http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:08:41 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/06/015552.php#comment-697389 I actually searched to find someone who also hated this movie. I saw it on the advice of a friend who tends to like good indie films and so I went really looking forward to it. I think it was awful! It reminded me of a cross between The Terminator and Brokeback mountain. Slow, gratuitously violent and going nowhere slowly. Although, unlike Brokeback, it didn't even have an interesting character study. I too found completely uninvested in any of the characters. It was about as dramatically involving as 2 hours spent staring at the other people on a greyhound bus. Possibly interesting but without any craft, there is no story. I could go on and on but then I would be like this awful film... And don't get me going on the " air compressor powered cattle stun gun" ... what a stupid device. It just reminded me of the silly movies where people shoot two guns at once with their arms crossed because people are no longer impressed by a single gun. It 697389@blogcritics.org Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:08:41 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/06/015552.php#comment-686130 I just watched this movie and I loved it. I'm not sure I understood it all, but nevertheless I loved it. I can understand how you might find it boring, but it was completely enthralling to me. 686130@blogcritics.org Tue, 8 Jan 2008 07:07:13 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/06/015552.php#comment-685866 Great filmmaking, yes. As a consumer I hated it. As a filmmaker I can appreciate why others love it. I hated the novel so it would be next to impossible for me to like the movie as entertainment. You couldn't pay me to watch it again but that doesn't mean I don't understand how so many other people like it so much. It's an issue of personal taste more than anything. 685866@blogcritics.org Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:58:17 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/06/015552.php#comment-685824 The ending was a big disappointment for me. Otherwise, this film is great filmmaking, IMHO. 685824@blogcritics.org Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:14:04 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/06/015552.php#comment-685807 It doesn't sound like you hated this movie. It sounds like it was disappointing because it did not take a direction that you would have liked. Hate is a strong word. I HATE Catwoman, starring Halle Berry. Not that's proper usage. To me, hate should be reserved for a movie that fails in most or all aspects, from direction to acting to costuming. 685807@blogcritics.org Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:00:11 EST