Yes, you say. Yes, there's something very wrong with you for giving it a score like that.
That might be what you're saying and I don't blame you. To be fair, I excepted to like it. I even wanted to like it. But I was bored out of my mind! I was so bored I almost couldn't stand it. I wanted to leave and this reaction surprised me. Because my brother liked it and we usually have similar taste in movies. And when he told me that, I honestly had an existential moment where I was questioning the very nature of my own judgement. I pointed at myself and said, "Is there something wrong with me?" (Shrugs) But I can't explain it! It just didn't catch me. It felt very slow and bland like force eating ice cream with no flavor. I just didn't care and I couldn't get myself to care even if I wanted to.
Now just to be clear, I'm not one of those ADHD kids who needs things exploding all the time to enjoy a movie. I'm not a thoughtless idiot or a child. I'm 40 years old. So I can sit down and enjoy methodical procedurals like David Flincher's Zodiac or Seven which this movie seems to take some of its influences from. But those movies were infinitely more engaging to me then this movie.
I'm not trying to persuade anyone of my point of view. If you liked it cool. I'm glad for you. I just wish I liked it but I couldn't. I was to busy waiting for it to be over so I could do something else that was a lot more fun.
That might be what you're saying and I don't blame you. To be fair, I excepted to like it. I even wanted to like it. But I was bored out of my mind! I was so bored I almost couldn't stand it. I wanted to leave and this reaction surprised me. Because my brother liked it and we usually have similar taste in movies. And when he told me that, I honestly had an existential moment where I was questioning the very nature of my own judgement. I pointed at myself and said, "Is there something wrong with me?" (Shrugs) But I can't explain it! It just didn't catch me. It felt very slow and bland like force eating ice cream with no flavor. I just didn't care and I couldn't get myself to care even if I wanted to.
Now just to be clear, I'm not one of those ADHD kids who needs things exploding all the time to enjoy a movie. I'm not a thoughtless idiot or a child. I'm 40 years old. So I can sit down and enjoy methodical procedurals like David Flincher's Zodiac or Seven which this movie seems to take some of its influences from. But those movies were infinitely more engaging to me then this movie.
I'm not trying to persuade anyone of my point of view. If you liked it cool. I'm glad for you. I just wish I liked it but I couldn't. I was to busy waiting for it to be over so I could do something else that was a lot more fun.