Maybe it's not hype that is the problem.... because I don't think that people who rely on how much hype a film gets just to see movies, are the same people who appreciate Fincher and all he's worth as a director.
The bottom line: I was bored out of my mind watching this "thriller". Once I'm bored, I can't really judge anything else, like how good the acting is, etc, etc, . I can say that I think the acting was fine by everyone-even Leto-but I NEVER thought a Fincher film would bore me.
Maybe this is just me, but I could kinda' tell from the very beginning that it was gonna disappoint me. When it first started, it took forever to build up. Before any action had happened, I already knew it was a formulaic script. The daughter, mentioning the father: "F- 'im.", and Jodie saying, "Don't start....but yeah...f- him." Sure it could be realistic and probably is, but have we heard it before? About a million times.
The reason why I thought I would love this movie(besides not thinking that Fincher could make a bad film) was because I did think it had potential. And because it was based in one house-particularly in ONE ROOM, the script would have to get *creative with us, so we'd get a double dose of a great script and Fincher's narrative genius.
It turns out that he went halfway: Fincher thought the best thing would be to minimize his directing style to allow the script to tell the story. But again that would only work if David Koepp's script was any good. So alas we get a dumb script with only a little bit of Fincher.
The first minute of <Fight Club> you knew the movie was gonna be good. I hope Fincher blows us away with his future projects...then we'll forgive him for <Panic Room>;)
The bottom line: I was bored out of my mind watching this "thriller". Once I'm bored, I can't really judge anything else, like how good the acting is, etc, etc, . I can say that I think the acting was fine by everyone-even Leto-but I NEVER thought a Fincher film would bore me.
Maybe this is just me, but I could kinda' tell from the very beginning that it was gonna disappoint me. When it first started, it took forever to build up. Before any action had happened, I already knew it was a formulaic script. The daughter, mentioning the father: "F- 'im.", and Jodie saying, "Don't start....but yeah...f- him." Sure it could be realistic and probably is, but have we heard it before? About a million times.
The reason why I thought I would love this movie(besides not thinking that Fincher could make a bad film) was because I did think it had potential. And because it was based in one house-particularly in ONE ROOM, the script would have to get *creative with us, so we'd get a double dose of a great script and Fincher's narrative genius.
It turns out that he went halfway: Fincher thought the best thing would be to minimize his directing style to allow the script to tell the story. But again that would only work if David Koepp's script was any good. So alas we get a dumb script with only a little bit of Fincher.
The first minute of <Fight Club> you knew the movie was gonna be good. I hope Fincher blows us away with his future projects...then we'll forgive him for <Panic Room>;)