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Antiviral (2012)
Not worth your time.
This film fails to be entertaining as you have no sympathy for anyone in it, the premise is ridiculous. I usually find these semi-futuristic social commentary science fiction films entertaining, even when mediocre. But the premise here is overliteralised and brought to a level of unreal-ism that makes empathizing with anyone impossible. Why would anyone do what they do? Infecting yourself with celebrity HIV's? its a bit of a stretch. The storyline forced the actors into a single track behavior pattern, that does not fail to make you feel sick, but is simply frustrating as they have done it to themselves and with no real benefit or psychological study behind their motives. Its like watching trainspotting and knowing the heroin provides them with no effects of euphoria. Suddenly the addiction becomes all the more ridiculous than it already is. The directing style was cool, and the acting was OK, but just based on originality and concept i believe it could have done a lot better.
The Great Gatsby (2013)
A Higher Level Of Mediocrity By Hollywood Standards, Boardwalk Empire On LSD.
I Cannot Compare To The Novel, Having Never Read It, So I Don't Know Much About How Well Adapted This Film Is. It Is A Nice Story, Reminiscent Of The Rum Diaries, In Its Basic Structure, It Is Beautifully Colorful, Almost Psychedelic, And Enjoyably Unrealistic And Excessive. Yes, The Best Way I Can Describe Is: The Rhum Diaries Concept And Storyline. Boardwalk Empire Style And Time Period. The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassius Visuals. It Is I Feel As Though It Passed By A Bit Quickly, Leaving One Slightly Unsatisfied With How Quickly The Story Is Told. Its Greatest Advantage, To Me, Is The Time Period, The 20s Are So Glamorously Depicted You Wish You Could Be There, Enjoying Calloway Singing His Head Off, The Effects Make You Wish You Lived Back When Deep Blue Skies Still Existed, And Chemtrails Had Not Left The Skies Polluted And Grey, When Clouds Were Still Fluffy Bunny Shaped Things. The Soundtrack Is A Bit Excessive. I Feel The Director Made An Interesting Decision In Trying To Modernize The Soundtrack Taking A Radical Turn From Other Recent TV And Cinema In The Trend Of Stylish, Nostalgic Period Pieces, Using Modern Music Rather Than The Treasures Of The time, But He Went A Bit Overboard, I Think He Was Trying To hard To Appeal To Young Audiences. The Acting Is Slightly Dull At Times, Leonardo Di Caprio Delivering Once More A Respectable Performance, Being A More Theatrical Hollywood Actor, The Rest, Was Quite Mediocre. All in All, Watch It To Pass The Time, If You Like Simple Emotional Epic Hollywood Type Stuff, Watch It. If You're Looking For Something That Will Change your Life, Look Elsewhere. If You're A Person That Likes Period Pieces Or Colorful Explosive films, Like The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, Watch It.