
nico-hvi
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A Woody Allen film which gets everything right is a fantastic experience (Midnight in Paris), though even with a few misses here and there a film can still be very good (Match Point, Vicky Christina Barcelona) which is why I had very high expectations for this film. Unfortunately, I was unable to enjoy it due to the unlikeable cast of characters, which seemed to be a (somewhat interesting) randomly thrown together group of broken people - some more broken than others.
Obviously Blanchett's performance is amazing - my only gripe with it is that I could not muster a shred of empathy for her character, due to her utter pretentiousness and shallow nature. Apparently I need to be able to empathise with a character in order to be properly invested in the movie (which I realise is more of a personal problem than one of the movie - but hey, movie reviews are subjective) and I could not for the life of my find one likable person in this entire movie.
All in all the film is very well directed, has some lovely scenes showcasing San Francisco and there're some interesting social situations which arise, but ultimately they didn't matter much to me personally because I was halfway through a season of Football Manager 2014 for the dramatic finale because I had lost interest and was mostly phoning it in.
Obviously Blanchett's performance is amazing - my only gripe with it is that I could not muster a shred of empathy for her character, due to her utter pretentiousness and shallow nature. Apparently I need to be able to empathise with a character in order to be properly invested in the movie (which I realise is more of a personal problem than one of the movie - but hey, movie reviews are subjective) and I could not for the life of my find one likable person in this entire movie.
All in all the film is very well directed, has some lovely scenes showcasing San Francisco and there're some interesting social situations which arise, but ultimately they didn't matter much to me personally because I was halfway through a season of Football Manager 2014 for the dramatic finale because I had lost interest and was mostly phoning it in.