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Terrible movie

posted 14 years ago by The Guy-2
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I saw it earlier today at the AMC Empire in NYC. What a waste of time. From a technical standpoint, the movie was TERRIBLE. Some of the worst lighting, and cinematography I've ever seen in my life.

Some scenes you could barely see one of the actors, in any scene featuring 2 people talking. Other scenes, they show exterior shots of buildings, and you can't really see the building.

To top it off, you have Rachel Weisz and Monica Bellucci, 2 of the most beautiful women in the world, and the DP managed to make them look horrible. Exposing every blemish in their face, and using every unflattering angle imaginable.

The movie looks very amateurish.

As for the story, it had a been there done that feel to it, and I found it quite boring, poorly executed, especially the scene with Rachel Weisz and her daughter. It all felt really corny and tired within 30 minutes. This is a straight to DVD caliber film.

[–] antwanonfacebook 12 years ago

I think you missed the purpose of the film. This was not a frame flashing, gun brandishing action film, this is a harrowing story based on reality. The atmospheric cinematography is just that - atmospheric. It is representing a war torn nations struggle following a dreadful conflict - I think the quality of their lighting would be the least of their worries.

"Exposing every blemish"
Seriously? Even if this was remotely relevant to the film - this could quite simply be to portray the actresses as UN Peacekeepers rather than Supermodels or glamorous actresses.

Think you need to deal with your priorities or stick with the Jason Bourne type films.

[–] luvie2003 12 years ago

Hey The Guy-2, if you are looking for T and A then go watch Transformers movies.

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[–] yusef-ghanima 10 years ago

yes it's not good, but it's not boring, yes it's corny, but you have no heart, it's an important issue.