jahhdog

I wanted to like this movie. I am a fan of many of the actors in the film but the problem wasn't them but the characters they were portraying...

I couldn't find anything to like about any of them... The characters all seemed like whiners to me... Oh my Dad is a big bad lawyer, my brother is an addict, I'm in a crappy band... I got a crappy cowboy hat! Why would you bother with the main character at all? Sure she is cute but she is also a mean bitch... She treats everyone like crap and then runs crying to someone else when she gets some bad news...

Stay away... Time waster...

5 howls outta 10...

ArrOOoo!

I think it is a film for those interested in creative process and or Edvard Munch.

I had no idea how bleak Norwegian life was yet as the film postulates it is out of bleakness new ideas can flourish.

I enjoy the film most when 19th century life in the Norwegian city of Kristiania (Oslo) is described. The legalized prostitution, the walks/promenades, the puritan lifestyle.

I enjoyed it least post Munch's affair/relationship I understand Munch's obsession with his lover and I think they match it well with his desire to create art yet this I feel is also the weakest part of the film. The endless shot of him and her post relationship give the film a monotony that had me checking my watch and wondering "how long IS this film?"...

Still I feel it is worth watching as the way the film is shot has it moments when it makes you feel part of the Bohemian culture and pub life. It was like I was there, especially when the actors look into the camera.

It is also interesting to note that the actors had a huge part in creating and contributing lines to the film. A truly collaborative film...

All I had seen was the trailer.

As I watched the movie I thought to myself "the cast isn't bad, the acting is fine but where is it going?" In the end I felt the same way. Watching the movie I thought this would have been a better Twilight Zone episode (I am a huge fan of the original series) and then "wallah" I see Richard Matheson's name!! Not a shocker!

They tried too hard with this movie! They tried to do too much with all the angles... The God angle, the alien angle, the mind control angle, the greed angle, the altruistic angle. Jeez, what angle didn't they try? All these angles never added up to 360 degrees.

If they would have stuck to a story about a couple trying to make ends meet, having to make a life or death decision for money and Matheson's original point of "do you really know anyone?" I think this would have worked...

Avoid it and read the original short story and watch some "original" Twilight Zone!!! ArrrOOooo!