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zezslav — 9 years ago(April 16, 2016 03:26 PM)
The narration and explaining everything to death totally killed this movie. And they even tried to make the "never aging" thing based on science, it was totally stupid.
This movie could have easily been made without the narrator. And they wouldn't have had to resort to "exposure through dialogue" either like somebody commented that that would have to be done if there would be no narrator. One could have made this movie without both. Not everything has to be spoonfed and explained to death, let the audience figure it out, or not, it doesn't matter with this film, either way the audience would have understood what caused her to not age and then back to aging, and in the end the why not aging is irrelevant in this movie. 2/10. -
iamvox — 9 years ago(April 29, 2016 10:19 AM)
The narration sounded like it was trying to be as clever and poignant as it was in "Magnolia," but it failed miserably and only succeeded in alienating me even more than the clunky screenplay and obvious (and heavy-handed) directing already had. At the end, when the narrator actually tells us what we just saw, I started wondering just how stupid the producers think the audience is, since I'm betting many of us knew how this film would end pretty early on (and all of us were right, too).
As for "Blade Runner," I don't believe that the narration was originally part of the movie but the studio wanted it so the audience would understand the film. Of course, in the Director's Cut, it's not there, and the film is so much better because it's gone. -
RPost78 — 9 years ago(May 28, 2016 10:37 PM)
Narration didn't really bother me. Since it was really late when I watched this movie it actually worked in my favor! It kept me from thinking so much!? With our without narration I like this movie. I love the actors and cheesy as it may have been actually liked the fairytale feeling!
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TheMouseShadow — 9 years ago(June 07, 2016 05:56 AM)
When you have to have a narrator explain why the heroine ceases to age and then starts to age again with made up psychobabble your film is beyond hope.
Also, a much braver choice for ending this film wouldve been to have her die in the car wreck. But that would put off too many that want a good cry followed up by a lovestruck ending. Even though its really kind of icky that she boinked the dad and now she is boinking the son. WHat a weird vibe during the holidays. Especially if the mom finds out. -
ChocolateButt — 9 years ago(June 15, 2016 03:52 AM)
The pseudo-scientific narration was too cute by half. TV seems to do much better with narrators. See: Pushing Daisies, Arrested Development, Jane the Virginthose omniscient voices actually add something, rather than just lazily explaining things away.
"What race are you? If you don't tell me I'll justassume the worst." -
Ahstaroth — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 08:35 PM)
If the audience is too dumb to figure out the lightning bolt caused it even though that has been a trope since at least Frankenstein, fine, say the lightning bolt caused it. But don't drone on with a bunch of pseudo science babbling trying to make it sound realistic. It's FINE if it's miraculous and mysterious.