Randall Good
Joined Dec 1999
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When is this going to be put on YouTube so it can be seen by more people?
This film adaptation does not succeed on its own terms as a film. It is hurried, hollow, empty, and devoid of arresting characters. It's a shame, because A.S. Byatt's novel has none of these flaws and instead is a superbly written love story/mystery with fascinating and likable characters. I wanted to post this to urge anyone who was disappointed by the film to read the novel--you may find what you were missing.
Appalling because a student film had won the Academy Award for best live-action short. My fellow film students and I were hopeful when we watched it.
Appalling because it is so bad. As cornball as it gets. It's competently made (you don't question the technical aspects of the film), but it's utterly charmless, bland, and unfunny. It's like watching bad television. It thinks it's a lot better than it is. So, apparently, does the AMPAS.
Maybe I shouldn't be at all surprised that it won an Oscar. Winning one these days seems to be more of an insult than a compliment.
Appalling because it is so bad. As cornball as it gets. It's competently made (you don't question the technical aspects of the film), but it's utterly charmless, bland, and unfunny. It's like watching bad television. It thinks it's a lot better than it is. So, apparently, does the AMPAS.
Maybe I shouldn't be at all surprised that it won an Oscar. Winning one these days seems to be more of an insult than a compliment.