Thank god they all died and ended the movie.
Okay that was mean, though not totally uncalled for. I have been looking forward to seeing this film, having been made to believe from various sources that it was really very good. Having now watched it, I have this to say:
I can see why people say that this film is good. It has all the makings of a 'cult classic' type film and the narration IS very good. However Kirsten Dunst was at the weakest I have ever seen her and none of the other girls HAD any character! So it was up to her to add any intrigue into the movie, which they tried to do, again and again, but there are only so many sideways glanced whispers of a smile directed at the boys from a painfully obvious flirtatious Kirsten I can take. It was good how they portrayed her as a sexually frustrated teenager. But even a blind man could tell that she was not 14. She looked older than the 17 year old, I don’t see why she couldn’t have played the eldest sister, at least then that aspect of the film could have been believable. Unless it was based on a book, then the casting director should be fired. (it is based on a book) Going back to the other girls. I couldn’t even tell them apart they just stood around being mouse-like and looking the same. Did I miss something there? it just didn’t happen, the ending was also a disappointment, though a surprise, not a shock. I wish they had gone more into the girls lives, well no, because they did do that, I wish they had gone more into the girls heads and their thoughts. Doing the film from the boys point of view was interesting but not strong enough of an idea to base the whole film on. the movie certainly had moments of magic when I thought, YES that is good, but those moments were few and far between and dampened down by purposely and pretentiously boring moments and confused ']#]#]#]#]#9999999999999 jasper get off! confused failing attempts a witty comedy. at points it made me smile and giggle like a girl watching any run-of-the-mill rom/com but that was not why I was watching it, if I were looking for cheap entertainment in a fairy tale land I would have watched something else, that didn’t parade under the mask of 'sublimely poetic’ or ‘a subtle, humorous, refreshing look at tragedy and the complexities of growing up‘. This film is in my opinion a film for the masses who view themselves to be deep thinkers, who can then discus how they felt the film reflected real life ‘in a raw and eye opening way‘. it does not, it was about as convincing as Kirsten Dunst's pleas for mercy as her mother burnt all of her rock records 'no mummy please, not Aerosmith'.
it tries to be so many things, and fails all of them. but it wasn’t really even a very ambitious film ether. if I could have said well they tried to do this and they tried to do that but failed. I would have given them some merit for attempting SOMETHING. but it was like being tickled with a feather, just brushing the surface of the subject so lightly that its more annoying than laughable.
very much like an old man's fart.
Okay that was mean, though not totally uncalled for. I have been looking forward to seeing this film, having been made to believe from various sources that it was really very good. Having now watched it, I have this to say:
I can see why people say that this film is good. It has all the makings of a 'cult classic' type film and the narration IS very good. However Kirsten Dunst was at the weakest I have ever seen her and none of the other girls HAD any character! So it was up to her to add any intrigue into the movie, which they tried to do, again and again, but there are only so many sideways glanced whispers of a smile directed at the boys from a painfully obvious flirtatious Kirsten I can take. It was good how they portrayed her as a sexually frustrated teenager. But even a blind man could tell that she was not 14. She looked older than the 17 year old, I don’t see why she couldn’t have played the eldest sister, at least then that aspect of the film could have been believable. Unless it was based on a book, then the casting director should be fired. (it is based on a book) Going back to the other girls. I couldn’t even tell them apart they just stood around being mouse-like and looking the same. Did I miss something there? it just didn’t happen, the ending was also a disappointment, though a surprise, not a shock. I wish they had gone more into the girls lives, well no, because they did do that, I wish they had gone more into the girls heads and their thoughts. Doing the film from the boys point of view was interesting but not strong enough of an idea to base the whole film on. the movie certainly had moments of magic when I thought, YES that is good, but those moments were few and far between and dampened down by purposely and pretentiously boring moments and confused ']#]#]#]#]#9999999999999 jasper get off! confused failing attempts a witty comedy. at points it made me smile and giggle like a girl watching any run-of-the-mill rom/com but that was not why I was watching it, if I were looking for cheap entertainment in a fairy tale land I would have watched something else, that didn’t parade under the mask of 'sublimely poetic’ or ‘a subtle, humorous, refreshing look at tragedy and the complexities of growing up‘. This film is in my opinion a film for the masses who view themselves to be deep thinkers, who can then discus how they felt the film reflected real life ‘in a raw and eye opening way‘. it does not, it was about as convincing as Kirsten Dunst's pleas for mercy as her mother burnt all of her rock records 'no mummy please, not Aerosmith'.
it tries to be so many things, and fails all of them. but it wasn’t really even a very ambitious film ether. if I could have said well they tried to do this and they tried to do that but failed. I would have given them some merit for attempting SOMETHING. but it was like being tickled with a feather, just brushing the surface of the subject so lightly that its more annoying than laughable.
very much like an old man's fart.
Having said all that it wasnt a BAD movie, just a disapointment.
the cover says it all, i should have known better.
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