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what a complete embarrassment. literally embarrassing to watch

posted 9 years ago by reaseltbim
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I kept watching this movie and I kept this feeling of embarrassment... what the hell was Neill Blomkamp thinking?
I wonder if he wanted to hire Pitbull for District 9 or if he ever thought about hiring Kanye west for Elysium (I know about the Eminem casting)
This had a good idea behind it, and good effects, but i couldn't take the mommy and daddy characters seriously. Any time those scenes showed up i felt cringe, actual real cringe feeling. I know as a music group they are cool for people, but for a multi million dollar sci fi movie? was Neill drunk when he made this? wtf.

they should have made the two singers secondary evil characters to a better main villain. I would have liked to see the guy and the girl being henchmen for some other bad guy. they should have gotten a different actor to play the "daddy" character.

this was a mess. and I could never get into the movie like i did with District 9, or even Elysium. Even that one was more relatable.
I am not sure who Neill Blomkamp made this movie for. I am not sure who are the characters supposed to relate to. Only Die Antwoord fans? IS this entire movie made for their fans? this cannot possibly have been done for sci fi fans. or even Blomkamp's own fans.
who is this for? i dont get it. this was so bad...

[–] GuyOnTheLeft 9 years ago

Those two actors/characters seem to be divisive. The majority of critics seem to feel as you do; however, the NY Times singled them out for praise in an otherwise mixed review, and the San Francisco Chronicle said:

Yo-landi, in her feature debut, is a real find, with a childlike voice and appearance, but with a whole atmosphere of corruption about her. Imagine Giulietta Masina from the Fellini films, only alarming and futuristic.

I am with that camp: I thought they were great. But obviously MMV.

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[–] reaseltbim 9 years ago

i can understand fans of them loving them. If Shakira was in a movie, well yeah I would love that it would be awesome.
would she be agood actress... probably not, Would NON shakira fans like her? probably not.
would anyone outside of America (the continent) even care? probably not
would it make good sense to hire her, just because I love her so much??? .... eh. probably not.

This reminds me of that KISS movie from the 70s, reminds me of when Maria Carey made that horrible movie GLitter
Reminds me of when Britney Spears made that silly movie,

This movie and the two actors reminded me a lot of SPICE WORLD... the Spice girls had the exact type of acting that the blonde girl had.
I think it was literally like one of the Spice girls (baby Spice)

she was playing herself, not sure why the NY times saw all that they say they saw. It's like saying that Britney Spears was amazing in Crossroads just because the movie is about 3 girls on a road trip...

Like, are you going to tell he they couldn't hire ANYONE better? anyone at all? these guys are not even actors... like at all. no experience.
is Neil that much of a fanboy? did he put his movie at risk for being such a fanboy?
most critics hated it, most people didn't like it, it pretty much flopped in theaters. didn't make that much money.

All because he loved their music? that's pretty insane tbh.

[–] GuyOnTheLeft 9 years ago

I thought they were great, as I said, but I knew nothing about them going into the movie. It was only after watching the movie and reading reviews that I learned they were a music duo and not established actors.

I have never seen Britney Spears, Shakira, Mariah Carey, or the Spice Girls in a movie, but I have my doubts that they would be this good.

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[–] reaseltbim 9 years ago

you should watch Spice World.

they act exactly the same as Yolandi. you might like it

[–] GuyOnTheLeft 9 years ago

Uh huh. Did they get strong notices from the New York Times too?

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[–] denise1234 9 years ago

GuyOnTheLeft^

"...I knew nothing about them going into the movie. It was only after watching the movie and reading reviews that I learned they were a music duo and not established actors."

Ditto. I didn't know that until now.

If this movie had *had* a comparable 'other famous/well-known' analogue known to me, in the roles instead, that potentially could have 'taken me out' of the film while watching it, but that also would have been dependent upon who that would have been and/or how well they had done in the film.

I guess sometimes ignorance IS bliss :)

And, I enjoyed this film ~

"Much communication in a motion, without conversation or a notion"

[–] GuyOnTheLeft 9 years ago

Well said!

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[–] chunkiefroth 9 years ago

I am not sure who Neill Blomkamp made this movie for.

He makes movies for himself, and could care less who likes them.

[–] reaseltbim 9 years ago

why involve a studio and millions of dollars then?

Why release it world wide?

like, Seriously why even release it like that? why not in Select theaters? why not do what indie movies do

so you are telling me he is just wasting everyone's time? he is making movies for his own collection and just wasting people's time by releasing them?  is this real life?

[–] vesperview 9 years ago

chunkiefroth just has a hard time accepting that CHAPPiE was one of the worst films of 2015.

[–] reaseltbim 9 years ago

sometimes when there is a person pushing so hard for a movie, it ends up being someone that was involved in the project somehow. even someone like an Extra or something.

sometimes i wonder....

[–] larosat 9 years ago

One of the worst films of all time.

[–] andrewhollingsworth 9 years ago

No it isn't.

[–] donpadilla 9 years ago

Chappie was one of the best films of 2015.

[–] elgaspo 9 years ago

He makes movies for himself, and could care less who likes them.

Yeah....and w that attitude, he's laughing all the way to the bank....Wonder where he stashes all his $...Cayman Islands, Lichtenstein, Monte Carlo, Switzerland?

So you're saying that as crappy as his movies are, there is still a lower level to be reached- let's piss off more ppl who spent hard-earned $ at the movieplex cause as bad as the last masterpiece was, ole Neil ain't quite done yet. More, lower levels of Dante's Inferno to be explored.

Clue you in, Champ. It's "could not care less."

For those of you new to the board, Chunkie is by far the most die hard fan of this offal. He has, at different times, defended the [ahem] musicians, plot's non sequiturs, director, art dept, you name it he's got a reason why they're not tripe, they're diamonds in the rough.

Edited: check out Chunkie's page. He has taken the time & pain to rate three thousand eight hundred and one [3801 ! ] movies. The phrase 'get a life' is thrown around rather glibly these days, but when the shoe fits, well...

Tell me the difference between stupid and illegal and I'll have my wife's brother arrested.

[–] blakblu 9 years ago

Never heard of them before this movie. I LOVED the daddy guy, and the American guy. Very refreshing to see a Mexican American instead of the same old white guy as the "American". Mommy was great too. The yellow fully automatic Ar-15 was the kicker.

[–] tbone10270 9 years ago

You people are so dumb and closed off in your own little world you can't appreciate anything that isn't "made for you"
Go back to watching shakira videos spice world and crossroads

[–] donpadilla 9 years ago

Neil Blomkamp wanted to make a movie like RoboCop mixed with other movies he grew up watching. This movie was a lot better than that boring remake.

[–] reaseltbim 9 years ago

that boring remake didnt have two annoying over the top cartoon characters ruining the movie with terrible acting.

[–] donpadilla 9 years ago

To each their own. I didn't they were annoying and acted well in Chappie.

Chappie was fun and entertaining a lot of science fiction movies seem to miss that aspect now.

[–] laymonite-2 9 years ago

I have no idea what you're on about, but I assume you have some kind of preconceived prejudice against the film as it features singers (apparently). I had no idea there were singers in any of the roles - didn't spoil the film for me. I thoroughly enjoyed it, as did my GF and her son and his GF.

I didn't LIKE the gangster characters at all, but found the film very enjoyable. I could certainly pick a lot of holes in it, but it was very entertaining.

The gangster characters (and the police in fact) were unrealistic caricatures I thought, like those in the slightly similar Robocop. Didn't ruin the theme of the film.

[–] reaseltbim 9 years ago

I didn't LIKE the gangster characters at all,
The gangster characters (and the police in fact) were unrealistic caricatures I thought

the gansters were like 80% of the movie.... how can you enjoy a movie while strongly disliking the movie's main characters?

[–] danmax67 9 years ago

I didn't know they were musical stars. I thought they were terrible. They reminded me of one of those generic gangs portrayed in 80s movies.