In Reply to: It was a black comedy, Einstein, and one of the year's best . . . posted by Billy Wonka on November 14, 2014 at 19:06:11:
and then a second-act of ridiculous fantasy.
It is tragic that the first hour or so was so very good with astonishing tour-de-force performances, and then the rest sank into Hollywood-itis: every act had to try and be louder and more over-the-top to hold a "target audiences" attention as the two hour mark approached.
The telekinesis stuff was dumb, too. The director must have considered throwing his kitchen sink into it.
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Follow Ups
- SPOILER: Bohr, you can't have it both ways: hyper-realism - tinear 08:43:18 11/15/14 (5)
- No more arguments from me, you just want to see the opposite. . . . - Billy Wonka 20:12:59 11/15/14 (4)
- Hey, no need to take it personally. Local reviewer saw it about the same as I. nt - tinear 07:24:31 11/16/14 (3)
- The only Eugene review I could find said this..... - Billy Wonka 12:37:24 11/16/14 (2)
- Here you go, it's our weekly counter-culture paper I was - tinear 19:15:15 11/16/14 (0)
- You had me at "...raw, hard...". It's on the Monday old fart matinee list^ - Road Warrior 15:27:56 11/16/14 (0)