WONDERFUL, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIKE TO WATCH 80 MINUTES...
...OF WHINING.
THANK GOODNESS I WATCHED THIS FOR FREE. THE ENTIRETY OF WHAT THIS REVEALS OR HOPES TO, COULD HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED OVER A FIVE MINUTE CUP OF COFFEE, IN MY OPINION.
I KEPT THINKING AS HE WAS BUILDING VERMEER'S ROOM, A SCENE SHOWING HIM LIFTING A BEAM..., "OK I GOT THE SHOT, LET'S BRING IN THE CARPENTERS."
I'LL GIVE HIM PROPS FOR PAINTING THIS PICTURE, IF HE ACTUALLY DID...BUT IT AIN'T NO VERMEER. IT'S JUST WAY TOO HARSH IN MY OPINION.
THEN, AT THE END, WHEN HE SEES HIS WORK, HE BREAKS DOWN IN TEARS. AS IF HE JUST HAD SAVED A HUMAN BEING FROM JUMPING OFF A ROOF, OR SAVED A PLATOON FROM BEING ANNIHILATED. MY GOD, I'D NEVER HAVE ALLOWED THAT IN A VIDEO. JUST A TOUCH OF VANITY, HUH?
THE GUY'S OBVIOUSLY A SUCCESS AT HIS REGULAR WORK, BUT I HONESTLY BELIEVE THIS WHOLE THING WAS JUST A VANITY PIECE.
HE'S NO CHARLIE CHAPLIN.
IN THE END, I FELT HIS WAS A COPY OF A VERMEER DONE BY AN INVENTOR.
AND DAVID HOCKNEY PRAISING THE PAINTING AT THE END...WITH LIGHTS ALL AROUND, AND CAMERAS SET UP, ETC. WHAT WAS HE GOING TO SAY, "IT'S GARBAGE!" I DON'T THINK SO.
I WATCHED IT TWICE TO SEE IF I MISSED SOMETHING. I WAS AS BORED AS TIM SEEMED TO BE.