Wow apart from a stellar performance by Hugo Weaving who goes slightly off kilter with his performance and great location, production design and grading there's NOTHING here to watch.
It's about a local bush cop who finds his old friend dead and apparently goes looking for what happened to him. The story goes off on an arty-farty tagent along with forced stylistic choices that takes focus away from the story. But there is NO story here, just a bunch of scenes of Hugo and Phoenix (who just phones it in as an actor) they play, they drink, they talk, they dance, they talk, they cry, they play ping-pong, they walk, they eat - you get my drift thats NOT storytelling thats just out mundane lives. All while this is happening is a slightly over-the-top eccentric performance from Hugo playing a mentally ill mad-man.
By the time they get back to the nonexistent idea of the story - it's too late you have lost the audience from the snail pace and boredom, and we no longer care.
The story or characters never really develop, and you can see the writing was bad and the direction was poorly exectuted, This is not cinema and this is a PERFECT EXAMPLE OF EHY AUSSIE FILMS SUCK!!!
I am sick of this NON engaging, uninteresting style of non storytelling with only 1 unique to no unique or interesting chracters.
There are obvious elements of SWISS ARMY MAN here which is a far superior film, they borrow many of the silly eccentric playful scenes as well as similar musical elements.
Do not waste your time. Indie film or not this is not how to make a film. Sorry to all those who contributed all their hard work but just because the film looks shiny and has a world-renowned actor - doesn't mean it's a good film, by far this is a 1-star poor effort of a film.
A polished turd is still a turd.
It's about a local bush cop who finds his old friend dead and apparently goes looking for what happened to him. The story goes off on an arty-farty tagent along with forced stylistic choices that takes focus away from the story. But there is NO story here, just a bunch of scenes of Hugo and Phoenix (who just phones it in as an actor) they play, they drink, they talk, they dance, they talk, they cry, they play ping-pong, they walk, they eat - you get my drift thats NOT storytelling thats just out mundane lives. All while this is happening is a slightly over-the-top eccentric performance from Hugo playing a mentally ill mad-man.
By the time they get back to the nonexistent idea of the story - it's too late you have lost the audience from the snail pace and boredom, and we no longer care.
The story or characters never really develop, and you can see the writing was bad and the direction was poorly exectuted, This is not cinema and this is a PERFECT EXAMPLE OF EHY AUSSIE FILMS SUCK!!!
I am sick of this NON engaging, uninteresting style of non storytelling with only 1 unique to no unique or interesting chracters.
There are obvious elements of SWISS ARMY MAN here which is a far superior film, they borrow many of the silly eccentric playful scenes as well as similar musical elements.
Do not waste your time. Indie film or not this is not how to make a film. Sorry to all those who contributed all their hard work but just because the film looks shiny and has a world-renowned actor - doesn't mean it's a good film, by far this is a 1-star poor effort of a film.
A polished turd is still a turd.