Seriously?

Rating: Null/10 (25 January 2015)

I am forced to respect that many people disagree with me about this movie and that is is receiving all kinds of awards. However, seeing this film was a truly dreadful experience. I give it two time peeks, a personal rating system. It simply means if I check my watch twice during the film, I am not entertained and want to go home. In what I hoped would be the climactic scene, the main character jumps to what I was breathlessly hoping would be his immediate death, thereby bringing the film to a close. Sadly, no, he lives. Let's see: a man gets locked out of the theater in his underwear and has to go through a crowd to get back in. A man levitates for no apparent reason and a pretentious actor intentionally destroys a live performance out of ego and sheer disdain for that night's audience. And a bunch of people who think they too are the center of the universe occupy a screen that they have no business paying to get in to see. If this is the best thing Hollywood produces for its awards shows, then Armageddon is surely upon us. I once liked the lead actors in this film, but that have managed to outlive their careers. Next time hopefully they will succeed at that one thing-jumping from a roof. Gravity deserves to be taken seriously.