I'll give this a mild rating for being unconventional and its surprisingly good ideas from time to times, however for some people it could really be a pain in the a* to watch. I watched the film to a certain point when I thought »wow, that's the end — and it's not that bad!«. Time seemed to have flied by, no big flaws and I was ready for the final scene and the credits to roll in. So I watched Naomi Watts basically doing nothing, but doing it for a very long time and nothing happened. Nothing. I really dig long shots with no dialog, as long as they make sense and deliver to the atmosphere – but what followed was one long shot after the other with about zero plot development, as mentioned in other reviews here. Completely out of pace. I think it meant to give the viewer a deep depressing impression or something like that, but I have to admit, it really bored me and made me uncomfortable watching — I'm not talking about that uncomfortable feeling when you watch movies like Man bites Dog, because it's hard stuff, no, it's just lame. The camera play is as boring as it can be and you get the imagination, that the camera crew told Naomi Watts to »do her thing« for about 5 minutes or so, while the crew takes a coffee break. So, as to cinematography this movie is one of the worst I've seen in the recent years. But I also need to note, that the story itself is fairly good, and the actors did a good job. Just half an hour after watching the movie I already can't remember, whether the movie had a music score or not except for the shitty theme song by Naked City. Even more disturbing to me was, that I somehow knew the music and after looking it up, I remembered, that I actually listened to this crap a couple of years ago... by choice. So I think this movie is not bad, it's not great but it's far from being a classic or art(house). It's *meh*.
Review of Funny Games
