eduardo-g-melguizo

The best thing I can say about it is that it tries to be. Not "good", but "something". The film essentially meanders between apocalyptic sci-fi, noir (à la Mute), some kind of parable about climate change and traces of post-Vietnam war movies (PTSD). It just doesn't do too well in any of those fronts, choosing instead to bury down in itself with the promise of meaning. If you hate voice over, or simply think that it is a poor substitute for good storytelling (or storyshowing), and a crutch for emotional exposition, just stay aeay from this dissapointing film.

No, not even if you are a Harvey Keitel fan, or like the genre. It will not add much to your life.

The book being a horrible piece of fiction, but quite profuse in its imagery, a movie seemed like a really good chance to build on its strengths and try to round the story and the characters into either a decent movie for kids/young adults or a good sci-fi product.

disappointingly, the only thing that remains is the imagery (watched it as IMAX 3D, I imagine lots get lost with any other version) and a hint at the end about a very different movie focused on Halliday (which could have been but is not). Mark Rylance and Olivia Cooke have good performances, even when their parts do not lend themselves to that. for the rest of the characters, there is simply not enough entity to build anything. maybe this was meant to be a larger movie at some point (a better one too).

everything else is a fiasco, with a not well developed 2nd act, a therefore lazy 3rd act, and plenty of rolling eyes moments. comedy is interspersed here and there and references are thrown around like some people use cheddar on salads: just because it's there in the fridge and what the heck, let's use all of it. that's a problem with the book as well, but at least the book operates as a window into the mind of the writer (meta-interesting, not interesting itself). here it seems just an attempt to make it more palatable to audiences of all ages, without really trying to provide any consistency.

6 because, hey! it is movie kind of coherent and some sequences are actually entertaining, maybe even worthy of another watch. just not the movie as a whole.