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Trailer is horribly misleading, movie itself is very depressing....

posted 10 years ago by jakobus77
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Seriously the only funny moments in the film were the talking dog and cat, however, that each only had a grand total of maybe 30 minutes of screen time, the rest of this tragically messed up guys life, and his attempts to ignore the fact that he is a murder and completely insane.

The movie had some humorous moments but generally its a very sad story about a very sad character. I would give the movie a 6 out of 10 because it was not that great of a movie, and the advertising is very misleading, although the acting is pretty good and it had a few quirky moments.

[–] Readnought 10 years ago

I can sympathise with that.
I think the very term 'comedy' is totally misleading for this, even if 'dark comedy' does indicate the general mood of the film.
A very dark splatter-comedy film-noir horror might be more about covering it. It was not much fun imo either, that is for sure... It was so dark and tragic in its entire theme and content that I found it nigh unwatchable, myself.
But while I didn't enjoy it much as a viewing experience, to say the least, and found the pre-presentation rather misleading, same as you, I've got to admit that this, the movie itself, was still a great piece of storytelling.

Compare it to hellish crap like saw, hostel and the like...

I consider this to be a pretty classy art movie, in mainstream disguise, so to speak. While I can't deny I found it arduous to watch such sadness and tragedy in spite of the lighthanded presentation, and would rather have seen something else, my hat is still off to this, as a storytelling work of art.
Like it or not, you are placed in the poor mans shoes, right from the start.
While I didn't enjoy it, I can only respect and appreciate this contribution to movie history.
I gave an 8.

[–] tributarystu 10 years ago

I have to agree, this movie was very dark and really uncomfortable to watch at times - but in a good way, I guess.

[–] sick_desperation 10 years ago

Good sum up of the movie. It was very, very hard to watch for me. But don't regret it.

[–] ninthcentury 9 years ago

So you three just didn't warm up to the movie? And admit it was a "pretty classy art movie"? That's very interesting. Thank you for the review.

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[–] toddp-10 10 years ago

Trailer is horribly misleading

Sadly many are. Will make a movie look like it's an action movie when it has one action scene or make a movie like this seem to be a light zany comedy by showing the lightest points. It's done on purpose too. If they think they can get more sales/rentals from people looking for a zany Ryan Reynolds, that's how they market it

I don't think many directors even get a say in the trailers. At that point it's out of their hands and with marketing clowns. It's not so much being mislead, it's going into a movie expecting something that's not there. If a movie is not all action but more character driven, great. But if I go in expecting action it throws the vibe off

Same here. I enjoyed it. A pretty sad messed up character. But I was expecting a comedy and was thrown off.

[–] blister329 10 years ago

I agree. I feel the "comedy" bits were almost an afterthought, as without them, the movie would be awfully bleak. But, that's where I feel an opportunity was missed, had it been strictly "horror," (more psychological thriller, really), it would have worked so much better and been an incredibly frightening movie.

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[–] Nelfarion 10 years ago

Blister - Oh, it was fine as it was.

But some marketing clown tagged it as a comedy because of the talking animals (who were not in any way humourous, really). It's just that there's a perception that if there's even one second of animals appearing to talk, then it must be a comedy or a kids' movie.

As for misleading trailers - as per the above - Kangaroo Jack. What a crock of crap that trailer was when it came to the movie. In that case, I wanted to see a movie about a hip talking kangaroo, because that's what the trailer seemed to promise. What a rip-off; I didn't give a squat about the actors, I wanted the kangaroo, damnit.

[–] VinnieRattolle 10 years ago

Nelfarion, this is straying off topic, but "Kangaroo Jack" was shot as an R-rated dramedy titled "Down and Under." Test audiences liked the film's sole scene with a kangaroo, so they added, edited, reshot and reworked until we got the utterly craptacular PG-rated film that was ultimately released. Not only was it not what the trailers promised, it had strayed so far from what was originally intended that it pleased precisely no one.

Back on topic, I TOTALLY agree that the trailers for "The Voices" were misleading. I was expecting a searing black comedy more along the lines of "Heathers." The film has definitely has that vibe at times (actually, Heathers was supposed to end with everyone dead and attending prom in heaven, so I suppose it's closer than I realized), but this one's much more downbeat... despite the bizarro ending.

[–] equalthree 10 years ago

This movie makes me feel physically sick. I thought it was terrible. Zero!

[–] ninthcentury 9 years ago

Pretty sure "Clockwork Orange" and "Pulp Fiction" and "Silence of the Lambs" would all make me physically sick. Does that make them crappy movies? Should I give them a 0 star rating?

Do not downrate movies based on your feelings. It isn't fair and is egocentric and immature. Please tell me you didn't poke the "1 star" button, or at least promise to un-click the nasty rating you already gave it.

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[–] FactUnderChecK 9 years ago

Do not downrate movies based on your feelings.

disagree. completely. i'm not rating movies for you or anyone else - i am rating movies for me. i'm not critiquing every scene and performance of every movie i watch to determine how many stars said film 'deserves' - if i dont like the movie, im gona give it a low rating so if i come across it again i'll know - it sucked (for me).

[–] tolarrattler-imdb 10 years ago

Actually, I got exactly what I expected from the trailer. I knew there would be some comedy but it was going to be a dark movie. I generally do not look to a movie where a guy keeps the severed head of a coworker in his fridge as a giggles movie.

[–] ardentayu 9 years ago

I liked this movie, and it did make me LOL at times, but I also thought it was much, much sadder than I expected. The first 30 minutes are funnier, but once he really starts losing it and killing, and you also see the world as he sees it when he's off he's meds, it's pretty disturbing. I still think it was well-done, and it's not surprising that the trailer feels a bit misleading. I mean, how do you market this? It's not great marketing to say: It's kind of funny and quirky esp at first, but eventually, you'll feel really disturbed and sad? Because most movies that are both sad and funny ("dramedies") make you laugh and "cry" (literally or just figuratively) in a good way and it alternates throughout. This started at point A and eventually ends at point B.

[–] emilforeal 9 years ago

Exactly Jackobus77... I hate how they try and make you sympathize and excuse this sickos behavior with some crappy back story of how he was a used as a child and it's really not his fault he is a sick demented murder that needs to be put down. Point blank range.

[–] dayvit78 9 years ago

That's why I don't usually watch the trailers of a movie before I see it. However, in this case, even the movie poster was misleading...

Ryan Reynolds in pink with a pitiful looking dog and cat. I really thought it was going to be a comedy. The opening credits were the first hint that it wasn't so. Then, when the cat started hurling abuse, I realized this was not a light comedy for kids.

*SPOILERS*
Throughout the whole movie, I was still looking for comedy - I wouldn't even say there was dark comedy. The pets talking were very serious. Hitting the dear, the way Fiona freaked out when he answered the dear, and the way he ran after Fiona were all done very seriously.

This was a pure drama, psychological thriller. After having reset my expectations, I did enjoy the movie. It made me think about our perceptions of reality and of course, mental disorders.