Not for stereotypical American audience

You do realize that claiming that only Americans would dislike this movie is incredibly bigoted, ignorant and stupid of you, right?

I would have been satisfied with a not flawless production that wasnt cratered by so many massive plot goof holes in it. Was there an acceptable amount of that to you? (You can answer with a silent facial tic, signifying "its OK" after you first hold that pose for 10 seconds.)
This can be a good movie whenever it gets remade by a different writer/director and editor.


Death, has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war. Donald Rumsfeld

So what your saying is this film is not for an audience that expects a movie to make sense and have an ending?

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I thought the movie was perfect, in every way. Given the drama and tension with this young boy and his vague but intriguing powers and the mystery surrounding where they were taking him and why left me pinned to my seat. The acting was gritty to the max and made everything seem very "in the moment" and extremely real. The boy had a natural innocence and charm that spilled out of the screen and made you want to care for him yourself without even understanding why. We get some information about the overall plot - enough to surmise that this boy, who somehow ended up being misinterpreted as a savior to some religious cult/sect, is now on the run, not just from the religious sect but also from the government who is concerned that a top secret heavily encrypted spy satellite's transmissions are being picked up in the clear by this boy and incorporated into the sermons of said zealots. Picking up those top secret conversations isn't clarified as being intentional and if so, for what purpose - we see the boy pick up random radio stations and vocalize what he "hears" which doesn't seem to have any purposes. We do know he wants to go somewhere and those chasing him are closing in. And why he wants to go there is to go back to where he feels like he belongs - a world "on top" of our own. The structures shown at the end were wondrous and jaw dropping, sweeping giant geometric shapes and structures miles high. Against this backdrop the young man says bye. I loved this movie.

People have been conditioned to play guitars "correctly". Everything "tuned" to hit a precise number of keys. Then a Joni Mitchell comes along and messes everything up by playing in a series of "open chords", her music tonally floating on a set of open-ended questions. The beauty of unresolved inquiry.

American audiences of the past used to think a movie like this was great. Back when our wonder and curiosity for the universe was a lot stronger. We're simply at a low ebb right now of collective curiosity. It takes a degree of patience to be curious, but patience got left behind in the 20th century.

This movie is playing in open chord tuning. Figuratively speaking. I think for real movielovers, there is something about hooking into the deeper meaning of films that makes the exercise of watching a movie so gratifying. The really good movies have something going on underneath.

Superficial or not fully-evolved audiences only see chases. People hooked into the feel of the movie understand that it's not about chase scenes as much as it's about what it's like to have a child. To give up control of a part of yourself to the universe.

Frankly, I don't care if modern audiences dismiss this movie, because it really just says something about the people dismissing it, because great movies haven't changed, but audiences have become way more fickle about anything slow-burning or thoughtful.

I don't think this was for a lot of people, stereotypical or not, American or not. But for those seeking a thinly developed, blandly executed amalgam of several genres, this is an ideal film.

In a country of 330 million people with endless amounts of diversity, I wonder what the stereotypical American audience is these days. Anyhow, it was an ok movie. The mom was a minor character. Too much of her at the end getting to watch her son vanish into another dimension. Star Wars guy was a good actor as was laser eye kid. I'll give it 5/10.