N2x said:
Oh. Ok. Thanks, man. I'll be sure to listen to your non-casual moviegoing opinion and not rewatch one of the best films to come out of Hollywood last year. I'll listen to you because you appear to have an impressively vast knowledge of film and film technique which you used to carefully weigh your final judgement. I'll listen to you, Jedah Doma, because you obviously know what the fuck makes up a good film.
Oh, my apologies for not giving my in depth review. I didn't realize that simple opinions didn't do around here. Next time I'll make sure to prove my movie l33tness (as you have just done in the above brilliant quote). So, just to entertain you, and to give you less to bitch about (because I know your life is one of misery and pain), AND I'll give you a litte more information on why I didn't like the movie.
For starters, it was well shoot, but characters were not well integrated nor explained. Many of the characters came in and were shown on screen without any sort of dialogue that gave you an idea what they had to do with the story or who they were (ex. the second "girlfriend" after Karen.
Although it was interesting to see Howard's trip into insanity, it was over done. Minutes of him speaking about mundane subjects and musing about sour milk. I understand that Martin was trying to get that point across, but there is beating a dead horse.
The filmed dragged at many points and had a hard time picking up. The ending and start of the film were equally as bad. It started off with a scene with him getting bathed by his mother, and boom, we're off to him making movies. Then at the end, he just repeats the same line "the way of the future" a couple dozen times, and there ya go, end of movie. Plus, who were those guys in white gloves coming towards hum at the end?
I liked Goodfellas and Gangs of New York. They were well directed and acted, but The Aviator just lost it. So many things weren't explained at all. I understand having some foreshadowing and mystery, but many ideas, characters, and scenes didn't make sense and made the movie fall apart.
Now, while I realize I could go even more in depth, I realize you'd still be an asshole about it, so I think I'll stop it here.
BTW: NEWFLASH: People can think movies suck. SPREAD THE NEWS.
