Review of Bonzo

Bonzo (2013)
1/10
Great premise that went nowhere
22 February 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Stumbled across this on Tubi TV, and from the synopsis I decided to give it a whirl. I guess I was expecting something quirky... My bad for assuming.

I don't mind slow films at all, and I was interested in the theme of the man alone in the woods (and myself, I would LOVE to live alone in the woods!!), but I wasn't expecting it to be "a day in the life of" sort of movie. That's not slow, that's boring. I fast-forwarded through most of it.

For example a man typing and typing is not at all interested, unless it's The Shining. Definitely there has to be some undercurrent to make the action be anything but monotonous.

Continued to fast forward and stop periodically, but gave up around 1:03 minutes in. Couldn't bring myself to watch the last 13 minutes.

I guess this is an indie movie. Why is it all in the movies the characters are moping around, harbouring some inner turmoil? The audience needs more than only that.

Seriously, if they had handled their interesting concept as a whimsical or quirky movie, this could've been amazing.
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