loyalfromlondon wrote:
Ohhhhh, I saw it last week.
from the Everyone's A Critic thread
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Man oh man...
For starters, Tarsem shot this fucker on FOUR CONTINENTS and in about 12 countries. And boy is it beautiful. A+
The story is equal parts Pan's Labyrinth and The Princess Bride. And it works only about 50% of the time. D+
I don't know how to grade it. If the story had worked, this would have been one of the masterpieces of the year.
As it is, I have to give it something in the C range.
It hurts because you know a lot of work went into this film.
I remember reading that now.
I'm thinking this (and I'll try to really get my thoughts out later)...
Cinematography - amazing
Score - phenomenal
Acting - pretty great
Story - good (the fantasy), great (the 15 minutes before the ending), ok (the "modern" story) and really bad (after the conclusion in the fantasy story).
So. I'm gonna go with a B- for now. Maybe a C+. I honestly walked out, turned to my friend and said "WTF did we just watch"?
Sigh. I agree, it pains me that I didn't like it as much as I hoped. It was obviously a work of passion, but just...not the right type.
