We were lured into watching this movie by the almost universal critical acclaim and deeply regretted this.
What are my objections?
-Most of the scenes in the film don't make any sense at all and don't contribute anything to the story line.
-The main character is completely devoid of any talent or charisma. We got a feeling that he was playing against his will, as if he was comfortably sitting on welfare and then was forced to take this job to retain his.payments.
-The production looks incredibly cheap and clumsy. So they fake some rain, the guy apparantly stands in the rain but for some reason he doesn't get wet. What is the deeper meaming behind that? We guessed it was because they couldn't afford a spare white suit.
-Apart from the leading character, all other characters are also ridiculous. Take the "evil admiral". He is miniscule, has a squeeky, high voice, doesn't do anything except for getting drunk in cheezy clubs and hitting on big sailors and in the end he sails off in a pathetic rubber boat, accompanied by his 10 favourite sturdy sailors to go and play with nuclear bombs. It could have been a decent Monty Python scence, but apparantly it's not meant to be satire.
-Half of the characters are just standing around, gazing ominously, without any contributuon to either atmosphere or story line.
-It is boring as hell. I really don't mind slow movies, but there is nothing to justify these tedious long shots in this case.
There is one consolation: I read somewhere that the total BO for this film was 283 THOUSAND euro. So except for all the critical appraisal, almost everybody was smart enought to avoid this film. There is still hope for humanity!
What are my objections?
-Most of the scenes in the film don't make any sense at all and don't contribute anything to the story line.
-The main character is completely devoid of any talent or charisma. We got a feeling that he was playing against his will, as if he was comfortably sitting on welfare and then was forced to take this job to retain his.payments.
-The production looks incredibly cheap and clumsy. So they fake some rain, the guy apparantly stands in the rain but for some reason he doesn't get wet. What is the deeper meaming behind that? We guessed it was because they couldn't afford a spare white suit.
-Apart from the leading character, all other characters are also ridiculous. Take the "evil admiral". He is miniscule, has a squeeky, high voice, doesn't do anything except for getting drunk in cheezy clubs and hitting on big sailors and in the end he sails off in a pathetic rubber boat, accompanied by his 10 favourite sturdy sailors to go and play with nuclear bombs. It could have been a decent Monty Python scence, but apparantly it's not meant to be satire.
-Half of the characters are just standing around, gazing ominously, without any contributuon to either atmosphere or story line.
-It is boring as hell. I really don't mind slow movies, but there is nothing to justify these tedious long shots in this case.
There is one consolation: I read somewhere that the total BO for this film was 283 THOUSAND euro. So except for all the critical appraisal, almost everybody was smart enought to avoid this film. There is still hope for humanity!