Disappointed, but not surprised
The previous collaboration between writer and director Dan Gilroy and actor Jake Gyllenhaal Nightcrawler was a succesful one, unfortunatly I can't say the "did it again".
Although the trailer looked very promising and the reviews I read from early attenders at Sundance were both promising, I'm not surprised this movie turned out bad.
I expected a critique of the art world, but we barely got any of that. Yes. it tis what most of the movie is about, but we never get a clear explanation or message besides "Don't be greedy, appreciate real art". There is no depth in the movie and the last 20 minutes felt like they rushed to make an ending. And where I was expecting interesting characters we got barely anything. Most of them are just typical art world people and I felt like some of the actors really missed the line between actual character and boring caricature. But I was most dissapointed with the interesting storylines the movie could have had. Morf's book writing and also his bisexuality, wich felt like it was put there more in a way to score points, and John Malkovich character's career. So much in this movie felt like it was added just to make it seem more interesting.
In the end this movie is almost as pretentious as the artworld it tries to critique.
Although the trailer looked very promising and the reviews I read from early attenders at Sundance were both promising, I'm not surprised this movie turned out bad.
I expected a critique of the art world, but we barely got any of that. Yes. it tis what most of the movie is about, but we never get a clear explanation or message besides "Don't be greedy, appreciate real art". There is no depth in the movie and the last 20 minutes felt like they rushed to make an ending. And where I was expecting interesting characters we got barely anything. Most of them are just typical art world people and I felt like some of the actors really missed the line between actual character and boring caricature. But I was most dissapointed with the interesting storylines the movie could have had. Morf's book writing and also his bisexuality, wich felt like it was put there more in a way to score points, and John Malkovich character's career. So much in this movie felt like it was added just to make it seem more interesting.
In the end this movie is almost as pretentious as the artworld it tries to critique.
- renskeveldman
- Feb 1, 2019