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If you hated this...

posted 11 years ago by picturemaker11
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Please elaborate. I've read so many of you say how bad it is without ever giving a reason why. Just putting the blame on Cage doesn't make me see your point of view. If you hated his acting in this why? If you thought the movie was awful, how so? Explanations please.

[–] Cwo097 11 years ago

Decided to watch this after watching Cages latest movie "Joe", which i thought was great... but i really dont think he did a good job on this one, but then again i dont blame him alone. For a "dark comedy" it doesnt feel funny or clever in any way, subtle or not.. and it seems like the people who love it just think its amazing because its surreal and bizzare. Thats just my opinion of it.

[–] yan-trussart 10 years ago

For one, the movie looks like *beep*
Every visual elements, be it direction, photography or lighting reminded me of cheap tv.
As for the rest, some apparently perceived a redeeming second degree in the performance of Cage or in the ludicrous screenplay, I simply didn't...

[–] blinkie1969 9 years ago

Hear hear

[–] the e 10 years ago

The soundtrack was terrible, the music sounded like it was from a porn movie, something put together on a cheap synthesizer.

The lighting and cinematography was lame, like a cheap TV show

The dialogue was cheesy and seemed unrealistic.

The scenes were unrealistic (raping someone in public with no witnesses, going to a retirement home and committing acts with no one raising alarms)

There were some scenes that made no sense and didn't fit in the film (too iguanas dancing), a scene with alligator on the side of a highway.

Acting was bad (ie. guy getting saved in the first scene, Black grandma)

[–] LateNightCable 9 years ago

The scenes were unrealistic (raping someone in public with no witnesses, going to a retirement home and committing acts with no one raising alarms)

Cage's character took sexual advantage of a woman who didn't want to get busted for drugs, but it was hardly rape. Also, his character was the type who evidently didn't give much thought to the possibility of getting caught in his corruption. That's pretty realistic, as there are people in authority like that in real life. Additionally, that particular scene appeared to have happened in a nearly deserted industrial area, with little more than a night club in the vicinity.

As for the nursing home scene, he actually was reported for that. It's the reason he was under investigation,
and under threat of losing his badge later in the movie.

There were some scenes that made no sense and didn't fit in the film (too iguanas dancing), a scene with alligator on the side of a highway.

The iguanas on the table (only one of them was an iguana) were hallucinations because he was high as a kite. It is noted in the movie that nobody else in the room can see them… The alligator in the road was real however, and supposedly the cause of a traffic accident under investigation in that scene. Not sure how likely that is though, as alligators are not common within New Orleans city limits. But not impossible.

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