tostesarantes
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Boring and irritating are the words that can resume this movie perfectly.
Maybe my disappointment came from the high expectation I had with this one. Anyway, it is what it is.
All characters are unpleasant, even the children. The pace, the bad choice of giving the viewer information drop to drop just to make the length longer... I barely endured it - I needed to pause three times to check how long left to finish.
The main problem is that the film had big ambitions but failed to achieve them. It focuses a lot on symbolism but, in the end, leaves so many elements loose here and there that the message arrived with noise, interfering with the understanding.
Not to mention the quality of a big part of the production. Frankly, some scenes seem to be picked off some unfunny comic sketch.
Maybe my disappointment came from the high expectation I had with this one. Anyway, it is what it is.
All characters are unpleasant, even the children. The pace, the bad choice of giving the viewer information drop to drop just to make the length longer... I barely endured it - I needed to pause three times to check how long left to finish.
The main problem is that the film had big ambitions but failed to achieve them. It focuses a lot on symbolism but, in the end, leaves so many elements loose here and there that the message arrived with noise, interfering with the understanding.
Not to mention the quality of a big part of the production. Frankly, some scenes seem to be picked off some unfunny comic sketch.
The main issue with this kind of movie is the need to show something original. The Smile tried. The premise seemed to lead that way. But, then, from the middle, it falls into the common place where almost all other films of the genre do. Due to this, the end was totally predictable and disappointing - to be honest, it would require a really new and unconventional idea to escape this.
Of course, all mentioned above wouldn't make the movie necessarily bad, only forgettable. But it won't happen either. Knowing that it made a huge profit, we will probably see a sequence in the nearby future.
And that is the main objective nowadays: establish a good franchise. Isn't it?
Of course, all mentioned above wouldn't make the movie necessarily bad, only forgettable. But it won't happen either. Knowing that it made a huge profit, we will probably see a sequence in the nearby future.
And that is the main objective nowadays: establish a good franchise. Isn't it?
I saw Stephen King calling this the favourite miniseries of those he had written. So, I decided to take a look.
The history is good and the suspense is well done. I've just watched the last episode and found myself trembling during the climax scene - it's quite desperate.
However, it left a couple of questions unsolved. I also think that it could be shorter: most parts of the second episode were useless and seems to be put there only to adequate the run time of the show.
It's also 90's TV playing with any possible special effects they thought will impress the viewers - it failed at that time and looks corny today.
Anyway, worth a watch.
The history is good and the suspense is well done. I've just watched the last episode and found myself trembling during the climax scene - it's quite desperate.
However, it left a couple of questions unsolved. I also think that it could be shorter: most parts of the second episode were useless and seems to be put there only to adequate the run time of the show.
It's also 90's TV playing with any possible special effects they thought will impress the viewers - it failed at that time and looks corny today.
Anyway, worth a watch.