If anyone can figure out the meaning of this film, please don't bother telling me.
How the f...... heck this became a Disney family film I have no idea. Nor do I have any idea what the actual purpose of this film was. Truthfully I don't. I even watched it a second time to make sure I didn't miss any symbolism or meaningful message. No, 'Hole' is completely devoid of any entertainment or meaning.
The Plot: Shia LaBeouf stars... Oh who are they kidding? Nothing really "stars" Shia LaBeouf... as his usual annoyingly nervous and clumsy self whom is wrongfully convicted of stealing a pair of tennis shoes and given the cruel and unusual punishment of joining a chain gang to dig holes in the desert. Where is this? Singapore? Yes, that's the premise of the light hearted Disney romp, juvenile offenders being sadistically punished with inhumane desert conditions and being forced to dig holes in the middle of the desert.
But the holes lead to something interesting right? WRONG! They're just holes! The meat of the film is sadists Sigourney Weaver and Jon Voight tormenting their juvenile prisoners. This isn't even done in fun or funny way like 'Cool Hand Luke' where the prisoners found inventive ways to have fun. These poor kids are just tormented for fun! Sigourney Weaver even uses snake venom as nail polish so her mere slap sends people into death spasms! That's Disney.
The realistic pain of the victims isn't even funny in ways that at least the ultra violent prison films 'S.S. Hell Camp' and 'Rikki Oh' were funny.
The film's run time is dragged out to 2.5 hours via flashbacks to Shia LaBeouf's "pig thieving" great grandfather whom cursed the family, and scenes of Patricia Arquette catching jungle fever in the wild west. WTF these scenes have to do with the hole digging chain gang is beyond me.
The ending is truly tacked on as Roma Mafia pulls up in a black Jaguar as LaBeouf's attorney and manages to single handedly free the entire camp and arrest all the guards as LaBeouf digs up a chest with AT&T shares worth millions. Talk about a tacked on ending to wrap things up in under five minutes.
'Holes' really isn't that bad. The acting is solid and the production quality is above average. I just didn't see the point of the whole film.
How the f...... heck this became a Disney family film I have no idea. Nor do I have any idea what the actual purpose of this film was. Truthfully I don't. I even watched it a second time to make sure I didn't miss any symbolism or meaningful message. No, 'Hole' is completely devoid of any entertainment or meaning.
The Plot: Shia LaBeouf stars... Oh who are they kidding? Nothing really "stars" Shia LaBeouf... as his usual annoyingly nervous and clumsy self whom is wrongfully convicted of stealing a pair of tennis shoes and given the cruel and unusual punishment of joining a chain gang to dig holes in the desert. Where is this? Singapore? Yes, that's the premise of the light hearted Disney romp, juvenile offenders being sadistically punished with inhumane desert conditions and being forced to dig holes in the middle of the desert.
But the holes lead to something interesting right? WRONG! They're just holes! The meat of the film is sadists Sigourney Weaver and Jon Voight tormenting their juvenile prisoners. This isn't even done in fun or funny way like 'Cool Hand Luke' where the prisoners found inventive ways to have fun. These poor kids are just tormented for fun! Sigourney Weaver even uses snake venom as nail polish so her mere slap sends people into death spasms! That's Disney.
The realistic pain of the victims isn't even funny in ways that at least the ultra violent prison films 'S.S. Hell Camp' and 'Rikki Oh' were funny.
The film's run time is dragged out to 2.5 hours via flashbacks to Shia LaBeouf's "pig thieving" great grandfather whom cursed the family, and scenes of Patricia Arquette catching jungle fever in the wild west. WTF these scenes have to do with the hole digging chain gang is beyond me.
The ending is truly tacked on as Roma Mafia pulls up in a black Jaguar as LaBeouf's attorney and manages to single handedly free the entire camp and arrest all the guards as LaBeouf digs up a chest with AT&T shares worth millions. Talk about a tacked on ending to wrap things up in under five minutes.
'Holes' really isn't that bad. The acting is solid and the production quality is above average. I just didn't see the point of the whole film.