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It's likely he was egged on by his director, whose florid approach might have worked better with Elizabethan language, but who seems a jarring,
pretentious
choice for this modernized screenplay.
Oh, and the narrative structure is ill conceived,
pretentious
and amateurish.
First of all, it's a
pretentious
mess.
But not good, Greenaway or Lynch-style
pretentious
or hilariously messy in an Ittenbach or early Waters sort of fashion.
Everything in this movie is pretentious, from the thank you's to Bela tarr at the beginning, to the photography, the acting, music, the story & editing.
Now what he really still needs is inspiration and talent in order to come up with an actually worthwhile scenario rather than the overly
pretentious
and wannabe convoluted crap he penned down here.
I hate self-aware
pretentious
inanity that masquerades as art.
Pretentious
storytelling such as this always uses the same technique: 1) Throw opaque, unstructured threads around to perplex the audience.
The photography (the director often began scenes with a mainly dark screen, where our only sight is through a small opening, making feel as if we are watching through a peephole, that then expands) was also
pretentious
and inscrutable.
Garden State must rate amongst the most contrived and
pretentious
films of all time.
This movie was pretentious, foppish and just down right not funny.
The countryside setting is picturesque but the story is rather
pretentious
and plodding, with much of the film devoted to quoting scriptures.
I agree that this film is too pretentious, and it is not easy to know where it is going.
It neither
pretentious
or flashy my two teenage daughters loved it and for a change I wasn't embarrassed by any of the film content or language.
It was raw and unpolished, and hit relentlessly on some of the more
pretentious
moments of the original movie.
It is one of the most touching films I have ever seen, though it might appear a little bit
pretentious
and artificial - too much beautiful, if you will.
I am normally the first person to accuse many French directors of making offensive, boring, disgusting and
pretentious
films (such as the horrible recent film 'L'Enfant' and the pointless and offensive 'Feux Rouges').
Frankly, I expected a somewhat
pretentious
and possibly incoherent French movie.
First i gotta say that this film is way less
pretentious
than The Da Vinci Code.
In it, she channels Ruth Gordon (because the play is the thing), is feminine, charming, willful and self-effacing, generous, protective and combative but never
pretentious.
to be pretentious, lynch can be like a good wine - he must be savoured and mulled over.
At times
pretentious
and a bit melodramatic the film is ultimately effective because of it's good performances and intriguing subject matter.
Either it is a dazzling, mind-blowing collage of music, old film clips, psychedelia and T.V. sitcom-style comedy, or a plot less, pretentious, rambling mess.
It is an excellent not
pretentious
movie for people who loves film noir literature and films.
As with this film, I'm being somewhat
pretentious
when I call this one of Carax's best films- but I am.
But being that as it may, I laughed so many times and I have to hand it to the film makers, it wasn't
pretentious
or ordinary in any way.
The exquisite cinematography, minimalist dialog, somewhat demented story which arguably hints at possible bestiality in about three scenes are what ultimately lead professional critics to pan the film as
pretentious
and overlong rubbish.
Sure, it has its
pretentious
moments, it plays like art-house, live-action Fantasia, but it also has moments of deep beauty and humor.
It was not dry and boring in the least, that dialogue was great, funny in a clever way, but not
pretentious
and difficult to understand.
Don't be fooled by the deceptive Miramax ad campaign that paints it as a pretentious, art house flick.
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