Having just seen it, i feel like i've been completely ripped off..and i didn't even pay to watch! So here's how this train-wreck of a tale goes..a rich couple find themselves thinking that their son has somehow survived a tsunami after 6 months and is living somewhere in Burma.
The opening plot seems simple enough, this is the part where i liked it and empathised with the characters (great casting). The soundtrack was always on point and the style of camera work being a third person voyeuristic p.o.v. seemed to flow well.
However, then we get into a repeated pattern of the wife (Emmanuelle Béart) going berserk every 20 minutes at the thought of finding her supposed living son. The following is not a sexist joke but c'mon get off the damn period!! It's not realistic when a woman goes into such a possessed state that you start wanting to reach into the television screen and slap her repeatedly across the face, hoping she gains consciousness. It got to a point where as the viewer i was rooting for her to get chewed up by a mythical squid during a couple boat scenes!
This goes on and on, as the forests get greener and the island/s get foggier, totally starting to lose the basis of any storyline...and then it happens: just when you think you've got this movie figured out, the leading man gets cannibalised by thousands of face painted children in a bloody jungle while this idiot of a "soul mate" watches, it ends with her looking up in the air naked whilst being covered in mud by the same messed up kids..smiling.
I mean..i know i'm not the first one to scream "WHAT THE F***". Sure the colour contrasting and director of photography give this film an extra boost of emotion but how am i the viewer meant to be coaxed along with a screenplay this s***. Yes i'm ranting on but trust me fellow reviewing reader..you watch this film and you will feel the exact same way.
If there is any upside to this it might be the fact that there's a couple tits and ass scenes as well as one short sex scene for a change in tone. On one hand i do agree that it's definitely an original idea but the execution was so poorly played out that during the first hour you tend to lose interest and kinda hope there something better around the corner to save this sinking ship.
A Conclusion you ask? not worth the spare time, although interesting and eerie it lacks the fundamentals of good storytelling. Thank You & Goodnight!
The opening plot seems simple enough, this is the part where i liked it and empathised with the characters (great casting). The soundtrack was always on point and the style of camera work being a third person voyeuristic p.o.v. seemed to flow well.
However, then we get into a repeated pattern of the wife (Emmanuelle Béart) going berserk every 20 minutes at the thought of finding her supposed living son. The following is not a sexist joke but c'mon get off the damn period!! It's not realistic when a woman goes into such a possessed state that you start wanting to reach into the television screen and slap her repeatedly across the face, hoping she gains consciousness. It got to a point where as the viewer i was rooting for her to get chewed up by a mythical squid during a couple boat scenes!
This goes on and on, as the forests get greener and the island/s get foggier, totally starting to lose the basis of any storyline...and then it happens: just when you think you've got this movie figured out, the leading man gets cannibalised by thousands of face painted children in a bloody jungle while this idiot of a "soul mate" watches, it ends with her looking up in the air naked whilst being covered in mud by the same messed up kids..smiling.
I mean..i know i'm not the first one to scream "WHAT THE F***". Sure the colour contrasting and director of photography give this film an extra boost of emotion but how am i the viewer meant to be coaxed along with a screenplay this s***. Yes i'm ranting on but trust me fellow reviewing reader..you watch this film and you will feel the exact same way.
If there is any upside to this it might be the fact that there's a couple tits and ass scenes as well as one short sex scene for a change in tone. On one hand i do agree that it's definitely an original idea but the execution was so poorly played out that during the first hour you tend to lose interest and kinda hope there something better around the corner to save this sinking ship.
A Conclusion you ask? not worth the spare time, although interesting and eerie it lacks the fundamentals of good storytelling. Thank You & Goodnight!