What a waste, so slow moving and uninteresting I turned if off after 20min as I just couldn't sit there anymore watching this drivel. Thank god I got it for free as a rental at the library. They should pay me to have to sit through this.
shareI didn't think it was a waste entirely but I did get bored with it. When the trip scene started, it went downhill quickly(for me).
The guy that played Mike bothered me too. He looked out of place. The hair and the clothes were right (I suppose) but something about him was just "wrong" for some reason. The only thing I can pinpoint is that he APPEARED too young for the part. The actor is 24. I don't know how old the character was supposed to be. He had a "flat" affect. I know the character was supposed to be very relaxed and laid back but he was too laid back and relaxed to the point of being completely devoid of personality.
I have not seen this actor in any other movie (I know he has been and he is on TV but I haven't watched any of it) and I'm sure he knows his craft but the character really threw me off.
You gave up after a whole 20 minutes?
Well thank god Meatballs 2 is still there to pique your interest :)
Kids these days.
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shareIt was VERY slow. I sat through the entire thing tho, cause it wasn't totally trash. But pretty boring.
shareBoring. This is a word that has come to define an entire generation. Usually, this tells us much more about the "reviewer" than it does whatever it is (s)he finds "boring"; much more than they should want us to know. It's not movies like this that are "slow moving," it's the thought processes of these boring people.
shareI just finished this flick, not going to go on any of my "favorite" lists, but it was a good effort by Ang Lee...as crazykharvey mentioned, the "trip" scene in that couples van pretty much "paused" the story progression for me and I'm also unsure what some scenes signified.
Gave it a 5/10 to be fair...it wasn't great, nor terrible either.
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I think it approached Woodstock and the era from a different angle and that was pleasing.
I find it sad that people today find storytelling on film to be boring. Just a sign of the times I guess. It seems everything today must be quick, fast and easy. Don't make me invest too much time without immediate gratification and a continuous stream of highs to keep my interest, for god's sake. If you can't say it in 20 seconds, then you're wasting my time that I could spend texting, playing X-box or watching stuff blow up.
And I'd best stop here. I've already exceeded the attention span of those under 30.
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yeah, I tried watching it twice. only made it 15-20 min.
shareDid you do the same with "Die Hard"? The first 20 minutes of that were completely uneventful.
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It was boring. The problem was that the material required more energy and pacing than Ang Lee is comfortable with. His slow, methodical pacing worked perfectly in "Brokeback Mountain", a film that centered around a story that needed to be carefully developed over a period of time in order for us to better appreciate the difficult journey of the main characters. In films like "The Hulk" and this one, his pacing is deadly.
And just for the record, I'm 48 years old and actually prefer slower films. But not always. This film was a MAJOR disappointment.
The tone of the movie wasn't funny. Maybe it wasn't supposed to be. They kinda led you to believe that in the trailer.
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