The Girl on the Train
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 2:48 pm
Emily Blunt (married to Jim from The Office in real life) is a woman who commutes via train every day. As she travels she passes by the home of a young couple whom she places upon a pedestal as the embodiment of true love. Did I mention they live two doors down from her ex-husband and his new wife?
This movie is critically acclaimed, but I'm going against that wave. There's a reason this isn't getting the word of mouth that Gone Girl did, and that's because it's not a good film.
First of all, the editing is all over the fucking place. Scenes just haphazardly spring up out of nowhere and in no sequential order. It's jarring to say the least. Usually they're really quick shots, and they're supposed to represent someone's memory returning. The problem with that is they're not always from the point of view of that person. Also, they're so randomly placed that they don't make any sense.
Secondly, the executives at Lifetime had to be finger blasting themselves watching this film. I assume it'll be played on the channel like A Christmas Story on Christmas Day on TNT or TBS or whoever the fuck shows it for 24 hours straight. This movie HATES men. We're all violent pieces of shit led by our dicks. If you don't believe that, this film isn't for you. Two of the main female characters have MASSIVE fucking character flaws. Like horrible shit. Yet both are painted as victims by the end of the film and their sins forgiven. Why? Because men suck.
What I'm trying to say is that Gordon will love this film...
Third, and this is a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE fucking no no, imho, when it comes to story telling, half the movie is complete bullshit. It never happened. If you've read my reviews over the years, you know I have a "Scream 2 rule". You can't tell a mystery and then present lies as facts to the audience. It's garbage story telling. This movie has that, and then some. Not only are you shown entire scenes that never took place, which actually would have been acceptable because of why the person saw an even that way IF it had been presented from that person's point of view, but entire scenes are shown that nobody would have been privy to, and intentionally lead the audience to other conclusions.
Fourth, hitting the flashbacks and memories again, you're shown these scenes randomly, but the film also will place a placard up saying "Two Months Ago" for other scenes. WTF? It also combines flashbacks and memories, when the memories are supposed to be only from one person's point of view.
Despite all the shitty story telling I knew who the baddie was from the get go. It was so blatantly obvious and just gets more so as the film goes on. Hell, anyone still reading knows who it is...
It's sad because there are some good performances by the actors and there is a good story here. It just isn't told well at all. My wife said the book was miles better.
This movie tries really hard to be the next Gone Girl and fails miserably. I would recommend this to women who hate men and love badly told stories that use flashbacks, memories, and scenes that never happened to trick the audience into thinking they're watching a great mystery.
This movie is critically acclaimed, but I'm going against that wave. There's a reason this isn't getting the word of mouth that Gone Girl did, and that's because it's not a good film.
First of all, the editing is all over the fucking place. Scenes just haphazardly spring up out of nowhere and in no sequential order. It's jarring to say the least. Usually they're really quick shots, and they're supposed to represent someone's memory returning. The problem with that is they're not always from the point of view of that person. Also, they're so randomly placed that they don't make any sense.
Secondly, the executives at Lifetime had to be finger blasting themselves watching this film. I assume it'll be played on the channel like A Christmas Story on Christmas Day on TNT or TBS or whoever the fuck shows it for 24 hours straight. This movie HATES men. We're all violent pieces of shit led by our dicks. If you don't believe that, this film isn't for you. Two of the main female characters have MASSIVE fucking character flaws. Like horrible shit. Yet both are painted as victims by the end of the film and their sins forgiven. Why? Because men suck.
What I'm trying to say is that Gordon will love this film...
Third, and this is a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE fucking no no, imho, when it comes to story telling, half the movie is complete bullshit. It never happened. If you've read my reviews over the years, you know I have a "Scream 2 rule". You can't tell a mystery and then present lies as facts to the audience. It's garbage story telling. This movie has that, and then some. Not only are you shown entire scenes that never took place, which actually would have been acceptable because of why the person saw an even that way IF it had been presented from that person's point of view, but entire scenes are shown that nobody would have been privy to, and intentionally lead the audience to other conclusions.
Fourth, hitting the flashbacks and memories again, you're shown these scenes randomly, but the film also will place a placard up saying "Two Months Ago" for other scenes. WTF? It also combines flashbacks and memories, when the memories are supposed to be only from one person's point of view.
Despite all the shitty story telling I knew who the baddie was from the get go. It was so blatantly obvious and just gets more so as the film goes on. Hell, anyone still reading knows who it is...
It's sad because there are some good performances by the actors and there is a good story here. It just isn't told well at all. My wife said the book was miles better.
This movie tries really hard to be the next Gone Girl and fails miserably. I would recommend this to women who hate men and love badly told stories that use flashbacks, memories, and scenes that never happened to trick the audience into thinking they're watching a great mystery.