only critic's fare

Rating: Null/10 (5 July 2009)

I don't see how this movie would please anyone but a film critic. Of course, it portrays life as just life, without the fanciful decorations romance movies add. But this is definitely not my fare... all i could see in the film was minutes and agonizing minutes of dialog, which isn't the least bit interesting. I read the comments of other users lavishing praise on the dialogs being very real and close to life. But seriously, don't you find the musings of the lead pair too immature? And whatever humor there was, it was lifeless just like the rest of the rantings they exchange. The concept of two strangers meeting in an alien land, falling in love, only to depart the next morning had premise for such high romance potential. But what we get is a boring as hell movie. Julie looks pretty and very desirable, and Ethan looks dumb with a 'hey look at me, i am a cool dude' sort of sneer and calculated callousness. Lousy acting... they should've cast someone instead of Ethan. Overall, all the pages of excellent reviews aside, my take on the film is that it sucks.