This film can be both good and bad, depending on a) your mood, b) your patience and c) your ability to comprehend things aren't always what they seem.
I didn't quite like the first 2 quarters of the film as I thought it was rather too slow. The cut scenes are illogical and somewhat disconcerting. OF course, I didn't get to appreciate the style until you get to the end. It's based on Elizabeth Kubler Ross theory on Death and Dying. I thought the writing was pretty clever and in the end you sort of realized how "it makes sense" when "visually" it "doesn't make any sense". Of course, one can argue that the whole film is an excellent excuse for poor writing/film making disguised in a psychological conundrum. Simply put, hey it's what happens when you're living the last few minutes of your mortal life - your life flashing before your eyes and everything is just incomprehensible. OR if you're like some people, you can just say - "that movie suck"! The acting is not top notch, mediocre at best but the plot did not really allow for a good acting. It's a plot driven film. The dialogue is pretty normal and real.
The photography is highly stylized, interesting use of different camera tricks to illustrate "your life flashing before your eyes". It's distracting most of the time but if you can bear with the plot, you will have a new appreciation for it. Just imagine reading the screenplay for this film.
And who knows, you might just say that's not such a waste of DVD rental or time.
I didn't quite like the first 2 quarters of the film as I thought it was rather too slow. The cut scenes are illogical and somewhat disconcerting. OF course, I didn't get to appreciate the style until you get to the end. It's based on Elizabeth Kubler Ross theory on Death and Dying. I thought the writing was pretty clever and in the end you sort of realized how "it makes sense" when "visually" it "doesn't make any sense". Of course, one can argue that the whole film is an excellent excuse for poor writing/film making disguised in a psychological conundrum. Simply put, hey it's what happens when you're living the last few minutes of your mortal life - your life flashing before your eyes and everything is just incomprehensible. OR if you're like some people, you can just say - "that movie suck"! The acting is not top notch, mediocre at best but the plot did not really allow for a good acting. It's a plot driven film. The dialogue is pretty normal and real.
The photography is highly stylized, interesting use of different camera tricks to illustrate "your life flashing before your eyes". It's distracting most of the time but if you can bear with the plot, you will have a new appreciation for it. Just imagine reading the screenplay for this film.
And who knows, you might just say that's not such a waste of DVD rental or time.