Post by showgirl on Jan 21, 2018 4:59:14 GMT
Despite seeing some surprisingly and disappointingly low ratings online, I went to see this yesterday as I've enjoyed the director's previous work and this sounded interesting; plus, I wanted to make up my own mind.
So, I did indeed find it surprisingly disappointing and above all, at 2 hours 15, far too long for what it had to say - whatever that was. The greatest potential improvement imo would be for the film to lose at least 45 mins but preferably an hour. The cast and setup are good but the film really took its time and seemed to meander and not to know where it was going, so it became hard to sustain interest. The tone was equally uncertain: was it sci-fi, comedy, a love story, an adventure, or all or none of those? Fair enough, no film or play has to fit clearly into one category or to be predictable but it does have to feel confident in its own right and this didn't.
So, I did indeed find it surprisingly disappointing and above all, at 2 hours 15, far too long for what it had to say - whatever that was. The greatest potential improvement imo would be for the film to lose at least 45 mins but preferably an hour. The cast and setup are good but the film really took its time and seemed to meander and not to know where it was going, so it became hard to sustain interest. The tone was equally uncertain: was it sci-fi, comedy, a love story, an adventure, or all or none of those? Fair enough, no film or play has to fit clearly into one category or to be predictable but it does have to feel confident in its own right and this didn't.
