Hard to Believe this won best picture award - terrible movie

Rating: 1/10 (4 May 2015)

My wife and i rented this movie last night and i can only say thank god we only wasted $6.00 on the rental rather than over $30.00 if we had gone to the theater to see it. How this won best picture and best director is beyond me. At first we thought there may be something wrong with us for not liking this pretentious mess of a movie. But now after reading the user comments we don't feel so bad. The hand held camera work was jarring and unsettling, the overbearing drum music (and i use the word 'music' sarcastically) was loud and out of place - I feel a two year old could have banged out the same discordant notes. The plot, if you could call it a plot, was nonsensical and drunkenly switched back and forth from comedy, to dark comedy, fantasy, and drama. The only saving grace was the fine acting turned in by Keaton and Norton whom i often wondered whether they were ad libbing many of their lines. Simply amazing that this move also won a screenplay award. To think BOYHOOD was beaten out by this claptrap makes one wonder about the so-called professionals who review these movies and then vote on the awards. Do yourself a favor and do not waste a single dime on this flop.