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JimmyH: but the other judge (I can't remember the name) was a pretty daft addition - and her "oooh look, I've got mental powers" bits were just cornball nonsense.
blakamin:JimmyH: but the other judge (I can't remember the name) was a pretty daft addition - and her "oooh look, I've got mental powers" bits were just cornball nonsense.
Judge Anderson? She was in the comics doing exactly that!
Handsome Dan Has Spoken.
Handsome Dan needs to stop adding three dots to every sentence...
Handsome Dan does not currently have a side hustle as the mascot for Yale
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The leads are played by Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst - neither of which turn in particularly noteworthy performances. Timothy Spall, as one of the supporting characters, redeems it slightly but only just. The plot, which already requires a hefty suspension of disbelief, then makes convenient hops around inconvenient situations, and the audience is expected to just accept that things work out. The "science-fiction" seems to be pushed aside to make way for the romance side of the story: that's fine, if the romance was actually interesting or well acted. It isn't, though.
Lizard1977: Upside Down - 5/10
I saw the trailer for this a while back, and the premise looked really interesting - twinned worlds with opposite gravities, meaning that a person from one world would "fall up" on the other world. It introduced the concept of inverse matter, which when it comes into contact with matter from the opposite world would cancel out the other's gravity, effectively allowing it to float, with the downside that it would combust after a few hours. Based on the trailer, I thought the core concept was really cool. So I was really disappointed when it was effectively subsumed by a third-rate Romeo and Juliet knock-off with virtually zero character development.
The leads are played by Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst - neither of which turn in particularly noteworthy performances. Timothy Spall, as one of the supporting characters, redeems it slightly but only just. The plot, which already requires a hefty suspension of disbelief, then makes convenient hops around inconvenient situations, and the audience is expected to just accept that things work out. The "science-fiction" seems to be pushed aside to make way for the romance side of the story: that's fine, if the romance was actually interesting or well acted. It isn't, though.
What should be a vividly-realised world of opposites, suffering under a tyrannical and oppressive society, comes across as cartoonish and skeletal. The society that seems to be driving the main characters to act in a certain way is never really explored, and big leaps are made throughout the film. The resolution of the film seems forced and unrealistic.
To be honest, most of the five marks I give this film are down to the premise. Take that away, and I'd barely give it 1 or 2. In fact, I'm still wondering why I watched it all the way through...
Handsome Dan Has Spoken.
Handsome Dan needs to stop adding three dots to every sentence...
Handsome Dan does not currently have a side hustle as the mascot for Yale
*Gladly accepting donations...
Lizard1977: In fact, I'm still wondering why I watched it all the way through...
Lizard1977: You're absolutely right. Sigh indeed. I've only ever abandoned watching one film in my life - Tomb Raider 2: Cradle of Life. No regrets...
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