I have seen a lot of poor films in my time, but this... what the hell were they thinking.
Poor script, poor acting, poor story, poor idea.
This deserves a spot on the Bottom 100 on imdb, which I'm sure we'll all see it there.
P.s. if you liked the idea of this film, excited for it, thought it looked amazing, all hope is lost for you and please don't peruse or give off the illusion to anyone else that you know about films, please.
Really? I know it has gotten mixed reviews but some have been very positive. And no one at all has criticized the acting. In fact, every review I've read has said that the acting is very good all around and the leads in particular.
The criticism has been aimed at the script adaptation, which chose to "open up" the action to set the stage for what was the big (and basically only) event of the play: the dinner. They say that ended up taking the political bite out of it.
But most of the negative comments have centered on the political message: it's too anvilish, or it's too ambivalent, or it makes the characters too attractive in a way, etc. It's almost impossible to review the film without discussing it's political and class implications, so the reviews often hinge in part on how the reviewer feels they were handled, and how he/she views these things in general.
Anyway, I've read quite a few reviews. About half positive, a quarter mixed and a quarter (at most) "not worth it."
I can't wait to watch it. But tell me bro?... You sound like you must have watched it. Based on your opinions, so why did you watch it. Were you forced?
shareI felt that the film lost all of the comedy, message, and politics that the play, Posh, had. A real shame that the same writer, Laura Wade, could take such an incredible piece of theatre and lose everything that it represented trying to make a film. I was incredibly disappointed after seeing this tonight. The play is on my top three best productions I have see. A mighty shame indeed.
shareWhat did you think of her decision to make Miles a "protagonist" (more sympathetic), give him a love interest as an (IMO) plot device, and only get to the dinner in the second half? I have read that this made the film wander into "teen romance" territory and took some of the air and bite out of it.
I haven't seen it yet and only found out about it in the first place because Jessica Brown-Findlay was playing Rachel. I was disappointed to discover that they changed her role, created this working-class girlfriend character who wasn't even in the play and shoehorned her into the dinner scene too.
No offense to Holliday Grainger, whom I like a lot. I just would have preferred they kept the Rachel role intact and fleshed her out a bit more, which seems like it would have served the same purpose the girlfriend role played without distracting from the Main Event. I mean, why do you need THREE female characters to represent that working-class perspective? The original two would have sufficed.
And it sounds like they didn't leave quite enough time to let the situation build up during the dinner scene either.
It's not said anywhere in the film that she's working-class. She's just not rich.
shareher parents were paying out 9k a year- she isn't poor, she was well educated- but she wasn't from a 'public' school and she had a northern accent. she could have been pretty rich- just not insanely rich and privileged.
'a public school in the uk is not a public school in the states.. its a the highest level private schools in the country- like eton, westminster, harrow, etc.
we call free schools- state schools.
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Well said Runie!
There's this misconception that anyone who didn't attend public school or has a Northern accent must be 'working class'. Since only 7% of the country attend public school that would apparently make the other 93% 'working class'...
Like most people privileged enough to attend Oxbridge, Lauren probably came from a well-to-do family and attended a good school in a decent area, but like many middle-class people in this country who have no frigging clue of what it means to be genuinely working class, she moans and bleats about discrimination and the posh elite without realising she's actually a part of the real elite.
I have not seen the play. Having seen the film, I'm surprised to read that there was comedy in the original script. I didn't laugh out loud at any point in the film.
shareTry looking up the Bullingdon Club. The "idea" is actually factual.
shareAhh diddums. Are you upset that the truth is being told about the British upper-class elite?
shareApparently, David Cameron said that he's looking forward to seeing this film: so you're right about there being no hope for him (or the country!)
shareCameron also says he's a fan of The Smiths, and the Jams 'The Eton Rifles' which goes to show that he's either very thick-skinned, like a lot of callous people tend to be, or he's completely stupid and doesn't realise they're taking the piss.
shareI have to agree this was one of the worst films I've seen in a VERY long time. SO bad in fact I walked out for only the third time EVER
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Have to admit I've seen a number of recent films (Cinema) which have been very average with a disappointing script at best and this film is no different.
Toffs with rich daddies whom probably live in Surrey or London's West End go to University join a privileged club that act as if they can buy anybody and do what they want but one has a girlfriend and is less debauchery minded than the others...the end.
That sums it up. This film really is much ado about nothing much.
Film scripts are indeed dropping in standard, generally. That's been the case for over 10 years now.
Toffs with rich daddies whom probably live in Surrey or London's West End go to University join a privileged club that act as if they can buy anybody and do what they want but one has a girlfriend and is less debauchery minded than the others
Pocahontas: The Legend? Now that's an awful film. Into the Blue? That's a bad film. The Riot Club? Not a masterpiece but not bad at all.
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