A Matt Damon film, the previews were intriguing, and it was a high budget, polished sci-fi film, all things I love. What could possibly go wrong? A lot!
Kristen Wiig is in this film too, and Jason Suedeikis, and others. But you'd barely know it, because they are in the film for about 3-5 minutes each, total. Obvious cast padding. Beyond those minor annoyances, once we get to the meat of the plot I enjoyed the film, briefly. The whole shrinking process was kind of cool / funny, along with seeing Leisureland for the first time, but as the story shifts to life as small, it starts to feel more like a bland, normal plot line.
See, there seem to be oppressed minorities in this small world, for seemingly no reason, and Matt's character gets paired up with a Vietnamese woman in some of the worst romantic casting in a film, ever.
Seriously, no one, not even the characters themselves, would put each other together, but every film has to be everything to everyone nowadays, so we get a nice, incredibly forced romance shoved into our faces right near the climax of the film, and it completely destroys any momentum, due to its absurdity.
Speaking of the climax, like most aspects of this film, major plot lines are introduced, then quickly forgotten. For one thing, the protagonist sure forgets he ever had a wife in about 3 seconds, and late in the film the fact that the world is nearing its end is dramatically introduced, then quickly discarded again. Sure, the world might be about to end, but our "hero" decides maybe he can spend a few decades fixing wooden legs, before he chokes to death on pollution.
Happy ending?
Kristen Wiig is in this film too, and Jason Suedeikis, and others. But you'd barely know it, because they are in the film for about 3-5 minutes each, total. Obvious cast padding. Beyond those minor annoyances, once we get to the meat of the plot I enjoyed the film, briefly. The whole shrinking process was kind of cool / funny, along with seeing Leisureland for the first time, but as the story shifts to life as small, it starts to feel more like a bland, normal plot line.
See, there seem to be oppressed minorities in this small world, for seemingly no reason, and Matt's character gets paired up with a Vietnamese woman in some of the worst romantic casting in a film, ever.
Seriously, no one, not even the characters themselves, would put each other together, but every film has to be everything to everyone nowadays, so we get a nice, incredibly forced romance shoved into our faces right near the climax of the film, and it completely destroys any momentum, due to its absurdity.
Speaking of the climax, like most aspects of this film, major plot lines are introduced, then quickly forgotten. For one thing, the protagonist sure forgets he ever had a wife in about 3 seconds, and late in the film the fact that the world is nearing its end is dramatically introduced, then quickly discarded again. Sure, the world might be about to end, but our "hero" decides maybe he can spend a few decades fixing wooden legs, before he chokes to death on pollution.
Happy ending?