Not enough words could adequately describe the misery inflicted on sane viewers by this over-everything work. Some years back, this movie would have killed the careers of all associated with it (and rightly so) - but with today's low-grade expectations, we will sadly see them all again. Apart from some slick technical achievements nothing could redeem this low life trash-fest. Of course, certain 'critics' seem to think it's trendy to go with the 'Awards' set, but then look at the low ticket sales for genuine public opinion; It's a Bomb.
If early movie making and lifestyles went halfway like this, very little would have been made, and more people would have ended in early graves than actually did. Writer/director Damian Chazelle (La La Land) is another classic example of the overindulgence and stupidity of this modern day industry. Because one of his earlier movies was a hit, the studio honchos and foolish producers gave him a blank cheque --thinking he can't go wrong-- but he does, in a very $BIG way. Here, he totally goes overboard with everything, proving himself incapable of creating a worthwhile project, and dragging everyone else down the sewer with him.
From the moment the Elephant defecates all over the truck driver within the first 5 mins you know it's heading to being a stinker. For a film made on an outlandish Super Budget, there are so many bad technical moments that actually make this picture worse than those it sets out to lampoon. Just one example is the main star that runs out of a door with blood covering 98% of his face but comes out the other side with a clean face! Not even a 'B' pic would allow that to remain in the final cut.
This is crammed with so many ludicrous, drug-fuelled grotty orgies that the editors have difficulties matching scenes with any continuity; the end result is just a headache inducing, nauseating left-over dogs dinner. There are just too many other flaws to list.
Big money, big stars and a poor script, do not a good movie make, and filling it with nonstop sickening low-life perversity of every persuasion kills it even further. It's played too straight to be successful satire and too repugnant for mainstream, 99% of characters are unlikeable, and it goes on interminably. This moviemaker has foolishly fallen into the same trap he's supposedly exposing.
For sensationalist or undiscerning audiences only.
If early movie making and lifestyles went halfway like this, very little would have been made, and more people would have ended in early graves than actually did. Writer/director Damian Chazelle (La La Land) is another classic example of the overindulgence and stupidity of this modern day industry. Because one of his earlier movies was a hit, the studio honchos and foolish producers gave him a blank cheque --thinking he can't go wrong-- but he does, in a very $BIG way. Here, he totally goes overboard with everything, proving himself incapable of creating a worthwhile project, and dragging everyone else down the sewer with him.
From the moment the Elephant defecates all over the truck driver within the first 5 mins you know it's heading to being a stinker. For a film made on an outlandish Super Budget, there are so many bad technical moments that actually make this picture worse than those it sets out to lampoon. Just one example is the main star that runs out of a door with blood covering 98% of his face but comes out the other side with a clean face! Not even a 'B' pic would allow that to remain in the final cut.
This is crammed with so many ludicrous, drug-fuelled grotty orgies that the editors have difficulties matching scenes with any continuity; the end result is just a headache inducing, nauseating left-over dogs dinner. There are just too many other flaws to list.
Big money, big stars and a poor script, do not a good movie make, and filling it with nonstop sickening low-life perversity of every persuasion kills it even further. It's played too straight to be successful satire and too repugnant for mainstream, 99% of characters are unlikeable, and it goes on interminably. This moviemaker has foolishly fallen into the same trap he's supposedly exposing.
For sensationalist or undiscerning audiences only.