move over, match point.
oh god, i just watched a history of violence and sweet jesus, it was beyond horrible. i was so, so excited about this movie, too! ugh. i know i have a tendency to exaggerate, but it's definitely the worst movie i've seen in months. when i saw grizzly man, i thought, this is the worst movie i've ever seen. then i saw crash and i was like, no THIS is the worst movie i've ever seen. then i saw match point and i said, no no, THIS is the worst movie i've ever seen. well, this movie has topped them all. god. boring doesn't come close to describing it. i feel actually exhausted by how bored i was. the plot makes no sense, the acting is horrible, the pace is incredibly slow, and the whole thing is just completely god-awful. seriously, how did the critics love this movie? have any of you seen it? comments, please!
posted by stefanie @ 10:16 PM
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Yay, that's one movie I can delete from my seemingly never-ending list of movies to see. Thanks for taking one for the team! ;)
What did you not like about "Grizzly Man?" I enjoyed watching it, in a weird, morbid sort of way. I didn't think Tim Treadwell was the smartest guy in the world, but Herzog's portrayal of his life was rather interesting. Plus, the bear/fox footage was incredible.
I haven't seen A History of Violence, and I didn't so much like Crash, but Grizzly Man was by far one of the best movies I saw last year. What was better?
ugh! grizzly man! that heavy-handed narration about how nature is inherently violent. and the scene of his friend sobbing over the audio tape, and herzog awkwardly comforting her. and tim treadwell...i mean, he was obviously mentally unstable. i had the same vaguely icky feeling about grizzly man that i did about napoleon dynamite, the unself-conscious representation of these people who obviously have major problems - like laughing at the developmentally disabled kid in class. and on top of that, because it ended so tragically, it felt invasive, like a documentary of someone's suicide.
what was better? capote, brokeback mountain, the squid and the whale, walk the line, lilya 4-ever.
I never said it wasn't dark or awkward or tragic, but I felt it was a well-done, compelling film. I'd rather come away from a movie feeling upset or confused than simply sad or comforted or whatever. And show me a movie that doesn't portray characters with major problems. Why does a self-conscious portrayal make this any better? Comparing Timothy Treadwell to a developmentally disabled kid isn't fair, nor is it right to say that anyone--Herzog or the audience--is laughing at him. People the world over laughed about Timothy Treadwell's demise, at what a moron he must have been. This film is Herzog's attempt (successful, in my opinion) to portray him as someone more complex than that.
Joe, you nailed it, man. Herzog has always been attracted to people and events that are complicated. He's fascinated by the really strange things in this world. And even though I'm not comparing "Jarhead" to "Grizzly Man," I enjoyed Jarhead because I did not come out of it feeling comforted or happy. I had a mixture of emotions, simply because it defied the logic of what we term "war" movies. It's not a war movie. It's the farthest thing from a war movie.
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