I've never seen a film that sounded so much like it was written by a precocious teenager.
Nicklpool's Patent Cosmopolator.
A line from Cosmopolis every time - select one from each category:
a) The future / Society / Our generation / My cat
b) is eating / must reconfigure / will die screaming without / needs to kill
c) its technology / the blood of this car / our script / a haircut
Over to you.
Almost every single line sounded so pretentious and each situation so scripted and phony. I actually made it through the whole thing but I wish I didn't. Now I can read from other pretentious people how absolutely genius this film really was.
shareNow I can read from other pretentious people how absolutely genius this film really was.
IMO the pretentiousness from those that disliked the film is what is laughable. The height of arrogance. Continue on your robotic path believing everyone must think like you.
sharePeople can like the film. I was specifically talking about those who insult others as being too stupid to like what they like, which I then mentioned hasn't been commonplace on this board which is a welcome change from the norm.
Curious though, did you like this movie, or did you like that Robert Pattinson was in this movie more?
Yes, I was introduced to the film early on because of Pattinson's involvement. I went into my viewing having read the book and having followed much of the developement. I also was no stranger to Cronenberg. Not a devoted fan, but, had seen and enjoyed many of his films. Honestly, once I warmed to the cadence, I was absorbed. I have viewed it several times (the blu ray was almost as good a viewing experience as the theater) and have enjoyed it each time. I have no issue with people not liking the film, but, here, the prevelant approach of those individuals is to diminish the opinion of those who did like it by using the term pretentious as a weapon and squelching all discussion. From what I have seen here, the pretentious ones are those who need others to back up their dislike of the film. The film is polarizing for sure, but, the discussion could be very interesting if allowed to be. The simplistic FRESH/ ROTTEN Standard of RT has become the weak guiding principle for the discussion of film. I 'hated' it so it must be bad. Isn't it more interesting to disagree and discuss than to dismiss?
shareI see where you're coming from, but considering how this is IMDB I suppose some of us had our guard up before expressing a high degree of disappointment with this film. It is a common occurrence to write a not so flattering interpretation of a movie on these various forums, only to be met with terse ad hominems in response.
I did not read the book before seeing the film, I watched it solely because of Cronenberg. I am curious to read the book now because I feel that what was being said in the film would read much better on paper. Without having the book as a foundation to fall back on, I thought Cosmopolis was just a bad film that didn't work as cinema. It was a very frustrating experience.
Like I said, I do not have an issue with people who have seen the film having and voicing a negatiive opinion. One should own it but still be respectful.
As an aside, the film is a very faithful adaption of the book. For me, the book read like a long poem
I can see your POV. If I hadn't read the novel (three times in translated version)first, the movie would've gone totally over my head. But...it would've intrigued me enough to read the book afterwards.
As the dialogues are the same as in the novel, that was at least one thing I was familiar with. The performances were spot on too.
Recently I've read the book in English and I just love the quotes that DeLillo has written so well. In one sentence he expresses where others need a page for.
People may dislike the movie, but those who know the novel well, also know that Cronenberg did a splendid job.
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dude the movie was *beep* pretentious or not: absolute garbage. tried to be something it wasn't and a lot of fancy prose that were meaningless and lead to nothing. waste of time, and now i'm upset
shareCute... I like "The future is eating our script" but ... all of the dialog is taken from Delillo's novel and he's on many top five lists of great American writers.
shareI'm at 27 minutes and keep wanting to shut it off.
What in the hell am I watching?
lol, stop watching movies while making forum posts wtf xD
shareI've gotten to 29 minutes before posting.
It'ss funny I can hear them speaking but I've no idea what they are saying. Just monotone bollocks.
Hey! I don't patronise rabbits!
Normally I last two hours, but after watching this movie... you can call me minuteman.
"In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows."
I feel like the dialogue had to be like that on purpose. Probably showing how empty and staged all the character's lives are? As the film goes on I noticed the dialogue to become more natural (or maybe I was just getting used to it haha)
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Yeah, it is definitely not for everyone. But, you really didn't see the film if you only watched 13, 15, or 25 minutes.
shareHe wrote it in 6 days haha
shareI´m a Marathon Man - watched the thing all the way, even though with 2 small breaks. But, yeah, I´m certainly not surprised it´s got far and away the lowest IMDb rating of all Cronenberg films (the early shorts notwithstanding).
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
I lasted till about the prostate thing then skipped and hour ahead to see if they were still in the limo but he was running around with a gun looking dumb and stupid and then I shut it off.
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