unlikeable douchebags bad at being douchebags
This is the exact problem with this movie,
except for the obviously from succession adapted cinematography and writing style that just did not fit as a movie.
So first things first, it is shot and edited in a very confusing manner, where we for some reason get the shooting style reminiscent of a tv show, where we get lots of face close up shots for dialogue, lots of seconds lasting shots of locations and no real ingenuity or rather attempts at it. The location shots are irritating because while in a show such shots showing for example the scranton offices in the office, or the skyscraper in succession are there to establish an associative connection with the upcoming scene, there is no real association here, since the locations are only shown once shortly, there is no episode 2, no new scenario happening in the same place with the same characters. It is one and done which is why establishing location shots ought to have time to breathe, shot from multiple angles.
Following the second point, lack of ingenuity, no real risks, no personality in the editing. It is clean, but tv-show clean. Even succession took more risks with at times fast cuts, shaky cams, documentary style following shots. None of it is here. All we get are faces and buildings behind a frame.
The writing, an attempt was made I would say and if maybe the cast had more chemistry, did not feel disconnected it would have been more impactful. The writing is filled with cliches of billionaire stereotypes, juvenile jabs and fast talk saviness that falls flat due to again lack of depth. It feels like a tiktok parody of succession that even the actors seem to be painfully unhappy delivering.
Lastly the actors, the chemistry was not there. More of an exercise of trying to recreate the succession magic with random celebrities who did not have time to develop and grow as in a tv show format hence had to improvise being douchebags on the fly. It is definitely hard to watch as it was probably intended by the amount of embarrassing moments, but the embarrassment mostly hails from the actors inability to know what to do rather than the scenario they find themselves in.
Disappointing.
So first things first, it is shot and edited in a very confusing manner, where we for some reason get the shooting style reminiscent of a tv show, where we get lots of face close up shots for dialogue, lots of seconds lasting shots of locations and no real ingenuity or rather attempts at it. The location shots are irritating because while in a show such shots showing for example the scranton offices in the office, or the skyscraper in succession are there to establish an associative connection with the upcoming scene, there is no real association here, since the locations are only shown once shortly, there is no episode 2, no new scenario happening in the same place with the same characters. It is one and done which is why establishing location shots ought to have time to breathe, shot from multiple angles.
Following the second point, lack of ingenuity, no real risks, no personality in the editing. It is clean, but tv-show clean. Even succession took more risks with at times fast cuts, shaky cams, documentary style following shots. None of it is here. All we get are faces and buildings behind a frame.
The writing, an attempt was made I would say and if maybe the cast had more chemistry, did not feel disconnected it would have been more impactful. The writing is filled with cliches of billionaire stereotypes, juvenile jabs and fast talk saviness that falls flat due to again lack of depth. It feels like a tiktok parody of succession that even the actors seem to be painfully unhappy delivering.
Lastly the actors, the chemistry was not there. More of an exercise of trying to recreate the succession magic with random celebrities who did not have time to develop and grow as in a tv show format hence had to improvise being douchebags on the fly. It is definitely hard to watch as it was probably intended by the amount of embarrassing moments, but the embarrassment mostly hails from the actors inability to know what to do rather than the scenario they find themselves in.
Disappointing.
- gehete-40949
- 3 jun 2025