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One Perfect Day
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I saw it last night. I quite liked it for the most part, it was refreshing to see a film take some risks and dare to be different in its style, look and to a lesser extent, its attiude.
While the storyline was a mess throughout, it didn't really matter as the plotline was the central purpose of the film.
However, when the plotline did take over in the final 30 mins, it totally fell apart and began to resemble a forced, manipulative Hollywood product - a real shame as for the most part it seemed to be consciously avoiding this path.
(SPOILER WARNING)
I didn't see the need why Alysse had to die in the end, it seemed to be nothing more then an arbitrary, 'tragic' element tacked onto the film; surely Emma's death at the beginning was enough in that regard. Why couldn't the two central characters end happily, instead of there being the tedious 'Romeo & Juliet' angle put onto it?
And the way the drug dealer got his 'just deserts' in the final scene was laughable. How anyone could work out just by watching the vid stuff on the screen that he was resposnible for her death is beyond me. It would've come across as a random series of images unless you knew in detail the people involved and what it was all about beforehand. As if someone as rich and powerful would get exposed like that anyway.
It just seemed an attempt by the flimmakers to not let the audience end the film on a downer with Alysse's death.
A real shame the film fell apart in the last section, it was quite enjoyable up to that point.
While the storyline was a mess throughout, it didn't really matter as the plotline was the central purpose of the film.
However, when the plotline did take over in the final 30 mins, it totally fell apart and began to resemble a forced, manipulative Hollywood product - a real shame as for the most part it seemed to be consciously avoiding this path.
(SPOILER WARNING)
I didn't see the need why Alysse had to die in the end, it seemed to be nothing more then an arbitrary, 'tragic' element tacked onto the film; surely Emma's death at the beginning was enough in that regard. Why couldn't the two central characters end happily, instead of there being the tedious 'Romeo & Juliet' angle put onto it?
And the way the drug dealer got his 'just deserts' in the final scene was laughable. How anyone could work out just by watching the vid stuff on the screen that he was resposnible for her death is beyond me. It would've come across as a random series of images unless you knew in detail the people involved and what it was all about beforehand. As if someone as rich and powerful would get exposed like that anyway.
It just seemed an attempt by the flimmakers to not let the audience end the film on a downer with Alysse's death.
A real shame the film fell apart in the last section, it was quite enjoyable up to that point.
