the baby on the beach…….really disturbing.
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Onholyservicebound — 11 years ago(July 23, 2014 10:46 AM)
Well, we'll all pick and choose which reviews suit us best I suppose. Rotten tomatoes and IMDB are probably the most mainstream, I think Rotten Tomatoes is a little more reliable out of the two, but that's because users tend to rate movies low for ridiculous reasons. I guarantee just by reading threads here that a lot of people rated the movie low because of disturbing beep like that baby on the beach, or the dark ending, or simply because they didn't understand it.(Not beep on them btw, it has a lot of open ended scenes.)
Point is the reviews are generally positive, with mixed being the lowest, not really a good reference for the quality of the film, it can go either way depending on the person at that point. -
groovymike_16 — 11 years ago(July 25, 2014 01:09 PM)
Honestly, a 6.6 on IMDB for a film as divisive as this is pretty good on IMDB. Obviously mainstream viewers will despise this film. Those more open-minded with a better appreciation for film are the ones who will love this. It's only made for a small group of moviegoers, IMO. Most won't get it. Regardless it will be talked about and debated for years to come. I'm sure it will be shown in film classes too.
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jjett123 — 11 years ago(July 27, 2014 11:59 PM)
i freely admit that i didn't get everything in this movie but (oddly enough) i still ended up loving it. i agree 100% numerous times it just seems aimless (sort of) and meandering but the movie haunted me for about 2 weeks after i had seen it. it takes a LOT for me to be moved/shaken by a film. i think the last movie to do that (in a good way! LOL) was maybe MARTYRS? the last movie to movie me in an unfavorable way was A SERBIAN FILM (even though i think it's a well made film and i freaking LOVED the devastating ending).
but yeah, no big deal. we all like different things. bluesdoctor, 4 of my friends (all come from different walks of life, different ages, jobs, nationality etc) either didn't like the movie or found it so (these are not my wordsi'm quoting them. lol) "mind-numbingly boring" that they turned it off.
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robhiphop — 10 years ago(April 14, 2015 07:29 PM)
To resort to the consensus betrays a lack of confidence in your own opinion. What does a consensus vote matter to your own personal view of the film? Do your own views never differ from the consensus?
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decadent_sympozium — 11 years ago(July 29, 2014 08:49 AM)
You're failing to understand the purpose of the film as a discourse. The film does not exist to entertain you, no matter the fact 90% of Hollywood production aims to do exactly that. The film also exists to speak of the truth - the one it provides and the one you yourself discover. If in this particular film this particular scene hit you, then the film fulfilled its outmost purpose.