alleycat8

I'm sorry, I know I am in the minority, but I really didn't get this doc-montage-essay, for all its wit and cleverness, and lush photography, and even lusher soundtrack, I felt I was being soundly manipulated by the filmmaker into seeing London as a political and spiritual wasteland. Yes, this film is, I suppose, artistically good, I felt some of the narration was poignant, and resonant of an underlying angst that many people experience in London, which can be isolating. Still, the haughty, droning voice of the narrator, really put me off. The simplistic dichotomy of labour versus conservatives, one good, the other doom laden, an insult to my intelligence, and the lack of voice within the film, apart from the writer's insistent polemic, was by far the most meaningful element. The film approves itself, and obliterates all dissent.

I could only manage about a half hour watching this tripe, and that was too much. Granted, the dramatic concept is interesting, but the way it is executed, (if you'll pardon the pun), was much too cruel and comic for my taste.

What could have been a really great drama, turned out to be a cruel and annoying pastiche of human suffering.

The acting was way too keyed up, more geared towards the 'action packed' adventure story, not a convincing depiction of a man fighting for air in a box. The character was set up as a real dumb ass and we, the spectators are supposed to sit back and watch him flail about in his coffin. Twisted story, twisted directing, and boring.