And all of the racism controversy that's surrounding the movie to top it all off. I keep blinking at the casting calls and wondering if they're for real. D:
But yeah. According to my friend Ray, some of the kids are decent actors, so a lot had to do with directing. Boooooo to Mr. Director. He just failed big time.
Opening night and the theater was deserted aside from me and my friends. Bad sign? Yes ma'am.
Oh, man. Rob bought me a ticket to see it Wednesday night/Thursday morning as my birthday present, and all I could think after the movie ended was that I am so glad I didn't have to waste my own money on that.
The pacing was terrible. This could have easily been drawn into a two-hour movie and probably should have been considering they were trying to condense ten hours of material into a short, 90-minute movie (Wiki's running time is 103 minutes). Instead, we would get a scene where the entire idea seemed to be "Enter. Find person. Person gives infodump! Katara says 'We've got to go!' Leave." The entire movie was one long strand of "SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF OMG."
You're right in that the costumes and settings (in most cases) were gorgeous. There was some serious eyecandy going on in this movie, though it's a shame it didn't extend to the actors as well. Makeup could have used some work--at first, it didn't even look like Dev Patel even had a scar! The script was absolutely horrendous. Oh my gosh, I just--cries.
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And all of the racism controversy that's surrounding the movie to top it all off. I keep blinking at the casting calls and wondering if they're for real. D:
But yeah. According to my friend Ray, some of the kids are decent actors, so a lot had to do with directing. Boooooo to Mr. Director. He just failed big time.
Opening night and the theater was deserted aside from me and my friends. Bad sign? Yes ma'am.
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The pacing was terrible. This could have easily been drawn into a two-hour movie and probably should have been considering they were trying to condense ten hours of material into a short, 90-minute movie (Wiki's running time is 103 minutes). Instead, we would get a scene where the entire idea seemed to be "Enter. Find person. Person gives infodump! Katara says 'We've got to go!' Leave." The entire movie was one long strand of "SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF OMG."
You're right in that the costumes and settings (in most cases) were gorgeous. There was some serious eyecandy going on in this movie, though it's a shame it didn't extend to the actors as well. Makeup could have used some work--at first, it didn't even look like Dev Patel even had a scar! The script was absolutely horrendous. Oh my gosh, I just--cries. ( ... )
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