They threw all these big actors in with a dark morose vibe, an awkward love connection, some violence and a few villains and thought this would be big.
But instead...they got a messy plot, bad actors mixed with stupendous actors, no real sense of background for the characters, a messy story and a movie that badly represents the book and the actual worker's movement.
Who were these characters? What made them who they are? You have to give the viewer a chance to feel connected to the main characters...but I could've cared less who lived or died. You can't expect everyone to read a book made in the 30's before they watch the movie adaptation in order to have feelings for the characters.
Why were the bullies with guns so horribly bad at acting? Why were amazing actors put into such a clumsily made film?
With the way the world is today...99% of us against the 1%, this could've been a masterpiece to tell a tale of the empowerment of the radicals who fought for workers rights. To help inspire us to fight again.
But it fell so short of inspiration that even the dramatic ending was a snooze fest.
I feel like good movies just aren't made anymore if it's simply based on plot and not action movies with fancy CGI. Back when there weren't any fancy computer graphics, movies HAD to have a good plot because that's what made it. The passion of storytelling in movies is far too gone. You can no longer throw big names in a movie and expect people to just automatically like it. The art of screenplay writing seems to be a dying affair and this movie proves just that.
But instead...they got a messy plot, bad actors mixed with stupendous actors, no real sense of background for the characters, a messy story and a movie that badly represents the book and the actual worker's movement.
Who were these characters? What made them who they are? You have to give the viewer a chance to feel connected to the main characters...but I could've cared less who lived or died. You can't expect everyone to read a book made in the 30's before they watch the movie adaptation in order to have feelings for the characters.
Why were the bullies with guns so horribly bad at acting? Why were amazing actors put into such a clumsily made film?
With the way the world is today...99% of us against the 1%, this could've been a masterpiece to tell a tale of the empowerment of the radicals who fought for workers rights. To help inspire us to fight again.
But it fell so short of inspiration that even the dramatic ending was a snooze fest.
I feel like good movies just aren't made anymore if it's simply based on plot and not action movies with fancy CGI. Back when there weren't any fancy computer graphics, movies HAD to have a good plot because that's what made it. The passion of storytelling in movies is far too gone. You can no longer throw big names in a movie and expect people to just automatically like it. The art of screenplay writing seems to be a dying affair and this movie proves just that.