Review of The Jar

The Jar (1984)
I laughed, I screamed, I hated this movie
20 April 2003
Warning: Spoilers
Spoilers below. THIS MOVIE FILTH! I honestly hope they were kidding when they took the premis of this movie and adapted it into a film. The main character mainly wanders around turning his lights on and off, and drinking water. When he isnt doing that he is either abusing a woman who loves him because carring rocking chairs has left her in a state of life debt to him for eternity, OR having the most boring and poorly lit halucinations ever. There are things in this movie I just don't understand. Like the seen where we witness three minutes of our hero (Read: inept hairy fool) walking down a street. He finally arives at his destination (See's Cookie shop) we then wait outside for him to buy I cookie. I wish I were joking. Then he eats the cookie and walks away. The Plastic figurine under blue lighting is never thwarted by cookies, the main characters have no passion for cookies, the heart of a woman is not won with cookies, THIS SCENE IS USELESS!!! Much like every other scene in the movie. Also, the ending of our main man's life, involves randomly walking up to a potted plant, feeling a leaf on it, then digging in its dirt. Then a face is uncovered and there is a poorly lit orange spot to the side of it. Our main character screams and is never seen or heard from again...right. In the next scene his body is gone, so I am left to ponder my meaning in life. This movie is artsy film making gone horribly wrong. And as a note to its producers, real artists use light (and get the subject in the frame). They also do at least SOME sound before post production.
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