertainment.
2.5/10.
2.5/10.