This movie must appeal to a very specific audience. And apparently, I do not belong to that group. I saw Blessing Bell last night and to me it just doesn't make any sense. And here's why. Possible spoilers ahead:
Storyline: There seems to be no storyline in this movie. Or at least, I could not detect it. As the protagonist wanders from event to event, the only common factor of these events is the main character himself. The motivations for his actions in these scenes (such as fishing the shoe, going to jail) are obscure to me. Mostly, terrible things happen. People get stabbed, others die or commit suicide. Everybody except the old man's spirit seems to be terribly downtrodden. Come on people, remember Eric Idle! Always look on
Dialogues: At first the fact that the protagonist does not speak when spoken to seems interesting but it just gets really tiresome real fast. But I can't figure out what is worse, the main character not responding to anything said or the fact that the people who talk to him don't care. They seem to be happy enough to talk at him instead of to him.
Tempo: This movie was too slow for me. I don't mind slow paced movies, but a low tempo doesn't have to mean that there is nothing going on. A lot can happen when nothing is happening. Blessing Bell is just slow. And that makes watching this movie tedious work.
But as I have said, maybe this movie isn't for me. Maybe this is considered a very good movie indeed by critics. But maybe I am right and Blessing Bell can be considered a mediocre movie at best
Storyline: There seems to be no storyline in this movie. Or at least, I could not detect it. As the protagonist wanders from event to event, the only common factor of these events is the main character himself. The motivations for his actions in these scenes (such as fishing the shoe, going to jail) are obscure to me. Mostly, terrible things happen. People get stabbed, others die or commit suicide. Everybody except the old man's spirit seems to be terribly downtrodden. Come on people, remember Eric Idle! Always look on
Dialogues: At first the fact that the protagonist does not speak when spoken to seems interesting but it just gets really tiresome real fast. But I can't figure out what is worse, the main character not responding to anything said or the fact that the people who talk to him don't care. They seem to be happy enough to talk at him instead of to him.
Tempo: This movie was too slow for me. I don't mind slow paced movies, but a low tempo doesn't have to mean that there is nothing going on. A lot can happen when nothing is happening. Blessing Bell is just slow. And that makes watching this movie tedious work.
But as I have said, maybe this movie isn't for me. Maybe this is considered a very good movie indeed by critics. But maybe I am right and Blessing Bell can be considered a mediocre movie at best