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a complete stupid and silly American rip of Lars Von Trier's Melancholia

posted 12 years ago by Rubicx
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I didn't like it. It's a complete stupid and silly American rip of Lars Von Trier's Melancholia. They could have least waited 10 years before they copied the premise from Lars Von Triers instead of waiting only one year. "Filmmakers" have some dignity. Formulaic. Just place it in the United States instead of Denmark, have Steve Carrell play himself and have everyone else act silly, stupid, weird and awkward. Yet, another reason why women should stay out of Film and stick to TV.

[–] Suki_Akbar 11 years ago

Personally this movie kind of reminded me of Shaun of the Dead; guy has trouble with his love life while some kind of apocalypse is threatening humankind...

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[–] ToHelenBackAgain 11 years ago

Somehow I doubt these are the only two films ever to have featured an asteroid about to destroy the planet. That is the sole thing the two have in common.

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[–] DrWhen 10 years ago

You can't be serious. Have you watches both those movies?

[–] Stoshie 10 years ago

I'm not sure what your biases are (something about women filmmakers and American films, apparently. But "Seeking a Friend" is so unlike "Melancholia" that it is absurd that you would mention the two movies in the same breath. Yes, they are both about an impending end of the world, and how people react to it. There the similarity ends.

Oh, and by your, ahem, "logic", "Melancholia" was a bad film, too, since it was a "copy" of the 1984 movie "Night of the Comet" and the 1998 film "Last Night".

[–] DrWhen 10 years ago

Subtext is often too sub for some.

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[–] danasider 9 years ago

It may be a ripoff, I can't say it isn't. However, I was truly moved by this movie. I was bored to tears by Melancholia and have yet to finish it. I'll try, maybe tonight.