I thought one of the worst movies I've seen in a while, was another independent film, "Twin Falls Idaho." But "Humboldt County" takes the f**king cake. OMG. OMFG. This movie is terrible, from start to finish. NO character development, NO humor (although I did chuckle one time), BAD start, BAD middle, LAME ending.
Here's the story:
-- Introverted guy with NO charisma who can barely communicate with other human beings gets hit on and boffed by hippie chick. You'll find yourself asking "How is THIS possible??" when it happens.
-- He then goes with her to famed Humboldt County, where she sometimes lives.
-- She then disappears, and he tries to get a ride to town next day with one of the other people living at the house, so he can catch bus back to LA.
-- Doesn't happen. Day goes by.
-- Next day, doesn't happen. Day goes by.
Bored yet? No??
-- Next day, he succumbs to taking one hit off a joint, and somehow gets high -- when typically first time smokers will not get high. But he does, and life begins to change! Wow!!
-- Few more days, nothing really happens. We learn one character who's growing 12 pot plants lied, and is growing more than that. Hold on, stop the frickin' presses, really?? Wow!
-- Our main character's father shows up, to take his son back to LA.
Fascinating story, yeah?? Wait, there's more!
-- Feds show up, find the plants that that one person was growing. Grower's really upset. Kills himself, leaving young daughter behind. (Well, he drives off the road after being drunk, so you decide whether he meant to or not. Clever how the filmmakers let you decide.)
-- Then we have a funeral at the beach.
-- Then the father and our main character leave to go back to LA. They're at some restaurant to eat, before making the trek.
-- Our main character walks out of the restaurant, gets on a bus that had stopped, a bus that is going who knows where. Dad doesn't know he's done this. End of film.
WOW. BRILLIANT FILMMAKING! A MASTERPIECE!!
When it's over, you'll wonder how the heck the lead in this movie has gotten work in current Oscar-contending movies "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Lincoln." Who knows, maybe he's become a much better actor in the past 4 years.
And when it's over, you'll wonder how the hell this movie got financing to be made. You'll also wonder why, with a script so bad, and directing so bad, that it could even get distribution and be on your cable system. Well, it does have some semi-name actors, so that's why. Without that, this movie wouldn't have seen the light of day. All the reviews here that give it 8, 9 or 10 stars? They're not real. You've been warned.
Here's the story:
-- Introverted guy with NO charisma who can barely communicate with other human beings gets hit on and boffed by hippie chick. You'll find yourself asking "How is THIS possible??" when it happens.
-- He then goes with her to famed Humboldt County, where she sometimes lives.
-- She then disappears, and he tries to get a ride to town next day with one of the other people living at the house, so he can catch bus back to LA.
-- Doesn't happen. Day goes by.
-- Next day, doesn't happen. Day goes by.
Bored yet? No??
-- Next day, he succumbs to taking one hit off a joint, and somehow gets high -- when typically first time smokers will not get high. But he does, and life begins to change! Wow!!
-- Few more days, nothing really happens. We learn one character who's growing 12 pot plants lied, and is growing more than that. Hold on, stop the frickin' presses, really?? Wow!
-- Our main character's father shows up, to take his son back to LA.
Fascinating story, yeah?? Wait, there's more!
-- Feds show up, find the plants that that one person was growing. Grower's really upset. Kills himself, leaving young daughter behind. (Well, he drives off the road after being drunk, so you decide whether he meant to or not. Clever how the filmmakers let you decide.)
-- Then we have a funeral at the beach.
-- Then the father and our main character leave to go back to LA. They're at some restaurant to eat, before making the trek.
-- Our main character walks out of the restaurant, gets on a bus that had stopped, a bus that is going who knows where. Dad doesn't know he's done this. End of film.
WOW. BRILLIANT FILMMAKING! A MASTERPIECE!!
When it's over, you'll wonder how the heck the lead in this movie has gotten work in current Oscar-contending movies "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Lincoln." Who knows, maybe he's become a much better actor in the past 4 years.
And when it's over, you'll wonder how the hell this movie got financing to be made. You'll also wonder why, with a script so bad, and directing so bad, that it could even get distribution and be on your cable system. Well, it does have some semi-name actors, so that's why. Without that, this movie wouldn't have seen the light of day. All the reviews here that give it 8, 9 or 10 stars? They're not real. You've been warned.