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'trendy, with no point'

posted 15 years ago by scarlettbees
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This is the summation of what my husband thought of the movie when I had him watch it with me last night. I thought he'd really like it! But after the movie he said he just doesn't like "trendy, little independent" movies like this that have "no point" and have "no beginning, middle, and end."

I got pretty frustrated, because he's not one of those guys who only likes action movies and hates to think. I tried to explain that it was a character study about a family, and that not all movies require a build-up, climax, and resolution, but he just said "pointless."

What argument would you make to defend this movie against someone too stubborn to accept it?

[–] Synthia7 9 years ago

You husband simply didn't know how to interpret this movie. It certainly did have a beginning, build up, climax and end.

And it most definitely had a point.

[–] MoviemanCin 9 years ago

It was mediocre at best. And Bernard was a real dick and had anger management issues.

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar, and / or doesn't.