earnes
Joined Jun 2005
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One thing upfront: The Divide is not a good movie. It lacks a solid storyline, a convincing character development and moves too fast in some and too slow in most phases of the movie. Acting is not brilliant, but bearable and in parts even good. The theme is ancient. Sartre has written it a long time ago. Many loose ends in the storyline and unanswered questions in this flick leave the viewer with a feeling of dissatisfaction. But: I was captivated nevertheless. It felt like looking at a Dali painting. Too much color, too much surrealism to really like it. But then, I had to look. There are scenes that stand out. Most are combined with the soft and intense soundtrack (the one thing I really liked about this movie). The end is just as empty as the movie itself - yet it left an impression. I sort of felt a deep sadness after watching this film and therefore I must admit it might be better than my conscious mind thinks - at least it created some sort of feeling. Most movies these days only bore me with special effects. So I'd say: Movie itself is a 3, but in the end it felt like a 7... therefore I'll give it a 5 (but would not watch it a second time)
Buried gripped me within the first seconds. The situation was really tense. Waking up in darkness, realizing the horror you have ended up in, then some light, some hope and then... well, then Hollywood kicked in.
After the first twenty or so minutes, the script goes down the drain. Humans in desperate situtions fight for their lives with every fibre of there existence. They claw, scratch and fight for their lives, they follow every glimpse of hope, conserve and value every little resource they have to survive. In Buried the victim doesn't. There are just too many totally unrealistic things going on in Buried, the tense atmosphere created in the first part dissipated quickly and made this movie close to unbearable. There were moments when I was ready to leave the theatre - not because of the tension but because if those ridiculous things happening in the box while obviously the scriptwriter was running out of ideas. The ending just as most of the movie disappointed in every respect.
I am sad to say Buried could have been one hell of a movie... but turned out to be utterly disappointing.
After the first twenty or so minutes, the script goes down the drain. Humans in desperate situtions fight for their lives with every fibre of there existence. They claw, scratch and fight for their lives, they follow every glimpse of hope, conserve and value every little resource they have to survive. In Buried the victim doesn't. There are just too many totally unrealistic things going on in Buried, the tense atmosphere created in the first part dissipated quickly and made this movie close to unbearable. There were moments when I was ready to leave the theatre - not because of the tension but because if those ridiculous things happening in the box while obviously the scriptwriter was running out of ideas. The ending just as most of the movie disappointed in every respect.
I am sad to say Buried could have been one hell of a movie... but turned out to be utterly disappointing.
