vklv2002
Joined Apr 2012
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I only watched this movie because of the high ratings from critics. This ended up being very deceitful.
Let's go back to another movie which got low ratings: "The Fourth Kind" from 2009. That movie was supposed to be about alien abductions; however, they just show people onscreen screaming.
Here, in "Outwaters", they don't even show it. The majority of the movie is just screaming, but with a dark screen. Really, they just give you a dark screen and some screaming. If this movie was released on audio-cassette only, it would not be much different from the movie shown (or not shown) here on streaming services.
I recommend that people skip Outwaters & find a better movie. And I recommend that critics change their ratings.
Let's go back to another movie which got low ratings: "The Fourth Kind" from 2009. That movie was supposed to be about alien abductions; however, they just show people onscreen screaming.
Here, in "Outwaters", they don't even show it. The majority of the movie is just screaming, but with a dark screen. Really, they just give you a dark screen and some screaming. If this movie was released on audio-cassette only, it would not be much different from the movie shown (or not shown) here on streaming services.
I recommend that people skip Outwaters & find a better movie. And I recommend that critics change their ratings.
I just watched this on Billy Crudup's 56th birthday! The main cast is good. If you enjoy any of these actors, it is worth sitting through.
The "Longest Week" is mild and harmless. It is not exciting or compelling in any way. It represents an exercise for a handful of likeable screen presences. (It's awesome to see Jenny Slate in here!)
The exercise is to perform in a handful of scenes. These scenes may or may not have anything to do with each other. Whether they do or not ends up being fairly inconsequential. What matters is that we see some actors we like, and they all perform well.
I was considering adding a 4th star, but I think 3 is good enough for this film. I didn't hate it; I was curious enough to sit through it once.
The "Longest Week" is mild and harmless. It is not exciting or compelling in any way. It represents an exercise for a handful of likeable screen presences. (It's awesome to see Jenny Slate in here!)
The exercise is to perform in a handful of scenes. These scenes may or may not have anything to do with each other. Whether they do or not ends up being fairly inconsequential. What matters is that we see some actors we like, and they all perform well.
I was considering adding a 4th star, but I think 3 is good enough for this film. I didn't hate it; I was curious enough to sit through it once.
It starts off slowly. There is a lot of name-dropping of people; I'm wondering if I'm supposed to know these names...
As it goes on, it becomes more interesting. Some of the stories people tell are quite entertaining.
The poem Ricky recites at the close of the film is really a highlight of the viewing experience. "The Game in the Windowless Room", written for Ricky Jay by Shel Silverstein. The poem by itself tells a gripping story.
I was fascinated with magic in my youth. By my 20s I was (almost bitter, I don't know why) skeptic. Now that I know there is not such thing as magic, I see it as even more magical.
As it goes on, it becomes more interesting. Some of the stories people tell are quite entertaining.
The poem Ricky recites at the close of the film is really a highlight of the viewing experience. "The Game in the Windowless Room", written for Ricky Jay by Shel Silverstein. The poem by itself tells a gripping story.
I was fascinated with magic in my youth. By my 20s I was (almost bitter, I don't know why) skeptic. Now that I know there is not such thing as magic, I see it as even more magical.