Less is more sometimes.
Added 5/26/2009
First and foremost I have to say that the actors in this movie were definitely above average. And the beginning of the movie was very very good, it brought you in and really sold you the emotions and feelings. The ending however could have been done better. It was very rushed and so unlike the authenticity of the beginning. It made me wonder whether they just went too trigger happy at showing the evil vices of human culture.
The way it was ended made me want to rewrite the script. There wasn't enough build of the relationship between the monster and Beatrice like they led up to in the beginning. Instead they decided to pursue insignificant story lines (like them getting famous) that did not help the movie at all. They could have conveyed the same message they were going for if they had continued in building the relationship, and it would have been much better and less immature.
I did however enjoy the role of the Scientist, and his thought provoking speeches, even though he didn't show up until the end. Hopefully people who watch this can grasp the concepts that he portrayed, because they were all true.
And in the very end where it all blacked out was very typical, trying to hard to make a dramatic farewell. It fit but I wish they had done it a different way.
I liked the movie as it tried to get the viewer to think about the downfalls of society and the evils of human existence and I enjoyed the characters, but in the end it tried to hard. Less is more sometimes.
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Not your usual beauty and the beast story...
Added 5/2/2009
Very good. I really enjoyed this movie. No action scenes, no overtly sexual scenes. Just a movie that makes you think.
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Slow delivery!Came from Canada over 10 days,and they did not respond to emails almost canceled
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Well acted, wished for a more upbeat ending
Added 3/16/2008
Well acted, well crafted story abbout the way situations changed characte's life. I was hoping for a mor uplifting ending but I ma not sure it could have ended any other way.
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"I'm Not The Monster I Used To Be" ~ The Dissolution Of The Sacred
Added 5/1/2007
According to Plutarch (CE 45-125) the great Goat-God "Pan is Dead," dying just as the Christian faith was taking hold in the Mediterranean world, a classic case of out with the old and in with the new. However what if Plutarch was wrong, what if Pan hadn't died but lived on through the centuries. What if this primal, rural deity remained in the shadows of history quietly observing the advancement of mankind through the ages. What would he think of seeing his beloved wilderness landscape slowly devoured and replaced by large, congested urban centers. Would he be forced into a nomadic existence forever looking for a place of solitude away from the ever curious world of men. If he was seen on occasion would he be revered as in old as a God, or despised and perceived as a monster? What if Pan really did exist?
Interesting premise don't you think? Well this is the situation and just some of the questions dealt with in Hal Hartley's amazing dark comedy `No Such Thing' (`01). OK, I admit the film doesn't actually refer to this horned and hairy monster as the legendary Pan but the resemblance is strong and there are definitely subtle implications in the script supporting this view. Anyway, a satyr-like creature is discovered alive and hiding out in a remote region of Iceland. He is isolated, depressed, alcoholic and suicidal. The monster laments, "I see extinction in everything around me." He's convinced that only dying can solve his problem. But he can't, he's immortal. This disenfranchised pagan deity now spends his time drinking and terrorizing a nearby village whenever his anger at mankind becomes too much to bear. All seems hopeless until Beatrice a young American journalist convinces him to accompany her back to the U.S.A., giving her the story of the century and providing him with his one and only chance for extinction.
`No Such Thing' is one of the most original, off-beat and quirky films you'll ever come across. Hartley's dialogue ranges from inventive to absurd, but always meaningful and layered. Robert John Burke is brilliant as the potty-mouthed Satyr and Sarah Polley is a perfect choice for the clueless Beatrice. If you're looking for something totally different from the everyday here it is!
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Less is more sometimes.
Added 5/26/2009
First and foremost I have to say that the actors in this movie were definitely above average. And the beginning of the movie was very very good, it brought you in and really sold you the emotions and feelings. The ending however could have been done better. It was very rushed and so unlike the authenticity of the beginning. It made me wonder whether they just went too trigger happy at showing the evil vices of human culture.
The way it was ended made me want to rewrite the script. There wasn't enough build of the relationship between the monster and Beatrice like they led up to in the beginning. Instead they decided to pursue insignificant story lines (like them getting famous) that did not help the movie at all. They could have conveyed the same message they were going for if they had continued in building the relationship, and it would have been much better and less immature.
I did however enjoy the role of the Scientist, and his thought provoking speeches, even though he didn't show up until the end. Hopefully people who watch this can grasp the concepts that he portrayed, because they were all true.
And in the very end where it all blacked out was very typical, trying to hard to make a dramatic farewell. It fit but I wish they had done it a different way.
I liked the movie as it tried to get the viewer to think about the downfalls of society and the evils of human existence and I enjoyed the characters, but in the end it tried to hard. Less is more sometimes.
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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Not your usual beauty and the beast story...
Added 5/2/2009
Very good. I really enjoyed this movie. No action scenes, no overtly sexual scenes. Just a movie that makes you think.
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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Slow delivery!Came from Canada over 10 days,and they did not respond to emails almost canceled
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