this movie is bad.

katz155

I just watched this movie and I must say it was terrible. I've been reading about Renoir and I was wholly disappointed. I was expecting something revolutionary, something really unique, but instead I found it to be cliché and boring. I suppose one could argue that that was "the whole point of the movie" that the upper class life was trite and boring, and that's all well and good, say what you must, but a good filmmaker need not make the movie trite and boring to prove those same qualities as a point about society. The direction was blasé, although i did enjoy the sets and the use of space. The writing was mostly predictable, and when it wasn't, it was instead, idiotic. The characters were ridiculous and not just because they were supposed to be. They were ridiculous in the way Days of Our Lives characters are ridiculous. Which leads me to my overall point of the movie: This disappointing film seems to be a precursor for today's mind-rotting, brain-boiling television soap operas. Stick this two hour movie on the WB, I'm sure couch potatoes would love to follow it as a six-week mini series, right after Smallville or One Tree Hill, maybe? Maybe Fox would like to pick it up, stick it before Lost. Although the movie's historical context and history helps the film to be a bit more impressive and allows a viewer to appreciate it in some respect, it does not save the film. Only watch this movie if it's free and you've got absolutely nothing else to do for two hours, or if you have to write a term paper on it and it's 75% of your grade. if it's any lower than 75%, try and find a cliff notes version.

score 3/10

katz155 18 October 2005

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