The story concept is great, really something I'd enjoy watching, I love marketing, love personal development, love romance. So a story of someone realising they're not quite doing life the way that leads to fulfillment is a good one. Love interest thrown in? You're onto a winner!
Except that it's not a good movie, it shows twice as much information than is needed to make a point in the plot.
The main character just comes across as a complete ass who has no feelings for anyone, barely himself.
The "Mentor" character is awful, seriously, why would anyone take "advice" from someone like this?
Some of the lines are just plain awful, I would class them at the level of high school kids learning how to write a screen play.
A decent editor would have helped, to stop it getting boring but it would have simply moved my rating from a 3 to a 4.5 at best.
The characters just weren't congruent/realistic, one scene where his friends fiancé supposedly is so frustrated with his attitude comes out of the blue and doesn't make any sense whatsoever..
Another point Ben is amazed that Alex can speak fluent Arabic, you'd have thought she'd just discovered the theory of relativity, or something similar that is truly amazing, rather than learned to speak the language of the country she's lived and worked in for years...
Watching movies like this makes you realise just how good really great directors and editors actually are, you don't notice their skills because it just makes the film seamless, and enjoyable, and one that you can emotionally connect and empathise with the characters.
I think the story told is a common one, avoidance of intimacy but it's done very clumsily. If I were involved in the making of this movie I would consider it a "Learning experience"...
If you want to watch a movie that could have been brilliant, but was destroyed by poor screen writing, poor direction, and poor editing, this is the movie for you!
Except that it's not a good movie, it shows twice as much information than is needed to make a point in the plot.
The main character just comes across as a complete ass who has no feelings for anyone, barely himself.
The "Mentor" character is awful, seriously, why would anyone take "advice" from someone like this?
Some of the lines are just plain awful, I would class them at the level of high school kids learning how to write a screen play.
A decent editor would have helped, to stop it getting boring but it would have simply moved my rating from a 3 to a 4.5 at best.
The characters just weren't congruent/realistic, one scene where his friends fiancé supposedly is so frustrated with his attitude comes out of the blue and doesn't make any sense whatsoever..
Another point Ben is amazed that Alex can speak fluent Arabic, you'd have thought she'd just discovered the theory of relativity, or something similar that is truly amazing, rather than learned to speak the language of the country she's lived and worked in for years...
Watching movies like this makes you realise just how good really great directors and editors actually are, you don't notice their skills because it just makes the film seamless, and enjoyable, and one that you can emotionally connect and empathise with the characters.
I think the story told is a common one, avoidance of intimacy but it's done very clumsily. If I were involved in the making of this movie I would consider it a "Learning experience"...
If you want to watch a movie that could have been brilliant, but was destroyed by poor screen writing, poor direction, and poor editing, this is the movie for you!