This is a film about some aristocratic English snobs who live in a big house for a few days for some kind of hunt. There is an entire hour showing scenes of people walking about, sipping tea, shooting birds, and more walking about. They all talk some very strange dialect of English. You do get bits of information here and there, but nothing that makes any sense. There is no wit or humour in any line of dialogue. Nobody faces the camera throughout film, hence you never get to see the countless servants guests and households.
You might be led to believe that Robert Altman is trying to portray the class differences that existed in the 1930. But wait he is also trying to tell a story about a murder and the ensuing investigation. Yes a guy gets killed in the film, and a clown dressed up as a detective tries to make a laughable impression of Hercule Poirot.
I tried hard to like this film. but there was no help from the story or the actors. Since there is absolutely no efforts made to make the audience understand what's going on, I guess its perfectly all right if you didn't like this film.
I had to endure this two hour torture, just to see what the juries at the Academy Awards saw in this movie to even nominate it for "Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen". Other movies in this category were: Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Memento, Monster's Ball, and Royal Tenenbaums. This movie should be voted as the worst movie of the decade.
I would strongly recommend this film to anyone who suffers from severe insomnia.
You might be led to believe that Robert Altman is trying to portray the class differences that existed in the 1930. But wait he is also trying to tell a story about a murder and the ensuing investigation. Yes a guy gets killed in the film, and a clown dressed up as a detective tries to make a laughable impression of Hercule Poirot.
I tried hard to like this film. but there was no help from the story or the actors. Since there is absolutely no efforts made to make the audience understand what's going on, I guess its perfectly all right if you didn't like this film.
I had to endure this two hour torture, just to see what the juries at the Academy Awards saw in this movie to even nominate it for "Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen". Other movies in this category were: Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Memento, Monster's Ball, and Royal Tenenbaums. This movie should be voted as the worst movie of the decade.
I would strongly recommend this film to anyone who suffers from severe insomnia.