Well, OK, it had some sucky components.
As usual -
* Overblown characters with excessive dwelling on them doing cartoony, cute, 'stuff', as a substitute for actual development. And them doing ridiculous things that nobody would actually do.
* Speechy-preachy dialogue.
* Long, drawn-out scenes, over and over - except that this time most of them - MOST of them - actually *contribute* to the overall effect rather than just boring the viewer.
* Focus on the completely wrong targets: the guy always makes the film he thinks he's making, rather than the one the viewers actually end up seeing, so you end up with these completely non-sequitur, irrelevant 'development' scenes. In this case there is a completely tacked-on pre-ending that leaves the viewer going 'Why is this here? Why are we supposed to care?'
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Amazingly, NONE of which destroys it:
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The intro is attention-grabbing.
The build-up is stately and involving.
The Weird piles-on quite disturbingly.
And the twist is a GOOD one instead of something DUMB!
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This is the first thing I've seen since The 6th Sense that wasn't write-off rubbish.
Maybe he's got on, or off, the right medication??
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As usual -
* Overblown characters with excessive dwelling on them doing cartoony, cute, 'stuff', as a substitute for actual development. And them doing ridiculous things that nobody would actually do.
* Speechy-preachy dialogue.
* Long, drawn-out scenes, over and over - except that this time most of them - MOST of them - actually *contribute* to the overall effect rather than just boring the viewer.
* Focus on the completely wrong targets: the guy always makes the film he thinks he's making, rather than the one the viewers actually end up seeing, so you end up with these completely non-sequitur, irrelevant 'development' scenes. In this case there is a completely tacked-on pre-ending that leaves the viewer going 'Why is this here? Why are we supposed to care?'
-
Amazingly, NONE of which destroys it:
-
The intro is attention-grabbing.
The build-up is stately and involving.
The Weird piles-on quite disturbingly.
And the twist is a GOOD one instead of something DUMB!
-
This is the first thing I've seen since The 6th Sense that wasn't write-off rubbish.
Maybe he's got on, or off, the right medication??
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