Under the Skin

artemov

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This must be the stinkiest movie I have watched this year. It makes Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life looks like a Hollywood blockbuster.

And here's some of the supposedly gushing reviews from Wikipedia!
"Xan Brooks of The Guardian gave Under the Skin five out of five and called it "far and away the best picture" in the Venice Film Festival.[15] Peter Bradshaw, also of The Guardian, said it was "visually stunning and deeply disturbing",[16] and gave the film a perfect score of five stars, along with Andrew Lowry of Total Film,[17] Dave Calhoun of Time Out,[18] and Kate Muir of The Times,[19] Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph also gave it five stars, and wrote: "if my legs hadn't been so wobbly and my mouth so dry, I would have climbed up on my seat and cheered."[20] Richard Roeper, meanwhile, gave the film an A+[21] and four out of four stars, stating, "This is what we talk about when we talk about film as art,"[22] while Christy Lemire also awarded the film a perfect four-star review, calling it an "undeniably haunting, singular experience," as well as calling it one of the best films of 2014.[23]"

It's a pretentious, intensely boring, meaninglessly meandering, plotless pile of turd I tell you. And I like The Tree of Life!
 

Jerry007

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I read some scathing reviews when the movie was released at the Venice Film Fest. Will never watch this. But all is not lost if Scarlett Johansson's nude scenes are intact. :D
 
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Wow is it that bad? Still thought of renting it....

Oh I really dislike Tree of Life. One of the select few shows that I could not finish. All the kaleidoscope imagery and dinosaur clips made me go WTF.
 

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Haven't watched it yet. Can't judge it yet. But my love for Ms Johansson has diminished significantly since her boob reduction surgery.
 

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Haven't watched it yet. Can't judge it yet. But my love for Ms Johansson has diminished significantly since her boob reduction surgery.

wow ... talk about superficial ... how about angelina jolie, who has lost both her breasts??
 
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