I was going to let this movie die alone, but then it got a bunch of Oscar nods. Now, acting purely to balance what I see is quite off, I will give you my thoughts on the movie.
1 word: boring.
1 Phrase: It's not Forrest Gump.
Not that Forrest Gump is the most incredible movie ever. But so much happened in Forrest Gump. This is an equally long movie about...
SPOILERS
... a guy who was born old and grew younger. I would think a guy like this would have had a pretty epic life. "He's so curious" we are told by one of the actresses saying some lines.
Let me explain how curious he was. He got out of the house he was raised in only once in the roughly twenty years he lived there before moving out. Then he got a job on a ship and did that for a while. Then I walked out.
About 2/3 into the movie, Boring has aged (or de-aged) about 50 years. All I had seen of his life are the three girls he dated. One was the raspy, frustrating woman trying to narrate the story, one was a woman that cheated on her husband with Benjamin, and the other was a prostitute he bought every Sunday at a brothel. He also made some friends on the ship we worked on.
Like Forrest Gump and Big Fish, the story sets up for an incredible life story, but all we get is a summary of his sex life and job. Granted I walked out 2/3 of the way in (I did, actually, have to be somewhere and, not doing my research, did not know the movie was so long).
Anyway, that's the short and sweet of it, IMHO, from the critic that hates movies.
Added: This is the director (David Fincher) that made Fight Club and Seven. Talk about going downhill.
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One of the most dreadful experiences of my life, I deeply regret watching it. I assumed it would be pretty good, seeing as it has a splendid cast (and crew), but it really was one of the most boring an unextraordinary films I've ever seen. I wanted to walk out, but I kept waiting for it to get better... no such luck though.
I'm glad you agree. Thanks for reading.
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