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The second hour of this movie is absolutely horrible and boring


I feel this film can be partitioned into 2 parts, one is the first 1 hour and 10 minutes, another is the later part, where this Vietnamese woman and the whole eco-cult bullshit comes in.

The first part isn't bad at all, its funny. The second part is like a separate movie, as if these two parts were written by two entirely different writers. Extremely boring. First you got the income inequality agenda, where the bus goes through Leisureland (the rich) through middle class neighborhood and finally to the slum. Then you got the really really, super fucking annoying Vietnamese woman, still keep talking in broken English with a very annoying personality, not interesting at all. Then the Norway part, with the whole eco-green agenda, again, super boring.

And i cant help but thinking who the fuck would fall for that Vietnamese woman? Shes not young, not good looking at all, no bod, totally obnoxious personality, very poor. I mean WTF?! You'd think Paul who in leisureland and therefore "upper class" in the colony, could get much better chicks. If that's not a stupid cuck, i don't know what he is. Guy is absolutely an extreme pushover, how can a guy like this survive in the society?

I mean wtf? They should just stick to the plot of the 1st part. It would be an ok movie, not brilliant, but ok-ish as a comedy sci-fi drama. Now it's a horrible movie. The second part ruined it all. Not entertaining at all and so damn boring.

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Just watched this today, and came here to say the same thing. Thanks for saving me the time.

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I agree 100% I was stoned as shit when I watched this movie and think I nodded off a little just after the slum part started. When I came to I was like WTF am I watching?!?!

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Ha! Been there.

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Good comment there..I enjoyed first part but, Second Part? sort of like a weak Gulliver's Travels

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Note to self, skip the movie.

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Yes, the second half fell apart, with the bitchy Vietnamese chick and the Norwegian hippie cult dancing around and going down their "stupid hole" over some enviro-alarmist nonsense. Well, good riddance to them, but it should have happened before they spoiled what could have been a more entertaining comedy.

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"...she's not young..."

She was thirty-seven, still young by any rational standard, and actually a bit too young for Damon, who was forty-six.

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I did a search for Downsizing movie bullshit agenda and it brought me here. I can safely say that this is the last Matt Damon movie that I will ever watch. This is almost as bad as Elysium.

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Elysium was only good because that nut from District 9 was in it.

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I agree that it was like two different movies. Except the second half was better than the first.

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Nice joke.

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There's always a Tyalt in every crowd.

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I figured he got screwed over by Audrey, so he wanted to find someone who was different from here. Enter, Vietnese lady

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