Over the years; I've simply seen too many depressing airplane crash disaster movies, and I knew I had to witness the struggle for survival during the rest of the movie...again. Not fun. Even though I don't mind watching chick flicks; this one was really super duper sappy.
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Svar av thebarnman
den 16 Oktober 2017 kl. 3:08 AM
Wow, I did not know he was involved with more than just acting. I will say however, I thought his acting was much better than hers. Or, maybe I just didn't like her part, and she did a really great job with her roll.
By the way I'm really looking forward (as I usually do!) to seeing two movies I haven't seen before in a couple of days! "Happy Death Day" (2017) and "Flatliners" (2017.)
Svar av fan_of_films
den 16 Oktober 2017 kl. 4:33 AM
Hollywood's attempt to make Elba a big movie star has been met with indifference.
Elba has had two big box office flops in a row. The Dark Tower and The Mountain Between Us. The audience don't seem to care about the guy. I don't think he's had a box office hit as the main lead.
Svar av thebarnman
den 18 Oktober 2017 kl. 3:19 AM
Too bad, I really like Natalie Portman.
Svar av Renovatio
den 3 Desember 2017 kl. 5:45 PM
I think Elba was cast well here... He should play the sensitive types rather than being macho... He's a character actor...
We're just not used to seeing a survivalist version of a chick flick... Ridley Scott (please, bear with me) tried to do something similar with A Good Year, where he took the rom-com chick flick and cast an actual man as a lead rather than the manchild types, shot it cinematically and added the depth of a "son comes home" theme...
That movie was also misunderstood, but is emmencely watchsble and heartfelt for a film of it's genre... This one isn't on par with Ridley's but it is one of the better romance movies this year (can you name a better one?)...
Yes it's saccharine and sweet, but it also has a sensual and warm aftertaste if you stay with it... 😆 I'm glad the genrr is maturing... It's so seldom that we see adult humans on screen these days... Winslet had the more complex character, but played it with usch nuance...
I like that it was shot in colour as opposed to orange and teal... Also, made me want to finally buy a Leica film camera/lens.... 😎
Svar av Jacinto Cupboard
den 27 Desember 2017 kl. 7:53 PM
I couldn't get through it all either. Dreadful stuff. I appreciate that the foundation of drama starts with someone doing something a sane person with options would NOT do, but there are limits. A tragic chain of events brought about by a succession of totally stupid choices isn't good drama; and that is basically what happens in this dross.
The two leads have zero chemistry or engagement. Frankly, I didn't want to spend time with either of them, let alone with them together.
The acting here is wooden and stilted. It has an almost improv feel about it that doesn't belong in a major feature. While I'm here, I can't be alone in thinking that Elba simply can't act.
Svar av Jacinto Cupboard
den 27 Desember 2017 kl. 8:48 PM
Grow up.
Svar av Renovatio
den 28 Desember 2017 kl. 3:38 AM
his character in the film is meant to be self repressed...
Svar av Jacinto Cupboard
den 28 Desember 2017 kl. 7:21 AM
We're all entitled to an opinion on what is, after all, a website for expressing opinions about movies. I don't have any problem with contrary opinions and usually I just let an opposing opinion ride. What was absurd about that persons post was the gratuitous insult and the idiotic insertion of identity politics into a topic upon which such matters had zero relevance. I didn't want to dignify his remarks with discussion, but I thought a brief indication of his foolishness was warranted.
Script selection is part of the job of being an actor, or at least for any established actor. Saying an actor was hamstrung by the writing/direction/whatever, is, I think, a cop out. No one forces actors into particular roles. If an actor is a poor judge of a role or a script then that reflects on their abilities as an actor. Even great actors have taken bad roles, usually for money, but when it becomes a pattern it seems to me that the actor often overestimates their ability to command the role. A two hander set in a largely monotone void should tell even a vaguely skilled performer that they are going to have to REALLY connect in order to generate interest. The ability to make the most of what you have is what makes great actors. Any fool can look good playing Hamlet.
If Elba rings your bells as an actor then that's a good result for you. I, respectfully, stand by my own view.
Svar av Jacinto Cupboard
den 28 Desember 2017 kl. 5:46 PM
I wasn't reducing it quite as far as 'being a poor judge of scripts or roles=a lousy actor'. I am saying that movie making is a collaborative form and that an actor's choice of project and personnel to work with are important.
Seems to me that this is a hangover from the old studio days when actors didn't choose their movies. They were contracted and did whatever they were told. This isn't the case today for established actors. Sure, sometimes things just go wrong. I am talking about patterns.
As for Elba specifically; I've now seen him put in three stinkers in a row: Prometheus, Pacific Rim, and now this rubbish. This isn't a case of an actor 'stocking the larder' as Olivier put his cash grabs later in life. These were bad choices in which he didn't put in credible performances. That has to be called for what it is. And if that isn't 'good acting' then what is it? In the end, your term 'weak performance', someone elses 'inconsistent' or my 'can't act' are really speaking to the same failure.
This isn't like criticising kids at a school sports day. These are celebrity members of the 1% club dragging down multi million dollar paychecks. With that big payday comes big expectations regarding performance. Being told an actor was good in something else won't do it for me, nor will it make me likely to search out their work. That is the long term cost of inconsistency.