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I had to shut it off 18 minutes and 40 seconds in

posted 10 years ago by tim-arnold777
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If I had to suffer that rambling Russian bitch of a magistrate drone on for another second reading from the court record, I would be hell-bent to saw through my scrotum with a rusty reciprocating saw and pour boiling vinegar on the wound to distract me from the excruciating agony of that soul-less blather. Holy mother of all fugugly prostitutes. Who in the hell awards such high praise and accolades to such an irritating and tortuous piece of cinema? I would rather several billion female pinworms make a vacation resort of my anus than have to watch the rest of this movie. Call me what you will. I didn't give it a chance. Yeah. So what. IMO it didn't deserve one.

[–] emncaity 9 years ago

Who in the hell awards such high praise and accolades to such an irritating and tortuous piece of cinema?

Enough people to rate it a 7.7, and enough critics to give it a Metacritic score of 9.2 in the aggregate.

Hey, you asked.

So maybe you missed something. Or maybe it's just not your thing. Which is fine; I've been mystified by the occasional film that got astoundingly good reviews and user ratings. Maybe you're even right. But possibly a little humility would do. It's one thing to say it irritated and tortured you, quite another to say it "was" irritating and tortuous, as if this were some kind of objective fact that inheres in the film itself.

[–] fst5000 9 years ago

i think the scene was successful then. i don't think there can be higher praise for the director.

[–] Bitterblogger 9 years ago

One has to realize that the film was made by a Russian for Russians. The perspective of pacing is different than what most of the West produces: one man's meat, etc.

The OP submitted a hyperbolic and humorous reaction. Since he controlled the playback, all know that he could've fast-forwarded through the recitation of the judgment and picked up the story from then on. Had he cared to.

I believe that in picking the movie to view in the first place, he had a fair idea that it wouldn't follow the formula of a Hollywood product.

[–] umme4uke 9 years ago

Ha ha - I have read around half of this thread and it has made me think this film isn't even worth pirating.