Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86642 posts
Sat Feb-06-21 02:13 AM
1. "lmao, what? this movie isn’t romantic at ALL." In response to Reply # 0
They fight the whole time. And the end is incredibly bittersweet/uncertain. I wouldn’t watch this on V-Day at *all*, lol.
(Or any day, because I didn’t like it. But especially if I was looking for romance! Shit is like the anti-romance, lmao. It’s basically all about how fucking won’t make your relationship work.)
Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86642 posts
Sun Feb-07-21 11:09 AM
5. "I thought it was really bad." In response to Reply # 2
Mostly because the script is super one-note, there's no pace, and the main male character is an unrepentant asshole, and I don't enjoy watching assholes rant badly and abusively on ten minute monologues at a time.
6. "RE: I thought it was really bad." In response to Reply # 5
Its no worse than Godzilla King of the Monsters...in fact, its as if David Mamet made a monster movie....mac n cheese and all.
Zendaya in slinky outfits and John David Washington doing his shit is enough for it to be a Netflix and chill flick. It looks GREAT. That helps. It can be background noise for your evening.
7. "I really didn't want to like this movie. " In response to Reply # 0
A couple arguing for 2 hours at one location written by a white guy? Didn't sound like my cup of tea. In fact, I watched it because I wanted to be able to properly bash it (I hate criticisms that start with "I didn't watch the movie but...")
But I got to say I was sucked in. I wanted to see who was right and who was wrong. I wanted to see if they stayed together. I kept wondering if they should stay together.
I was reminded of being in relationships like that and thank god I wasn't in them anymore.
I appreciated seeing an Angry Black Man that was forced to water down his rage AND he not be a criminal, or villain or necessarily punished for his rage.
It's not for everybody and I wish the Vulture reviewer just said that rather then trying to put in objective terms her inability to connect with the material. But I guess critics can't just say, "it wasn't for me".
But it was an achievement that they could have me so enthralled in a one location, two actor 90 minute flick.
********** "Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
9. "haters" In response to Reply # 0 Mon Feb-08-21 10:11 PM by Crash Bandacoot
this was a lot better than i thought it would be. could not tell if washington was a good actor up until this point, not bad at all. i wonder if they're together in real life.