jackshrack

This movie is like a drawing that was perfect but the artist didn't know where to stop until it was ruined and unrecognizable. The first hour was superb. Witty, **** reminded me of a serious man. And I kind of had that gut feeling that it was sort of heading in the wrong direction. I actually have never seen a film that started out as an "independent film" and finished as a "hollywood epic." I waited for it to end on about 10 different occasions, but it kept on going. I thought it would be a great film if it was cut in half. The focus of this 2 hr 15 film, I feel was totally lost in the last hour, trying to throw to many subjects into one film. The premise was revealed rather early and I think had they stayed with that it would have been much better. I left the theater thinking "who is this guy anyway?" I know there was a dedication to someone I had never heard of, but I went into the film thinking this was a fictional account.

This was a fairly trite and predictable story in my view. A real dissapoint after watching Edward scissorhandy. You get the feeling that burton has sold out. These kind of mythic, sweeping movies have the same feel as forest gump. They are all too transparent with their message and leave nothing to the imagination. The characters are not believable and it feels an hour too long.