Dark Night

I started watching this thinking it was a documentary about Aurora and it's aftermath. It took me probably 10 minutes to figure out that was wrong. There's no through line except they all end up in the same place at the same time, and I guess that's the point? But as you don't know any of the characters (don't even get names in most instances) there's no emotional connection to anyone other than "this is a terrible thing to have happen" in general. The desire here to go all artsy left the film with a void of emotion. We don't even know why the guy does what he did or get any sense of him at all. A boring, pointless film and I'll never get that time back. Originally rated a 3 but writing this review has made me dislike it even more.

If this wasn't based loosely on the real tragedy in Aurora, CO then it would just be a complete waste of time and film. They went above and beyond trying to be "artsy" and "ambiguous" and in doing so, they decided to substitute their version of "mystery" with any meaningful dialogue and sense of intrigue. You do not get to relate to ANY one of the characters at all because there is 0% character development. The one merit it had was that, if you stand the banality of the film and the "characters," you really do not know definitively who the shooter is (although I had a pretty good idea).

Is this film a joke? The camera shows random people doing the most boring tasks like sitting on a couch in silence, and that goes on for several minutes then cuts to someone else doing absolutely nothing. I don't even know what this is supposed to be about. It's as if you give a video camera to the most boring person in the world and ask them to film other boring people doing boring things.

I wish I could get back the 17 minutes that I wasted trying to watch this "film". I foolishly thought that this would have interviews with survivors of the Aurora massacre, maybe some insight, news coverage, maybe parts of the trial. This isn't a documentary, this isn't art, its an embarrassment. And what was the purpose of that god awful singing, if you would even call it that?

I'd rather be scooping poop out of a litter box for 17 minutes while my dog barks at the possum under the house.

I can't take anymore, I got though about half an hour and I don't care about the movie at all. There's almost no dialogue, the characters do not feel relatable, it hasn't focused in on any one person really, and the musics not great. It's supposed to be a movie with this deep message about society's impact on all these people but nothing has moved me or touched me or even interested me in anyway. Check these dudes out: they're skateboarding, check these peeps out: they're vaping, look at how social media rules this girls life. It's so bad. The only reason I gave it a 2 is because it has good cinematography, but that's it.