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Never seen so many people walk out!

posted 13 years ago by mpjepson
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I went to see Cosmopolis tonight. I should have stayed in and cut my toenails, or looked out of the window. I'm sure that would have been more interesting. More than half the cinema walked out. Admittedly there were only about 20 people to start with, but I counted barely half a dozen made it to the end. None of the walk outs were misguided teenagers coming along for the Pattinson ride; these were older cinema-goers obviously hoping for something a bit different from the usual multiplex-fodder.

Well, we got something different all right. Cosmopolis is truly awful. The dialogue is unbearably stagey, frequently incoherent, with characters lacking any convincing motivation for their bizarre actions. The sheer volume of dialogue wouldn't necessarily be such a bad thing if any of it actually carried some meaning. Brace yourself for nearly two hours of hot air & robotic performances which quickly grow tiring on the eyes & ears.

I haven't had this less fun since I watched Synecdoche New York! YMMV.

[–] degenererad-3 12 years ago

had a feeling.. i actually didnt even make it through the trailer. Seriously.

[–] rumipoet24 12 years ago

It was about even finding a theatre that it was playing in , in California one would have thought that easily, 20mis was the closest i could find . One doesn't need to drive 20mis to feel the effects of a claustrophobic farce with meaningless characters carrying the pretentious & pompous name of Cosmopolis .

Yoda says: An Art film classic , this will never be .

Lets see what Crony comes up with next after this flopoplis in Cosmopolis

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[–] mpalmz 12 years ago

i couldnt watch the whole movie. skipped through it a bit was boring as *beep* seen one post defending the film saying people didnt pay attention to the dialogue which i dont agree with. to each his/her own but this movie sucks.

[–] lost_dream 12 years ago

the most boring movie the first time i put 4x on dvd to end it oh

[–] Beta_maxxx 12 years ago

I saw this solely because of Cronenberg and had not read the novel. I came to grips with the fact that it starred Pattinson and went into it blind. I wish I had not done so cause this was one of the most boring films I have ever seen. At least twice I considered walking out but stuck it out cause I wanted to see the end result. The end result was not worth sticking it out.

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[–] Microgoblin 12 years ago

horrible movie. absolute pretentious crap.

[–] helmut_bergstrom 12 years ago

have to watch it now!

[–] Soundchaser2013 12 years ago

Worst the Looking For Mr. Goodbar ?

[–] Anabanana21 12 years ago

I like that this film is unlikable. I love any film that really takes a lot of effort to dissect it to understand it. Like staring at a piece of artwork and creating a story, a reason from it. There's something beautiful about that and I appreciate the vision of this movie and story. The most beautiful thing about this film is how it is so lacking of any feeling or emotion. You bring your own, you make your own decisions and reasoning. I am not surprised many will not get this. Many never got the vision that Dali or Bunuel back in the 1920s but Dali's paintings are worth billions now. People respect him for his art. This film is another case of that just a modernized version.

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[–] swecritic 12 years ago

I believe that a real movie lover should finnish a movie always. I did not like Cosmopolis, but I watched it to the end. In my opinion it was... mediocre. It takes it self way to serious. Giamatti was enjoyeable at the end, and did enjoy the scenes between Patinson and his so called wife. But overall it was a movie that tried really hard to be some sort of dialogue driven masterpiece, and it did not really work out. Worst Cronenberg for sure and I would not claim that the movie was bad. It was just, very mediocre.

[–] balthazar_bee 12 years ago

In my opinion it was... mediocre. It takes it self way to serious.

That's funny; I didn't think it took itself seriously at all. If anything, it's a very, very dark comedy that dares you to laugh out loud. Because if you're willing to laugh at the comedy, you have to be able to recognize some pretty unpleasant things about humanity and the age we live in.

Maybe I'm rationalizing because it's Cronenberg, for whom I definitely have a soft spot (Rabid?), but I have a hard time imagining a better film being made from DD's source material.

[–] sammie1863 12 years ago

IA, I saw it as a dark comedy also. Nicely stated.

[–] franzkabuki 12 years ago

"I have a hard time imagining a better film being made from DD´s source material".

Unfortunately, so have I. And Cronenberg was probably the one guy who stood a serious chance of getting it off the ground... but, far as I´m concerned, that did not happen. It´s totally uncinematic material, just an endless sequence of dialogues & monologues, high minded wittering that borders on pretentious... and Cronenberg manages to do nothing to bust things more open, escape the suffocating surroundings as well as the heavy air of hardcore intellectualizing. The first 30 minutes more or less held the interest, but after that... forget about it. It´s just more of the same, over and over. Until the bitter end. Alongside Crash, I think Cosmopolis is his only true and complete failure.

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[–] purpleblows 12 years ago

I do feel bad for those who paid to see this. I borrowed from library and still couldn't sit thru it, it's like you said, doing anything else would be better.