Do the math, take an all star cast where even the likes of Rosie Perez and John Leguizamo play only bit parts, add the writing talents of Cormac McCarthy then put one of the greatest (if not the greatest) movie directors of his generation in charge and wrap it all up in a tale of greed and depravity you should be onto something pretty special. To say I was gasping to see this would have been an understatement.
However, the result, instead of being a gripping piece of movie making destined to become a classic, is an overlong, predictable, contrived and pretentious piece of junk. I would like to have termed it filth but that would imply it elicited some kind of reaction other than simple boredom.
The film is basically a series of long winded one on one conversations between the various cast members that are intended to be deep and meaningful but are instead merely pretentious and dull. It is rare to see more than 2 characters on screen at the same time. I won't bore you with the plot, such as it is apart from to say it is as predictable and clichéd as it is full of holes. There are no surprises, there are no twists, there is no humour, there is no tension, there is very little action, just a bunch of blah blah blah which is in itself completely unrealistic, who talks like this anyway? No one, and that's exactly who should waste there time with this drivel.
However, the result, instead of being a gripping piece of movie making destined to become a classic, is an overlong, predictable, contrived and pretentious piece of junk. I would like to have termed it filth but that would imply it elicited some kind of reaction other than simple boredom.
The film is basically a series of long winded one on one conversations between the various cast members that are intended to be deep and meaningful but are instead merely pretentious and dull. It is rare to see more than 2 characters on screen at the same time. I won't bore you with the plot, such as it is apart from to say it is as predictable and clichéd as it is full of holes. There are no surprises, there are no twists, there is no humour, there is no tension, there is very little action, just a bunch of blah blah blah which is in itself completely unrealistic, who talks like this anyway? No one, and that's exactly who should waste there time with this drivel.