I've said it before and I'll say it again, good acting doesn't necessarily make a good movie. For me no matter the genre a good movie must be first and foremost satisfying, and in that sense this film did not deliver. Be a film sad, funny, deep or serious it must satisfy.
The editing for much of the film is all over the place. Yes, they are trying to convey the whole chaotic political primary thing, but instead I felt more a sense of a chaotic edit room and confused filmmaker.
For the first 15 minutes of the film I had no idea what was going on because the audio was so poorly recorded. This happened several times during the film too. People appeared to mumble key lines. What they said I had no idea. Yes, I get what the film was trying to do and how the viewer was to find a new keen sense of cynicism for the film provoked what cynicism they already had, but the director was at times meandering around not knowing where he was going. The film never really convinced the viewer the characters were anything more than their caricature.
Boyle's character got all the best material, and boy, he certainly didn't waste it. Good performance. Not enough to make me want to see the movie again, however. The movie had me thinking too much and not feeling enough.
I don't know, I wanted to like this one more and I stayed up late to finish it, but regret doing so. I reckon director Peter Weir would have taken this material much further and given it more what it needed. Don't ask me what they sound crew were up to. Probably the directors fault.
Good performances in an otherwise messy film that lacked a pointed focus and vision to drive the message home. The script needed much more work. That was probably what happened-trying to make a profound movie from a not so enlightening script.
The editing for much of the film is all over the place. Yes, they are trying to convey the whole chaotic political primary thing, but instead I felt more a sense of a chaotic edit room and confused filmmaker.
For the first 15 minutes of the film I had no idea what was going on because the audio was so poorly recorded. This happened several times during the film too. People appeared to mumble key lines. What they said I had no idea. Yes, I get what the film was trying to do and how the viewer was to find a new keen sense of cynicism for the film provoked what cynicism they already had, but the director was at times meandering around not knowing where he was going. The film never really convinced the viewer the characters were anything more than their caricature.
Boyle's character got all the best material, and boy, he certainly didn't waste it. Good performance. Not enough to make me want to see the movie again, however. The movie had me thinking too much and not feeling enough.
I don't know, I wanted to like this one more and I stayed up late to finish it, but regret doing so. I reckon director Peter Weir would have taken this material much further and given it more what it needed. Don't ask me what they sound crew were up to. Probably the directors fault.
Good performances in an otherwise messy film that lacked a pointed focus and vision to drive the message home. The script needed much more work. That was probably what happened-trying to make a profound movie from a not so enlightening script.