Predictable and dull
One shakes one's head in disbelief at how the Lumiere Brothers could be so creatively bankrupt as to use their amazing invention to produce something less interesting than a children's nursery rhyme. Or a ruddy train timetable even! And if that wasn't enough, they even had the gall to make the film's title one big fat spoiler. I ask you! Does Arthur Conan Doyle reveal the identity of the culprit in the titles of his mysteries? No, because he's a proper storyteller, unlike this pair of French charlatans. Just think of how much more they could scare the wits out of people if only they'd called it "Arrival" and the punters didn't expect a 100 ton locomotive to appear out of nowhere and come barrelling towards the camera. You just can't truly enjoy a film if you know how it's going to end. Boo I say! I'd rather have spent my pennies on a train ticket instead and stood on a platform and watched a real train arrive.
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