Schmaxximus

The Waiting City is a fantastic film.

The story, the imagery, the music, the subtlety and depth of culture that is presented is great to see and really enjoyable. Given the films topic, it was good to see it kept a light-hearted feel and did not get too bogged down in heavy drama that most Aussie films seem too.

It has left me with a good feeling, and I would recommend to people who want to see something a bit different from the norm. I know this is a bit of a rave review, but I really enjoyed it, and the rest of the audience seemed too as well.

A lovely film.

5 stars

My friends and I have just finished seeing a preview of this new Australian film. Everyone who was in the cinema agreed, what was the point of this film? There was no good story to follow, the characters were undeveloped, and the plot seemed unmotivated. I find it bizarre that this film, that probably cost in the high millions, got funded and made. It serves no purpose to the drama community, its adds nothing to the palette of Australian cinema. It really was a waste of time creating this droll unemotional piece of work and more time really should be spent work-shopping scripts and creating good stories, not creating a mess like this. Hugo Weaving and Rose Byrne were OK but severely hampered by a bad script. Pia Miranda's character was unnecessary and abstract from the plot, and her lines were average at best. A true waste of talent. The saving grace was Geoffrey Simpson ACS' cinematography, which like most Aussie films, was superb.

Come on guys, think about it next time please.

4/10

It has the 2 main characters, but this is not the X-Files. In the peak of X, series 4 era, there was a mood in every episode, created by story, character interaction, music and the Paranormal. This film lacks this mood totally. It is very tacky and generic. Character motivations are poor and the story is very 2 dimensional. A lot of things just don't make sense and have no reason to be. The FBI agents who play along are weak and have no purpose other than to read lines and Billy Connolly seems wasted in his role. The relationship between Mulder and Scully is unbelievable, better without, leaving some trace of the angst present in the series. Another main flaw is this film is boring. The series and first film had excitement along with creepiness, this is just slow and seemingly low-budget. I am unsure what Chris Carter was thinking when he wrote and produced this, it is quite a poor film generally, there are episodes in the series far far above this effort.

3/10