I want to apologize for all whose feelings I may hurt but if this film got Palme d'Or in Cannes then I'm definitely not going to watch the other nominees. I tried desperately to find at least something in "Uncle Boonmee" to understand other people's pure rapture for it but despite all my effort I just could not.
First of all, the story is not particularly interesting, is it? The better question would be is there even a story? This is a sequence of events that do not carry any message, which is not itself a big problem as I have seen plenty of good films without extraordinarily deep idea. But those films were at least incredibly beautiful instead. Some people mention beautiful shots but again I believe Thailand has more to show to the world. Another question keeps bothering me: "Uncle" has been labeled as comedy on IMDb. I would really appreciate if someone could name at least one joke in the whole film. Was it "Why do you have such long hair?" or maybe "Are your thoughts too dirty to be a monk?" If that is the case, I personally do not find neither of those particularly funny. I have to admit that my sense of humor is quite sophisticated though so maybe this is the problem.
And finally, to make it even worse, the film is unbearably boring with its low intensity and slow motion. Take for instance, journey to the cave. I do not see the rationale behind making half-an-hour long fragment out of it. Same holds for almost all the other film fragments.
First of all, the story is not particularly interesting, is it? The better question would be is there even a story? This is a sequence of events that do not carry any message, which is not itself a big problem as I have seen plenty of good films without extraordinarily deep idea. But those films were at least incredibly beautiful instead. Some people mention beautiful shots but again I believe Thailand has more to show to the world. Another question keeps bothering me: "Uncle" has been labeled as comedy on IMDb. I would really appreciate if someone could name at least one joke in the whole film. Was it "Why do you have such long hair?" or maybe "Are your thoughts too dirty to be a monk?" If that is the case, I personally do not find neither of those particularly funny. I have to admit that my sense of humor is quite sophisticated though so maybe this is the problem.
And finally, to make it even worse, the film is unbearably boring with its low intensity and slow motion. Take for instance, journey to the cave. I do not see the rationale behind making half-an-hour long fragment out of it. Same holds for almost all the other film fragments.