I went into this film with high expectations and unfortunately was incredibly disappointed.
The film was beautifully shot and i thought the lighting was particularly amazing.
However the whole film felt like it should have been watched on fast forward, it was the most boring film i have ever seen, it was excruciating! I would rather have every hair individually ripped from my body than watch that film again. Everything about it was slow, the shots, the action, the dialogue. I found myself getting excited when you heard a church bell ring because at least something was happening!
The score didn't help it at all, it had 2 sets of looping music repeated thought the whole film. It was one of those films you find yourself looking around the cinema thinking: I wonder how high up that speaker is? If i jumped off it would it kill me? How do I get up there?!
From the first half hour I wanted to walk out but resisted because I'd heard the film was good and figured it must have an alright ending. Wrong! The film doesn't pick up at all. An hour in and the 2 people on either side off me were asleep. I almost felt jealous of them, at least they weren't being dragged through this.
I like to think I'm not just some ignorant Hollywood film fan, i mean, i love festival films, but watching this was probably the single low point of my life. I mean, there has to be something wrong with this director, at one point he had a 5 minute shot of a door. Just a door. No dialogue. No music. Just a door!
The only thing it has going for it that it is truly beautifully shot. But that is it. If you want to see it, get it on DVD or something and watch it in fast forward.
Bela Tarr you have been blacklisted! I am never seeing anything remotely related to you ever!
The film was beautifully shot and i thought the lighting was particularly amazing.
However the whole film felt like it should have been watched on fast forward, it was the most boring film i have ever seen, it was excruciating! I would rather have every hair individually ripped from my body than watch that film again. Everything about it was slow, the shots, the action, the dialogue. I found myself getting excited when you heard a church bell ring because at least something was happening!
The score didn't help it at all, it had 2 sets of looping music repeated thought the whole film. It was one of those films you find yourself looking around the cinema thinking: I wonder how high up that speaker is? If i jumped off it would it kill me? How do I get up there?!
From the first half hour I wanted to walk out but resisted because I'd heard the film was good and figured it must have an alright ending. Wrong! The film doesn't pick up at all. An hour in and the 2 people on either side off me were asleep. I almost felt jealous of them, at least they weren't being dragged through this.
I like to think I'm not just some ignorant Hollywood film fan, i mean, i love festival films, but watching this was probably the single low point of my life. I mean, there has to be something wrong with this director, at one point he had a 5 minute shot of a door. Just a door. No dialogue. No music. Just a door!
The only thing it has going for it that it is truly beautifully shot. But that is it. If you want to see it, get it on DVD or something and watch it in fast forward.
Bela Tarr you have been blacklisted! I am never seeing anything remotely related to you ever!