ianmutimer

The name says it all, it was like, they named it for easy abuse! I haven't reviewed anything on here for a looonnngggg time, I just felt so strongly about it I had to write something.

Boring thin plot, boring characters, didn't care who lived/died and there wasn't any comedy to save it. Although saying that, Sylvester, i like him but, has he had plastic surgery or is that make-up? he just keeps looking more like his mum! Bear in mind, I don't love action movies, but I just feel a movie needs more than JUST explosions and shooting and a few movie stars.

Don't watch, unless you really just like seeing things go boom.

Why is it i only feel compelled to write a review when i think the movie sucks? I like all his previous movies and love the subtle comedy, believe me...BUT THIS! this has like 2 funny parts and the rest is slow and boring. I wouldn't say it's crap, and i appreciate it for what it is, but it didn't do anything for me at all, easily forgotten. The tall brother who wears the glasses had absolutely nothing to add, and his character is almost non-existent. Owen Wilson is OK, but it just wasn't funny to me, and the storyline wasn't gripping enough to give me anything else. It wasn't sharp or witty. I think his comedy has become so subtle i can't even detect it anymore! Wes, sort it out! Storyline in nutshell, 3 brothers meet up in India for a spiritual journey to help them get back to being real brothers. During their journey, they ride a train (The Darjeeling Limited), they visit a market and temple. They finally meet their mother, but she does a runner somewhere. When they are about to board the plane home, they do a u-turn and go back on the train, dropping all their luggage on the way which is a bit over the top. (please don't tell me this is a deep symbolic moment because dropping your luggage when you clearly don't need to is just wasteful not to mention littering!) Watch one of his other movies instead. Thanks.

I saw this movie last night (i live in Taiwan) and before, if i highly enjoyed a movie and told people how good it was, their high expectations could make a movie less funny, you know what i mean? Anyway I'll praise the heck out of it coz i loved it and Stephen Chow has a great sense of humour! The movie is basically about a young boy and his father, who are poor but uphold good morals and ethics (we may be poor, but we don't steal, fight etc.). The father is a construction worker and doesn't want his kid to wind up like him, so the boy attends a very expensive high class school, but to compensate they live in a falling apart building and his father gets all his clothes etc. from the garbage dump. One day the father finds something there that he gives to his son, this (CJ7) changes their lives, for the better. I know that's probably what every review says! but i don't want to say to much as I'll probably ruin the beauty of it all! I will say that there are some scenes that nearly made me cry i as laughing so much. It's subtle things that do it, like the teacher won't let the poor student boy near him because he thinks he's so dirty! And the boy's a great little actor, cracked me up. Unfortunately i have yet to view S.Chow's other flicks, but i'm about to. I hope you'll get a chance to watch it.