This is the least funny film I have ever had the displeasure of viewing. 0 good jokes for the whole runtime. The movie was too short and focused too much on trying to tell an unfunny joke during its runtime instead of dedicating it to what really matters, character.
What this film fails to understand is that in order to make jokes like these to work, I first need to be able to identify the characteristics of each character and be able give a generous estimate of what I think they might do when being placed in certain scenarios. I've had it argued to me before that this film does inform its characters USING its jokes, however after the opening failed ask out joke, none of the characters characteristics established in this joke ever come up again in the rest of the film! Sacrificing crucial character building and plot progression for the sake of a simple, rudimentary, un-thought-provoking and painfully unfunny joke.
I would say that I hope the director, Louis Le Prince, could lose this as a learning experience for his upcoming films, but I hear he's since stopped pursuing his filmmaking career, instead being dead at present. If he were ever to make a return to filmmaking, I'd hope he takes some of the positives of this film while trimming the fat and then, I believe, he could make something truly groundbreaking.
What this film fails to understand is that in order to make jokes like these to work, I first need to be able to identify the characteristics of each character and be able give a generous estimate of what I think they might do when being placed in certain scenarios. I've had it argued to me before that this film does inform its characters USING its jokes, however after the opening failed ask out joke, none of the characters characteristics established in this joke ever come up again in the rest of the film! Sacrificing crucial character building and plot progression for the sake of a simple, rudimentary, un-thought-provoking and painfully unfunny joke.
I would say that I hope the director, Louis Le Prince, could lose this as a learning experience for his upcoming films, but I hear he's since stopped pursuing his filmmaking career, instead being dead at present. If he were ever to make a return to filmmaking, I'd hope he takes some of the positives of this film while trimming the fat and then, I believe, he could make something truly groundbreaking.