6 years ago

@nancy-l-draper I have a little bit of trouble seeing eye to eye with you. Would you care to elaborate on how it was "crass, vacuous, and devoid of romance"?<br /> <br /> I actually very much enjoyed the more "realistic" approach of romance of two people spending time together and slowly building up their attraction to one another. It's a refreshing alternative to the traditional "Oh I met 1 hour ago you and you're my soulmate, so let's bring up the grandiose declarations of love".<br /> <br /> I also can't see how you would argue that this wasn't funny. Me and my group of friends were chuckling throughout the movie, and I genuinely think the movie was very funny, by any kind of standard. So, since you comment on it not being funny, I suppose you enjoy comedies, and I can't help but wonder why do you think that this movie was so far from being funny? What are some comedies that you like, and how is that humor so different from this movie's?<br /> <br /> Finally, I don't think that in any case a rating of 3 is fair. It feels to me to be a very emotional rating, since the production is solid: this movie is well made, well-shot, and the acting is stellar. In my book, these qualities put a movie at about 5, and then the story takes care of the rest. So I strongly believe that your rating is very emotional and not very rational, or that you are truly oblivious to really bad movies, in which case I can give a few recommendations of truly horrendous movies, so you can get some perspective of what, at least in my book, deserves sub-5 ratings.<br /> <br /> I don't intend to be abrupt or anything, and sorry if any part of my reply seems offensive, I just saw the movie yesterday and really enjoyed it, and I honestly think that your review is unfair. We all have different tastes and preferences, but even then I think that this movies is not worth a rating of 3. :)

6 years ago

@manos_th - We will have to agree to disagree. If you feel so strongly about this movie you should cut and paste your opinion into your own comment.<br /> <br /> "Funny" is very subjective, so our sense of humour may be very different - it happens, no judgement. As for RomComs I enjoy - LOVE ACTUALLY and ABOUT TIME might be representative. <br /> <br /> One further comment on your reply to my review - because you disagree with my evaluation criteria doesn't make mine more emotional and yours more rational, just different. If you agree with my reviews of films more often than not then follow me. If you don't, don't feel you need to school me in your perspective, write your own reviews. I usually read most of them and especially note those who's ratings are the polar opposite of mine so I can see things from another's perspective. <br /> <br /> The other thing I learned from writing my original review of this film was that it was the third RomCom in a row that I felt was lacking any real sense of intimacy or romance (the classic definition of romance is to elevate an ideal or the object of an ideal - hence the Romantic Poets - I found this film neither striving to elevate a higher Ideal of love or holding precious the subject of their affection. I found the lovers to be very self seeking and vacuous). Resulting from that frustration with the new RomComs I began wondering if I lam more drawn to RomDramas, but, then again, I have a number of cherished RomComs on my favourite list so I've made no decision, yet, to abandoned hope in the modern RomCom.<br /> <br /> I'm sorry if you took my review personally as "unfair". It was just meant as a personal reflection and response to the film. I am OK with people having dissenting opinions.

6 years ago

@nmanos_th - To show you that I took your comment to heart, I refer you to a movie I watched and reviewed this evening. Perhaps that review better states my expectation of Romance - https://trakt.tv/movies/their-finest-2017

6 years ago

I’d suggest viewing IMDb user ratings or Metacritic ratings if you’re that concerned about it. It’s entertaining to see what people had to say here, but certainly not a way to get an overall assessment of a movie.