I interrupted my first watching of this movie after ~ 30 min. It's a common case with decent number of movies when I find myself bored within first half. When that happens, I'm leaving it for some time till patience serves me better.
After a long period of time, I turned it back on, with the intention of 'stymiing' him as an example that Reeves could also take part in a scenario where his acting could practically be described as boring. Plus C. Theron next to him, whose movies I can count on very few, that I really liked them.
Rarely, but still can happen to get completely surprised (positively) by second warching.
The story is still relatively unconvincing - a wacky girl chooses boys to spend a month in a relationship with them, thereby changing their lives for the better.
The month of November happens to get a young workaholic, 24/7 dedicated and extremely successful in his work, but emotionally 'dead'.
This deficiency was noted by our 'fairy godmother' and after an accidental encounter decided to dedicate the current month to him. She succeeds in persuading him to move in with her, and to give her a chance to prove her positive impact on unhappy people.
A perfectly logical outcome - expectations equal to zero, shutting down the film, looking for something more interesting?
In the second half, however, the plot gains a different genre and weight. I'm not going to write about the same thing, so as not to spoil the experience to someone who after a relatively dull first half doesn't turn off the movie (like me). I'll just leave a comment- worth a look.
The other thing was interesting to me, so I'm going to take this opportunity to briefly compare it to another Reeves drama, which very likely won't get its own review.
'The Lake House' that I looked at right after this headline, from which I had certain expectations by reading a number of positive comments, as well as with very likeable (to me) Sandra Bullock next to K. Reeves...
But the truth is, it left me completely indifferent. And when we look at the facts - much more charisma, especially from female protagonists; As crazy as the character that interprets C. Theron seems, there is much more energy, unusual (interesting) situations, as well as 'chemistry' between the main characters.
Conclusion (better to say advice) : expectations to set aside (my chronic error no.1), because apparently the movie trailer and short descriptions of the film often create the wrong picture.
For more movie reviews, visit my blog : onceuponatimeincinema.movie.blog.
After a long period of time, I turned it back on, with the intention of 'stymiing' him as an example that Reeves could also take part in a scenario where his acting could practically be described as boring. Plus C. Theron next to him, whose movies I can count on very few, that I really liked them.
Rarely, but still can happen to get completely surprised (positively) by second warching.
The story is still relatively unconvincing - a wacky girl chooses boys to spend a month in a relationship with them, thereby changing their lives for the better.
The month of November happens to get a young workaholic, 24/7 dedicated and extremely successful in his work, but emotionally 'dead'.
This deficiency was noted by our 'fairy godmother' and after an accidental encounter decided to dedicate the current month to him. She succeeds in persuading him to move in with her, and to give her a chance to prove her positive impact on unhappy people.
A perfectly logical outcome - expectations equal to zero, shutting down the film, looking for something more interesting?
In the second half, however, the plot gains a different genre and weight. I'm not going to write about the same thing, so as not to spoil the experience to someone who after a relatively dull first half doesn't turn off the movie (like me). I'll just leave a comment- worth a look.
The other thing was interesting to me, so I'm going to take this opportunity to briefly compare it to another Reeves drama, which very likely won't get its own review.
'The Lake House' that I looked at right after this headline, from which I had certain expectations by reading a number of positive comments, as well as with very likeable (to me) Sandra Bullock next to K. Reeves...
But the truth is, it left me completely indifferent. And when we look at the facts - much more charisma, especially from female protagonists; As crazy as the character that interprets C. Theron seems, there is much more energy, unusual (interesting) situations, as well as 'chemistry' between the main characters.
Conclusion (better to say advice) : expectations to set aside (my chronic error no.1), because apparently the movie trailer and short descriptions of the film often create the wrong picture.
For more movie reviews, visit my blog : onceuponatimeincinema.movie.blog.