I am a big fan of Asian cinema, mainly Korean, Hong Kong and Japanese. I am excited whenever a new country in Asia joins this group as my expectations are high from a story perspective. I am not worried about the cinematic techniques a lot at this stage. However Bad Genius was really disappointing.
What was the objective of the film? The story was a bit lame indeed, I expected for a twist, game-changer until the end of the film, unfortunately there was no such thing. The characters were a bit one-dimensional, making it hard for the audience to empathize with them. The character changes were forced at best, there was no natural flow. So the story is about cheating, however I felt that the film was cheating instead. This was not an Asian film, it was almost a Hollywood script with the action superseding characters most of the time. It felt like the main motive of the characters, to go to US or Australia to study and work was actually the motive of the director as well: How to make it to Hollywood.
The main characters had the cinematic aura however acting was mediocre overall. The film does not deserve an average rating of 8, not at all.
Some background story to Lynn and Grace could have made the story better. Given the 130 minutes length the audience deserved some more details. And the last scene, such a waste, the script meandered here and there and ended like this, such a gross disappointment.
And then what happened to Lynn's glasses? She removed them during the photo shoot-out never to put them back again. Strange!
This was my first Thai cinema experience except for a couple of Tony Jaa movies. I am looking forward to better films from Thailand.
What was the objective of the film? The story was a bit lame indeed, I expected for a twist, game-changer until the end of the film, unfortunately there was no such thing. The characters were a bit one-dimensional, making it hard for the audience to empathize with them. The character changes were forced at best, there was no natural flow. So the story is about cheating, however I felt that the film was cheating instead. This was not an Asian film, it was almost a Hollywood script with the action superseding characters most of the time. It felt like the main motive of the characters, to go to US or Australia to study and work was actually the motive of the director as well: How to make it to Hollywood.
The main characters had the cinematic aura however acting was mediocre overall. The film does not deserve an average rating of 8, not at all.
Some background story to Lynn and Grace could have made the story better. Given the 130 minutes length the audience deserved some more details. And the last scene, such a waste, the script meandered here and there and ended like this, such a gross disappointment.
And then what happened to Lynn's glasses? She removed them during the photo shoot-out never to put them back again. Strange!
This was my first Thai cinema experience except for a couple of Tony Jaa movies. I am looking forward to better films from Thailand.