Despite it's budget this film is fine in terms of a lot of the elements of film making. Visually, sets, costume, and much of the acting were good. It also had potential in terms of it's plot. But it sunk on several fundamentals.
Most importantly, I lost any sympathy I might have had for the main character when he delivered his self-centered rant on being rejected by the cafe girl. I really wanted to bail out at that point. An obnoxious character is not one I'm going to root for. The movie sinks irredeemably with that scene.
A movie about an inventor also NEEDS some ingenious inventions - not the one's we've all already heard of.
Then there was slowness. A lot of the scenes dragged on for far too long. Too much hanging around on someone's face with nothing happened except them pulling expressions - no story value there.
It was absent of a lot of the cleverness and humor I was hoping for. Had it been actualised a lot better this could have been a cult movie - instead it misses it by a million miles.
Most importantly, I lost any sympathy I might have had for the main character when he delivered his self-centered rant on being rejected by the cafe girl. I really wanted to bail out at that point. An obnoxious character is not one I'm going to root for. The movie sinks irredeemably with that scene.
A movie about an inventor also NEEDS some ingenious inventions - not the one's we've all already heard of.
Then there was slowness. A lot of the scenes dragged on for far too long. Too much hanging around on someone's face with nothing happened except them pulling expressions - no story value there.
It was absent of a lot of the cleverness and humor I was hoping for. Had it been actualised a lot better this could have been a cult movie - instead it misses it by a million miles.