I put off seeing this for the longest time because of the three hour run time, but tonight I finally sat down and checked out this movie, which so many people have raved about. Yeah, about that...
Aside from the fact that I almost turned off the movie ten minutes in because I have a severe aversion to open-mouthed chewing (indeed, the main character does pretty much everything open-mouthed in this flick--she reminded me of Napoleon Dynamite) AND the fact that when all was said and done this wasn't much different than a large percentage of foreign LGBT flicks except that it took three hours to get to a rather predictable ending, this was not a terrible movie. Long and occasionally slow, yes. But not terrible. I even shed a tear or two, and those don't come easy for me when watching movies, so at least there's that.
One last possible gripe is I'm not sure how I feel about the way bisexuality is presented in this movie. But when I look at it as this one particular situation between this one particular fictional couple, it sits a little better with me.
Overall, I'd say it's definitely worth watching. I'll probably even watch it again someday, though I'll be making use of the fast forward button when I do.
Aside from the fact that I almost turned off the movie ten minutes in because I have a severe aversion to open-mouthed chewing (indeed, the main character does pretty much everything open-mouthed in this flick--she reminded me of Napoleon Dynamite) AND the fact that when all was said and done this wasn't much different than a large percentage of foreign LGBT flicks except that it took three hours to get to a rather predictable ending, this was not a terrible movie. Long and occasionally slow, yes. But not terrible. I even shed a tear or two, and those don't come easy for me when watching movies, so at least there's that.
One last possible gripe is I'm not sure how I feel about the way bisexuality is presented in this movie. But when I look at it as this one particular situation between this one particular fictional couple, it sits a little better with me.
Overall, I'd say it's definitely worth watching. I'll probably even watch it again someday, though I'll be making use of the fast forward button when I do.