Reviews

It is like some kids put together the script. So stupid on every level. Acting is below average. Many things just don't make sense and I don't understand the ratings, it is not an 8 star movie for sure. Aliens look like a cartoon, not believable at all. Scenes where she interacts with them are ridiculous. Decoding the words is ridiculous. If you are going to watch it only because you find this movie among top ''plot twist'' movies - better skip it, not worth the hype.

Not convincing at any point. Full of exaggerated scenes, like first day at high school which is nothing like it in reality. Acting is just terrible. Main character is good looking teenager with no friends?!? I mean, how? You pick Michael Cera for these roles, come on. And then 15 min into the movie after they told us that he is a prick, shy, introvert... - he is making out with Emma Watson... yeah right, it goes like that. List goes on. I hated it. I gave it 3 stars because music was ok

Positive things: Well acted, nice beginning, great performance by ''Death'', interesting plot, good initial idea, good medieval atmosphere.

Negative things: Boring as hell, not well executed idea, almost like random scenes that are not connected. Chess game seems like central theme, but it gets distracted during the film with other events, so you can see maybe 3 min of total game and dialogue during the game. I expected that to be the main thing, the main philosophical talking about all the things that movie suppose to be about.

You can call it art, whatever.. Maybe I am too dumb to understand. But in my humble opinion this is just an attempt to make an art. Nice attempt to make Death figure in a man-like form, I get that part, personification of death is a good idea.. But nothing more that that here to see.

I can't believe how underrated is this movie. Only 1200 votes here so far???? It is almost a shame that this movie didn't reach broader audience. Final scene is one of the best in the history of comedy. It is so funny that even made Steve Buscemi laughing during the filming. Sam Rockwell is just amazing, this is his best performance ever.

The most interesting thing is that during the whole movie you have such confidence in the main character. You follow his naivety and trust him all the way his trip. He is so sure in his decisions and you believe him, he is convincing. That is one of the things that amazes me. You start feeling sorry for his parents and his sister because it appears that they don't understand him. He is doing right, He is a hero, he is smart, in fact - he looks smarter than everybody else in this movie.

Boy clearly knows what he is doing. We should all look upon him, we should all go out and explore the nature, escape society, materialistic world we are surrounded by...

But...

What it seems so easy and ''natural'' doesn't always come out the way we expected..

Nature is beautiful, but it is not beautiful for us, for humans... There were billions of years of struggle, fight, evolutionary selection, killings, death, suffering.. that made the nature the way it is. Nature is not there to amuse us, nor it is there for us in any way. If we are to survive in nature we need to: 1) Learn a lot about it, 2) Make subtle changes to it so we can fit in better, and the most important 3) to respect it. Not to act arrogantly like we are the main beings on this planet and like everything else is planted here according to our needs just to serve ours purposes.

Basically, if you go bare-footed, uneducated and unprepared with naive attitude into the wilderness.. anything can happen... despite your youthful energy, positive thoughts, good collage degrees...