The first impressions is upon us...brace yourself
Dear lord, BY THE SEA is dreadful.
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Yeah I just saw it at AFI and it was pretty terrible. Tonally all over the place
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Doesn't seem like a good reception to me...
shareI unfortunately was not at AFI Fest, so I can't comment on the initial reactions at the premiere. But despite the negative articles about the early buzz, the consensus really does seem mixed. Yes, there are some terrible reviews. But Film School Rejects, IndieWire, Collider, Slash Film, LA Daily News, Guardian, and Nerd Report gave fairly positive reviews as well.
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Most of those are junk sites with terrible half-brained critics. share
Not only that her fans aka loons contribute reviews to some of these sites as well. If you see a overtly gushing review talking about how deep in luver Angelina and Brad Pitt are, then that review is fake.
shareThe movie seemed strangely all over the place in terms of what is what trying to be, both in genre and in tone. The first 45 minutes are slow, repetitive and pretty dull. Then really suddenly, the movie decides to go somewhere completely off-the-rails with a development that I found hilarious (I can spoil it for you guys if you really want) before going back to the dull self-seriousness in the last third.
I'm really not sure what Jolie was going for with this movie but it's awkwardly stuck somewhere between self-seriousness and humor. So, ultimately it's not much of anything - just kind of a mess. But both actors are still pretty good as is the supporting cast and there are a few good moments so it wasn't a total waste. Just not something I'd recommend.
Spoil it, I'd love to know.
shareWell it's already kind of been spoiled by a few reviews I've read but Pitt and Jolie's characters basically save their marriage by discovering a peephole to the room next door and living vicariously through the lives of the couple next door. It's an interesting idea but it feels like it's almost played for laughs. They get the other couple drunk and watch them, they eat dinner and drink wine at the peephole and take turns watching them having sex. It's pretty campy and out of left field considering the rest of the movie is almost deadly serious.
shareOh god. When you said they discover a peephole to the room next door, I for a second thought you were going to say they discover a portal to the alternate universe and they watch themselves live a completely different life. Now THAT would be a twist.
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