Terrible writing and annoying music
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targa9 — 13 years ago(April 03, 2013 09:26 PM)
acting was bad? It was superb. The sisters 'fessing up to each other during the meditation scene, tearing upmaybe not your cup of tea, but these actors, from the sisters to the cops, was what saved this movie from being a piece of dreck.
Don't you know by now that actors are the most competitive lot in Hollywood, and that is why the acting always far outstrips the writing, script or even direction of most movies? Saying the acting was bad is like complaining about cinematographers or costumesalso usually far outstripping the story/script/direction, and in this case, the repetitive dull music! -
AidaClarkfield — 12 years ago(March 26, 2014 02:56 PM)
That frickin' cop was awful. I liked the movie. I thought the sisters were good. But man, those cops. I hate movies that cast guys just out of college as hardened detectives. Gives it a film school vibe. One of the cops looked like a 20 year old with a mustache. The writing was only bad when the cop came in to interrogate Daniel about his wallet and the animal bones. Just bizarre. And not in a good way like the majority of the movie.
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dgaart — 10 years ago(February 09, 2016 10:52 PM)
I liked the movie overall but I'm glad someone else thought the interrogation scene was bizarre and poorly written. I understand the detective couldn't have been too thrilled with Daniel returning because of his love interest and allbut there was nothing believable or logical about that interrogation scene.
The man was obviously mentally disturbed, and the doctor had even mentioned that he had suffered physical trauma. He had obviously gone through some torture and/or traumatic events, and probably needed rest and a psychiatrist. Yet for some reason everyone else in the room seemed fine with this cop yelling at him for having his wallet and eating some animal bones, and wearing the same clothes as when he had gone missing as if these things somehow explain that he is at fault for having gone missing, and as if nobody there is the least bit concerned about the man's mental state. If anything, the animal bones show he was either desperate to survive or forced to eat things due to some kind of torture. The clothes could be the same and wallet be there still if he was locked and/or trapped somewherethe fact that the cop researched the clothes that Daniel had worn and then got mad about it before asking questions is weird enough. The scene was unbelievable and took me out of the movie. Don't get me started with the other cop -
dgaart — 10 years ago(February 10, 2016 07:54 AM)
I can watch a local film school production and get the "gist of it" but that doesn't mean it was well made or well acted. Your retort adds nothing helpful. You are basically saying "If you ignore the bad parts and focus on what they MEANT to do, instead of what they actually did, then it's like there are no bad parts at all. Herp a derp derp."
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ninetymin — 13 years ago(April 28, 2012 05:53 PM)
What a sleeper of a movie. As in: It put me to sleep!
Agreed, the music sounded like a funeral parlorstuck in LP skip mode. The anguished look of Courtney Bell made me want to just kick her face in. I watched about 3/4 and couldn't wait to return it. I could care less about what happened. -
bureau203 — 13 years ago(April 30, 2012 09:13 PM)
The film was too slow. It just dragged and dragged and the "music" sounds like somebody with very little music experience wrote the score with two fingers and a Casio keyboard. The same two notes over and over and over. Except later, of course, when he introduces a new music piece, which is - and I'm not kidding - one note, over and over.
Hell, you can get better music for free online.
I thought the writing was alright, and the acting was above average for a low-budget indie flick, but the director is in love with every one of his shots and slowed the film to a crawl.
"I've seen things that would make you want to write a book on how to puke." -
namaGemo — 11 years ago(June 07, 2014 11:48 AM)
I'm actually at the one note part now. Starts in the hospital. I thought the music was an of choice during the date scene just beforehand. Like mystery music when it should have been uplifting, then leading into something mysterious when the body guy comes across the street.
Yeah, the composition was bad.