I first heard about this movie on BBC with a film critic saying it was already the strongest candidate for an Oscar, and he would go all the way as saying it was the best movie of the year (2008 that is).
Well I saw the movie and I have to tell you, the plot is not bad, but it could have been a lot better, some things just don't make any sense to me. And the whole - starting at a point then going in the past, then back in to the future, then changing character - thing is used, in fact it's so used that it's starting to be annoying. Why don't they just show us a regular movie from beginning to the end? Start from the end and go back to the beginning if you want. Just don't start in the middle, go to the beginning, then back to the end, then to the middle, then to the beginning, it ruins the entire movie.
I will give one thing to this movie - great (I mean great) acting And not just Philip Seymour Hoffman (most people only talk about him when talking about this movie), I think all main characters had great acting from Marisa Tomei to Albert Finney to Ethan Hawke, etc etc
And that's the only reason I give it a 6, otherwise it would be a flat 4
Well I saw the movie and I have to tell you, the plot is not bad, but it could have been a lot better, some things just don't make any sense to me. And the whole - starting at a point then going in the past, then back in to the future, then changing character - thing is used, in fact it's so used that it's starting to be annoying. Why don't they just show us a regular movie from beginning to the end? Start from the end and go back to the beginning if you want. Just don't start in the middle, go to the beginning, then back to the end, then to the middle, then to the beginning, it ruins the entire movie.
I will give one thing to this movie - great (I mean great) acting And not just Philip Seymour Hoffman (most people only talk about him when talking about this movie), I think all main characters had great acting from Marisa Tomei to Albert Finney to Ethan Hawke, etc etc
And that's the only reason I give it a 6, otherwise it would be a flat 4