MovieChat Forums > The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1990) Discussion > Couldn't get into it.

Couldn't get into it.

posted 13 years ago by luckyboypro
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My Analogy- "This song is going to be very sexy"!!! "Why is that Carl?" "Because I say the word "Sex" in the lyrics".

This is why we get thoughtless, flashy, cheesy, computer graphic action flicks, in response and demand from movies like this. I couldn't even get past 10 minutes of this movie; maybe it got better, but I’m not waiting around too see. If I gave the benefit of the doubt to every movie that started off crappy I would have no life.

No engaging dialog, just dumb, eccentric, half way understandable, foreign guy dribble as we watch nothing, but "hit you over the head extreme drama" (Which never works with zero strategy, but bluntly forced… like this movie) all the while with a boring, LIFELESS, Non-engaging master camera shot as though we were watching a play.

So we just sit for 10 minutes and watch from far away with "ohh look, they're being violent and weird". Sorry, but you have to do more to have an effect other than just having "extremism" itself.

“It has an artistic title; they’re wearing funny costumes; they’re being violent; they’re being weird…what more do you want??

...A LOT more after 10 minutes.

[–] ClintJCL 13 years ago

Your opinion is worthless, as you did not actually watch the moivie. All you did is waste everyone's time. Anyone who agrees, reply to this with "Seconded".

[–] Ithilfaen 12 years ago

Why is the OP's opinion worth less than yours? Because you disagree? I watched the entire movie and if I had to "second" anyone, it would be the OP, sorry. so... "Seconded"

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[–] ClintJCL 12 years ago

Why are you asking a question I already answered in my post: An opinion by someone who did not actually watch the movie is worth less than one by someone who did. It's like judging a book by its cover.

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[–] ClintJCL 11 years ago

...says the person with a child's attention span, unable to complete things he started like a proper adult.

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[–] Etherdave 11 years ago

Clearly the film is not going to be to everyone's tastes, much like what is served at 'Le Hollandais'. As Georgina implies, if one is to enjoy any delicacy, it helps to know where it's been. Cheers!

[–] LTUM 12 years ago

my thoughts exactly. perfect summary, op

the master shots drove me crazy. i am like W T F

and the accents were tough, yeah, but i suspect that even if i did have subtitles, the speaking in metaphors would still wax hollow and pointless. they seemed to be ranting and ranting about nothing, really. just ranting.

another thing i can add: why so damned dark? the thing didn't AT ALL seem like a movie, but a darkly lit stage play (in a crummy apocalyptic back alley, no less). The sets looked so dark and junky and trashy they reminded me of the street scenes in total recall (either one, you pick)

i am a huge, huge gambon fan. but i just could not get into it. this is the turd time i have tried, and that does it for me.

it's completely esoteric, IMO

"rage to exist..." http://tinyurl.com/c9ush3z

[–] boogles 12 years ago

This film is always going to divide people. You'll either love it or hate it. You'll never come out of watching it and say it was boring.

It just might not be for you.

[–] LTUM 12 years ago

agreed. but i don't even think this can really be classified as a film. it's more like a filmed play or something. just too odd.

i do wonder what people who DO like it, get out of it. that perplexes me. i can't imagine.

"rage to exist..." http://tinyurl.com/c9ush3z

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[–] nephihaha 12 years ago

You have to watch it for longer than ten minutes, trust me. I was going to give it half an hour, but sat right through it.

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[–] Icecrono3 11 years ago

I clapped after it was over, truly a cinematic treat.

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