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seanhmoss6's rating
The cast, on paper, is stellar. That was the only reason I wanted to watch it. Peter Dinklage, Josh Brolin, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, M. Emmet Walsh. Didn't bother with the trailer. It's a layup. Then...it happened.
A director I've never heard of, not a problem, that's how new cinema reinvigorates you, was WOWWED about casting phenomenal actors that have comedic chops.
Meanwhile, a screenwriter raised on a steady diet of There's Something About Mary and Dumb and Dumber serves up a script with copycat raunchiness, stunted character development and the best dialogue that cut and paste can deliver, serves up a script that the director thinks his cast, which has no measurable experience in successfully delivering such material on Day 1 of shooting.
The alleged comedy is forced. The director and cast delivers notes from tone deaf ears and 34 minutes of this was enough to make me admit I made a mistake.
A director I've never heard of, not a problem, that's how new cinema reinvigorates you, was WOWWED about casting phenomenal actors that have comedic chops.
Meanwhile, a screenwriter raised on a steady diet of There's Something About Mary and Dumb and Dumber serves up a script with copycat raunchiness, stunted character development and the best dialogue that cut and paste can deliver, serves up a script that the director thinks his cast, which has no measurable experience in successfully delivering such material on Day 1 of shooting.
The alleged comedy is forced. The director and cast delivers notes from tone deaf ears and 34 minutes of this was enough to make me admit I made a mistake.
I was less than 30 minutes into the film and I witnessed the fourth incident of gratuitous sexual assault. To this point, no story, no direction was established. The script was garbage and every time a female character was introduced, save one exception, they were raped.
I'm no prude. I understand that sometimes sexual assault and rape are part of the story. However, when an assault happens every 6-7 minutes and the actual plot has yet to be introduced, the only conclusion I can draw is that the screen writer and the director effectively are incapable of forming a complete thought, save telling a story that is worth my time.
The only recommendation I can offer is, no matter how much of a fan Vincent Price, my motivation for choosing this film, DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE!!
I'm no prude. I understand that sometimes sexual assault and rape are part of the story. However, when an assault happens every 6-7 minutes and the actual plot has yet to be introduced, the only conclusion I can draw is that the screen writer and the director effectively are incapable of forming a complete thought, save telling a story that is worth my time.
The only recommendation I can offer is, no matter how much of a fan Vincent Price, my motivation for choosing this film, DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE!!
Coppola's insecurities, well earned, are on full display. Clearly, he is trying to please everyone, including himself without pleasing anyone. The existential clipped dialogue. The mind numbing script. The overbearing special effects attached to nothing. NOTHING. A CONSTANTLY overrated director delivers once again. The subtext is muddled to the point of constantly questioning what movie am I watching now. Many times the public passes on cinematic gems. This is clearly not one of those times. This movie, not film, has no idea what it is trying to be. The only reason to ever speak of this, hell, let's call it an over bloated straight to video thing is to tell people... DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE.