My review of To The Wonder Ben Affleck can’t act in romantic dramas and “To the Wonder” all but confirmed this. Affleck showed zero presence as he mug his way through the film, showing none of the qualities that made his intense appearance in “Argo” so effective. Still, the fault cannot be all blamed on Affleck shoulders as director Terrence Malick is clearly inept, as the film suffers from poor pacing, cheesy dialogue and piss poor lighting and cinematography. It is okay to be pretentious, if you connect with the audience and when the director in one crucial scene unashamedly attempts to clone Wong Kar Wai’s technique and soundtrack, it is not exactly inspiring. This is a terrible mess of a film that the audience can’t wait for the credit to roll and it makes me wonder why any of the actors even came on board to this humiliation of a film. In cinemas around Hong Kong from today. Released by: Sundream Motion Pictures 驕陽電影 thehkneo/blog/?p=3777
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:10:10 +0000