Soysoy
Joined Aug 2000
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Thick, superficial, formulaic, overdone, overblown, artificial, overkill, loud, noisy, frantic mess with enough CGI action to give you an indigestion.
What's the difference with, say, Transformers? No idea.
Seems like Sucker Punch, which showed actual insight, had an inquisitive camera, involving character interaction, and even intelligent subtext (!), was a parenthesis in Snyder's career. Back to the "300" formula, perfect for the masses who see movies as posters in motion with heaps of noise, a sloppily written screenplay and a thousand times rehashed oh-so-dramatic music.
Recommended: if you like(d) "Transformers" and you have too much time on your hands.
Not recommended: if you like genuine cinema or consider that life's too short to get involved in senseless activities.
What's the difference with, say, Transformers? No idea.
Seems like Sucker Punch, which showed actual insight, had an inquisitive camera, involving character interaction, and even intelligent subtext (!), was a parenthesis in Snyder's career. Back to the "300" formula, perfect for the masses who see movies as posters in motion with heaps of noise, a sloppily written screenplay and a thousand times rehashed oh-so-dramatic music.
Recommended: if you like(d) "Transformers" and you have too much time on your hands.
Not recommended: if you like genuine cinema or consider that life's too short to get involved in senseless activities.
Writing / Dialogues: 5
Difficult to imagine what the actual screenplay was like, since obviously so many bad decisions have been made while shooting and later in the editing room, that what's left of it is a mess, which only resembles storytelling.
Character study: 3
Not even worth commenting. Surprisingly, some actors were able to somewhat lift what they've been given to work with, which probably explains why this movie hasn't been a total bore to some people.
Acting: 6
See comments just above.
Direction: 4
Totally lacks imagination and vision. Relational and geographical interactions between characters are contrived at best, the blockings and angle are at the cheap TV-series level, the eye of the camera never engages. For Pete's sake, we are in a fantasy movie, and 15 minutes into it, we haven't had a single subjective shot? No tension has been built from the camera work? What the..? For the rare image here and there that could stick in your mind, the credits probably go to the cinematographer, not the director.
Visual style / art direction: 3
This movie has no visual style. It looks dull. The places, the props, the people, they all look dull, washed-out and uninteresting. Yawn.
Cinematography: 6
Competent, sometimes vaguely interesting (dusk scenes). Never more than that.
Editing: 3
Yawn. Never succeeds in achieving something even remotely interesting. It's barely competent. The editing decisions look like they could have been made by a computer, or a fresh businessman with an editing handbook.
Overall: 4
Unless you're in for Colin Farell's sex appeal, or your expectations are low, you're in for a big disappointment and a yawn fest.
Not worth your time unless you're seriously bored, and/or you have really nothing else to do.
Difficult to imagine what the actual screenplay was like, since obviously so many bad decisions have been made while shooting and later in the editing room, that what's left of it is a mess, which only resembles storytelling.
Character study: 3
Not even worth commenting. Surprisingly, some actors were able to somewhat lift what they've been given to work with, which probably explains why this movie hasn't been a total bore to some people.
Acting: 6
See comments just above.
Direction: 4
Totally lacks imagination and vision. Relational and geographical interactions between characters are contrived at best, the blockings and angle are at the cheap TV-series level, the eye of the camera never engages. For Pete's sake, we are in a fantasy movie, and 15 minutes into it, we haven't had a single subjective shot? No tension has been built from the camera work? What the..? For the rare image here and there that could stick in your mind, the credits probably go to the cinematographer, not the director.
Visual style / art direction: 3
This movie has no visual style. It looks dull. The places, the props, the people, they all look dull, washed-out and uninteresting. Yawn.
Cinematography: 6
Competent, sometimes vaguely interesting (dusk scenes). Never more than that.
Editing: 3
Yawn. Never succeeds in achieving something even remotely interesting. It's barely competent. The editing decisions look like they could have been made by a computer, or a fresh businessman with an editing handbook.
Overall: 4
Unless you're in for Colin Farell's sex appeal, or your expectations are low, you're in for a big disappointment and a yawn fest.
Not worth your time unless you're seriously bored, and/or you have really nothing else to do.
This is starting to be downright ludicrous. Another naked king makes it to the top of the charts, helped by massive publicity.
This is just another generic action blockbuster, based on tired clichés. It's not different from, say, those old Schwartzenegger movies: it's just updated for current trends and mass appeal: more effects, more speed, more violence, more noise, more music, just more of everything (except the intelligent stuff of course).
The whole thing takes itself so seriously, and even pretends to bring some, er.. philosophical insight (sic) to the mix. Yeah, right. You end with a product that is not only mediocre, but aggressively and arrogantly so at that!
Yes, Ledger's acting is a treat. And there's even a ~30 sec. good scene halfway through the movie. Er... That's about it.
"Overrated'" doesn't even start describing the irrational hype around this formulaic and forgettable action flick for teenagers.
This is just another generic action blockbuster, based on tired clichés. It's not different from, say, those old Schwartzenegger movies: it's just updated for current trends and mass appeal: more effects, more speed, more violence, more noise, more music, just more of everything (except the intelligent stuff of course).
The whole thing takes itself so seriously, and even pretends to bring some, er.. philosophical insight (sic) to the mix. Yeah, right. You end with a product that is not only mediocre, but aggressively and arrogantly so at that!
Yes, Ledger's acting is a treat. And there's even a ~30 sec. good scene halfway through the movie. Er... That's about it.
"Overrated'" doesn't even start describing the irrational hype around this formulaic and forgettable action flick for teenagers.