S1mOne has a strong satirical sci-fi concept, but largely suffers from its large budget and the period in which it was produced... While watching it I couldn't stop pondering how great this concept could've worked in a classic Twilight Zone episode. While I wouldn't call it a bad movie, it ultimately misses the mark. Watching it now in 2019, the CGI for Simone looks silly and easily dates it. As a satire and for standing the test of time better, they should've ditched the computer graphics entirely and just featured the real actress all the time even on the computer screen. It's supposed to be lifelike groundbreaking technology right? This also would've made the interacting scenes much more heartfelt and not like he's talking to a paused Playstation screen. The actress who plays Simone did such a great job not acting real so the CGI is just a massive unnecessary negative.
The whole story of Viktor's ex wife running the studio is so bad and unnecessary. The rekindled 'romance' between them is even worse, would've been much better without all of this. I like Al Pacino in this but I think they could've utilized him much better. He comes across a bit clownish and bum-like for much of it. Stylistically the movie shows glimpses of good direction like the use of vintage automobiles but mostly falls short. It would've been really cool if they went in a 50's sci-fi camp throwback direction possibly with classic noir mixed in for drama. I'm a big stickler for style and there's a lot of fun things they could've done with this particular vehicle. Making Simone a Jessica Simpson-esque pop-star was dumb and doesn't add anything to the movie.
Overall, movies iike S1mOne ultimately leave me frustrated because it could've been a real classic.
The whole story of Viktor's ex wife running the studio is so bad and unnecessary. The rekindled 'romance' between them is even worse, would've been much better without all of this. I like Al Pacino in this but I think they could've utilized him much better. He comes across a bit clownish and bum-like for much of it. Stylistically the movie shows glimpses of good direction like the use of vintage automobiles but mostly falls short. It would've been really cool if they went in a 50's sci-fi camp throwback direction possibly with classic noir mixed in for drama. I'm a big stickler for style and there's a lot of fun things they could've done with this particular vehicle. Making Simone a Jessica Simpson-esque pop-star was dumb and doesn't add anything to the movie.
Overall, movies iike S1mOne ultimately leave me frustrated because it could've been a real classic.