CharlieLep
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A vapid shell of a film that has enough arty pretentiousness to please some critics and no one else. Disappointing, though with some aesthetically pleasing scenes.
While some may find the absence of any explanation of anything in the film an endearingly mysterious feature, I found it boring and a thoroughly unrewarding experience.
While I write this review I'm starting to think my 4 out of 10 was generous.
Just simply don't bother, this is for the hardcore of the genre. Though a particularly niche genre of 'Norse mythology imagery meets Christian conquest quasi-afterlife scenery and war and revenge drama'. There are more themes than actual events in the film.
While some may find the absence of any explanation of anything in the film an endearingly mysterious feature, I found it boring and a thoroughly unrewarding experience.
While I write this review I'm starting to think my 4 out of 10 was generous.
Just simply don't bother, this is for the hardcore of the genre. Though a particularly niche genre of 'Norse mythology imagery meets Christian conquest quasi-afterlife scenery and war and revenge drama'. There are more themes than actual events in the film.
I Heart Huckabees is more than the sum of its parts, its parts being a combination of subtle, understated comic performances and philosophy for dummies (which I am).
The comic performances come from those who you would expect it from (Hoffman, Schwartzman and Tomlin) but Huppert and Wahlberg turn in the funniest performances of the film and Wahlberg must surely start to be recognised as a good comic actor after this, as well as his roles in 'The Other Guys' and 'The Departed'. Deadpan humour of the highest order.
The film has the left-field feel of films like 'The Big Lebowski' or a Wes Anderson film. Essentially, it's a good quality, offbeat comedy (cliché expression, I know).
Well worth a watch, 7/10.
The comic performances come from those who you would expect it from (Hoffman, Schwartzman and Tomlin) but Huppert and Wahlberg turn in the funniest performances of the film and Wahlberg must surely start to be recognised as a good comic actor after this, as well as his roles in 'The Other Guys' and 'The Departed'. Deadpan humour of the highest order.
The film has the left-field feel of films like 'The Big Lebowski' or a Wes Anderson film. Essentially, it's a good quality, offbeat comedy (cliché expression, I know).
Well worth a watch, 7/10.
Was it realistic? No. Did all the dots get connected? Not all. Was it fun to watch? Fleetingly.
Salt is a wholly underwhelming experience, promising so much but failing to deliver. Of course, there were some decent action sequences but without Angelina Jolie it would have been a B- movie. Typical storyline of secret service agent sought out by their own agency much in the mould of the Bourne trilogy or Enemy of the State. However, this pales in comparison and fails to really reach a conclusion in an impossibly frustrating way.
I was expecting to leave the cinema satisfied from watching a standard action film, but left underwhelmed by its attempt at twists and lack of a climax. Left the cinema irritated.
Salt is a wholly underwhelming experience, promising so much but failing to deliver. Of course, there were some decent action sequences but without Angelina Jolie it would have been a B- movie. Typical storyline of secret service agent sought out by their own agency much in the mould of the Bourne trilogy or Enemy of the State. However, this pales in comparison and fails to really reach a conclusion in an impossibly frustrating way.
I was expecting to leave the cinema satisfied from watching a standard action film, but left underwhelmed by its attempt at twists and lack of a climax. Left the cinema irritated.