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Bad, by any standards!

posted 16 years ago by io_il
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This movie is bad, no matter how you try to see it.

I'm not a popcorn movie lover, but this fart is an insult to movie-making.

Don't try to read anything else about it and don't try to make make sense or see any connecting dots. It's just a sad backgammon by two decrepit old men: Jarmusch and Doyle -- far from their past glory.

The main character is a clown - trying to play cool guy but when he talks he sounds like a duck and with that monkey face, the repeating lines are obnoxious, the anti-establishment note is cartoonish, the sets are cheap, the women are trashy.

No need to elaborate further, it left me with a sour taste - just move over this crap.

[–] benface 16 years ago

The main character is a clown - trying to play cool guy but when he talks he sounds like a duck

You just made me want to see it even more.

I'd also like to point out that you started reading this sentence, thinking it was part of my post.

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[–] feelingpeanuty 16 years ago

My God, I'm almost certain you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

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[–] feelingpeanuty 16 years ago

Nothing in this posts remotely makes any sense.

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[–] megatosspot 16 years ago

Pretentious?
Vous?

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[–] darc_wynd 16 years ago

plupart certainment, it seems.

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[–] darc_wynd 16 years ago

none of those as a matter of fact. merely someone who agrees with a previously made comment.

[–] sedmoy 16 years ago

I could not have said it better

[–] megatosspot 16 years ago

Which isn't saying much.

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[–] mlanders99 16 years ago

Either you love Jarmusch's work, or you hate it. There is no gray area. io_il is a Jarmusch hater, that's all. If you go back and watch the rest of his films, starting with Stranger than Paradise, then you'll get it. In fact, you might want more. Jarmusch is an aquired taste, kind of like burgundy wine. io_il, do you like Boones Farm?

[–] rukano 16 years ago

ANY Standards? maybe YOUR Standards. It's not Jim's best movie though,

[–] Anamon 15 years ago

It's the first Jarmusch movie I saw. I'm planning to see the rest of them, but honestly, right now I don't see how he could top this one...

[–] mlanders99 15 years ago

Anamon, you should watch J's Down By Law.

[–] Anamon 15 years ago

Detecting a troll when you see one: priceless.

Come on people, chill out. "The sets are cheap" for a movie that, I think, doesn't even have a single one; no later than there should you have smelled the fish.