In Reply to: Agreement: a perfect lead casting. It's hard to maintain the nuances he did in such broad satire. I think JI posted by tinear on November 11, 2009 at 15:44:53:
The film was a major let down.
I don't mind humor that pokes fun at Judaism, especially if there's a point to it. This had no point except to say there are no answers in the faith. That is a fundamentally stark, serious message. And what humor there was failed more than succeeded. The characterizations were little more than cliches.
You frequently lie and your characterization of the theater "rocking" is suspect. When I saw this, there were all of five other people in the entire theater. If you're saying you saw it in a packed house i call BS. If you're saying what audience was there was hooting and hollering i gotta call BS again. It was tedious and boring. I found myself prying my eyes open throughout. It bombed and it deserved to. Burn After Reading was a blockbuster success compared to this feeble effort.
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Follow Ups
- "when it ended, there was a general wave of disappointment"--yeah, tell me about it - Jazz Inmate 22:22:11 11/11/09 (5)
- Now wait just a gol darned minute... - Harmonia 17:02:33 11/12/09 (1)
- RE: Now wait just a gol darned minute... - Jazz Inmate 15:53:14 11/13/09 (0)
- Rottentomatoes.com has it at 85%, a damned fine showing for a cult director's black comedy. - tinear 08:04:58 11/12/09 (2)
- Barton Fink was a black comedy. Serious Man was crap - Jazz Inmate 08:23:41 11/12/09 (1)
- OK...we get it. - Harmonia 16:48:19 11/12/09 (0)