Emperor's New Movie

Rating: Null/10 (20 April 2003)

This movie's following was created by word of mouth and I was recommended DD by a friend. Now if you asked what i thought of the film 20 minutes from the end, i would have told you that it was great, because right up to that point i was enjoying it. Then something happened. It looked like the writer/director tried to twist up the ending so the viewer would get the 'sixth sense'/'the others' kind of shocking revelation that make the audiences heart skip a beat. However i was left, staring at the screen feeling angry and cheated. I'm not sure what this film was trying to say or do but I refuse to leap onto every website i can find and then have to sit through the directors commentary to actually find out what he was playing at. I know i'm not a stupid person, and in fact all the issues i had with the film, i went back to by friend who recommended it and told him. He just smiled and said that was what was so great about the film. WHAT, you didn't know what the hell was going on!!?? Forget it. This film is a fan boy/movie discussion group/cyber geek's dream. Everybody else, do yourself a favour and give it a wide birth.
*3/10* - A 3 because the acting was great