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EMPTY AND POINTLESS FILM

posted 12 years ago by prencil
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They had a great lead actor in Michael Shannon - he was wasted on amateur screenwriting and a director, without a singular and passionate voice. Any first year film student could have directed this film and came up with about the same unsatisfying and boring results

This plays mostly as a made-for-TV bio-pic. A chronicle of events strung together poorly and without any apparent dramatic purpose.

This film stayed with me about as long as it took me to leave my seat and walk out of the theatre.

A fashion parade of catchy period costumes. Some exciting facial hair and some very beautiful chiaroscuro cinematography.

How do these films get made with such awful director's and screenwriters?

[–] Films411 12 years ago

Who does James Franco play? Please tell me, I don't care abour spoilers.

[–] The-ManWithNoName 12 years ago

He plays a pussy.

[–] audierules 12 years ago

i agree prencil

[–] rp69 12 years ago

Agreed. Missed it's mark. Felt like an old cable movie.

Interesting to look at though. Great selection of everyday old cars you don't see anymore.

[–] The-ManWithNoName 12 years ago

I noticed that too. The set/prop/costume design was really good.

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[–] The-ManWithNoName 12 years ago

When you make a film, be sure to come back to this thread. That way, you can post a link so that we can compare it to this one.

Until then, try to shut the fvck up about 1st year film students can make this and any other unoriginal comments like
that. That's a typical wanna be filmmaker talk.