I first saw the amazing poster, I then saw the awesome cast, watched the trailer and was happily excited. Went to see it yesterday and I don't think I've been more annoyed at the credits by the end of a film. It started off well but it just ended so so badly.
It was off to an off beat start, I even enjoyed the self reflective joke about the "theme tune" (the song itself got very tiresome very quickly) and I don't mind a slow film - heck, it's one of my favourite types of movies, but at over an hour it still felt like it was setting up. The cinematography was fine, nothing special. Nothing worth noting in the setting, mise, lighting--it was all perfectly fine and apart from that one song over and over (both diegetically and non-diegetically) I can remember no other score.
I'm not overly familiar with the directors style, but this shouldn't act as a bolt locked door to connect with and enjoy the movie. I didn't connect with / believe / enjoy or understand any of the characters motivations. If anything any clues towards this was very on the nose (make America white again). The delivery of lines and interaction between characters was exasperating and just seemed way off tone. Again, this might have been what they were going for, I've seen it in planet of other films (The Killing of A Sacred Deer while not a comedy is a good example of uncomfortable, emotionless delivery) but it was just grating and frustrating to see. There was not chance of chemistry or believability from anyone, and Adam Driver and Bill Murray had so much potential! Maybe it went over my head. And while I feel it was an enjoyable performance from Tila Swindon her character went from intriguing to down right nonsensical.
And the last act was just a train wreck, all this "set - up" led to nothing, it was very anti-climactic, the zombies got confusing? The whole story arc of the kids in the detention centre (why? Why not just normal kids?) was just dropped, the Scottish samurai turned hacker (?) and then was very uncomfortably and confusingly taken away by a UFO (??) everyone died and had a moment as their zombie alter egos which was just cringe rather than funny (the FX and make up were admittedly pretty good) and Bill Murray and Adam Driver have this weird sort-of-breaking-the-4th-wall-but-not "joke" and also "break character" and raise voices etc but it just did not work for me, it all just didnt hit the mark and it left me feeling very unfulfilled. I did not find it funny, I found several characters performances cringe worthy and confusing (Waits, Pop, Buscemi especially). And there was an awkward ham fisted message about consumerism (?) tacked on at the end? sigh.
So I dunno, I guess it went over my head and I hope some people somewhere can enjoy it. I didn't watch Game of Thrones but I imagine this is how people feel.
Submitted July 20, 2019 at 03:09PM by Grello https://ift.tt/2XSyJXh