Okay first, there is a reason that no films are set in in the 1970's unless they are non fiction or they need to be for the storyline - pretty much because the decade was a bust, the hair and the clothes were awful, and it was a hangover decade from the progress of the 60's. The only thing worse than a film that volunteers to be set in the 70's is a sci-fi film that volunteers to be set in the 70's. Add in some bad accents by the two main characters and make them inconsistent scene to scene, throw in a bad plot, boring dialogue, scenes that simply cant keep your interest, and an ethical question that can be answered in so, so many more intelligent ways than through this "story" and you will have The Box.
Now I am not going to delve into the plot or characters because so many others already have. I will however proceed to rant about the garbage that stained the past couple of hours of my life.
It took me a good four or five times to try to get through this DVD. I had to stop it and take breaks as I was mentally exhausted and in shock at how awful the writing, acting and plot was. Several times I got up and announced I had had it with this movie as it just got too bizarre and uninteresting but I must be a gluten for punishment because the fighter in me said to push through it.
I can't imagine how much money was spent to bring back the 70's but it should've been spent on test audiences or market research and maybe the world could've been spared and innocent unsuspecting moviegoers would not be out of pocket hard earned money. But nooo. Whatever group financed this just gave the writer/director a free pass to insult the world of creative cinema with this massacre.
Seriously, I don't know what the hell this even was...
Now I am not going to delve into the plot or characters because so many others already have. I will however proceed to rant about the garbage that stained the past couple of hours of my life.
It took me a good four or five times to try to get through this DVD. I had to stop it and take breaks as I was mentally exhausted and in shock at how awful the writing, acting and plot was. Several times I got up and announced I had had it with this movie as it just got too bizarre and uninteresting but I must be a gluten for punishment because the fighter in me said to push through it.
I can't imagine how much money was spent to bring back the 70's but it should've been spent on test audiences or market research and maybe the world could've been spared and innocent unsuspecting moviegoers would not be out of pocket hard earned money. But nooo. Whatever group financed this just gave the writer/director a free pass to insult the world of creative cinema with this massacre.
Seriously, I don't know what the hell this even was...