this MOVIE seemed to go in the right direction. it was interesting to see Slater in this kind of role, he really tried to get into it with his limited skills (since he is only a faded personality) but he just like the rest of the piece fell short.
yes there was moments of darkness, where you felt sad, but most of the time you feel nothing but pity for everyone and every part of this mess.
there are very out of place CGI effects, that are plastered all over the place, the only one worth mentioning (i.e. one that worked and did not look bad) was his only friend the gold fish. which was prob. the best role in the piece.
the movie suffers from bad editing and a total lack of direction, in not only the story but the random choice of effects. also the humor while not a bad thing was out of place. honestly the whole thing was a mess, it felt like i was watching a bad rip-off of THE ASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXION, a film that puts you into a box, that you like the protagonist want to get out of.
you ask yourself at the end of this movie... was it dream? why did he make all these stupid choices? was this made for TV? does this get any worse? why did W.H Macy do this movie? why does Cuthburt for once look ugly when the role is supposed to be the head turner? why is every office worker literally a cardboard cut out? why i'm I not entertained and not believe one thing i'm watching? etc. etc. etc. plot holes, bad acting, loose premise! honestly the only thing that could have saved this movie would have been to just simply do one thing, make the whole feature black and white. that one addition would have added a needed darkness as well as contrast that the movie needed on many levels. you would see the world as he does... and the horrible rendered, cheap, ineffective, out of place CGI, would have its flaws hidden, blending into his own stark world.
but its just a hack in the end, a not funny OFFICE SPACE.
yes there was moments of darkness, where you felt sad, but most of the time you feel nothing but pity for everyone and every part of this mess.
there are very out of place CGI effects, that are plastered all over the place, the only one worth mentioning (i.e. one that worked and did not look bad) was his only friend the gold fish. which was prob. the best role in the piece.
the movie suffers from bad editing and a total lack of direction, in not only the story but the random choice of effects. also the humor while not a bad thing was out of place. honestly the whole thing was a mess, it felt like i was watching a bad rip-off of THE ASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXION, a film that puts you into a box, that you like the protagonist want to get out of.
you ask yourself at the end of this movie... was it dream? why did he make all these stupid choices? was this made for TV? does this get any worse? why did W.H Macy do this movie? why does Cuthburt for once look ugly when the role is supposed to be the head turner? why is every office worker literally a cardboard cut out? why i'm I not entertained and not believe one thing i'm watching? etc. etc. etc. plot holes, bad acting, loose premise! honestly the only thing that could have saved this movie would have been to just simply do one thing, make the whole feature black and white. that one addition would have added a needed darkness as well as contrast that the movie needed on many levels. you would see the world as he does... and the horrible rendered, cheap, ineffective, out of place CGI, would have its flaws hidden, blending into his own stark world.
but its just a hack in the end, a not funny OFFICE SPACE.