Intellectually stimulating and flawlessly directed by David Cronenberg with heady ideas and themes difficult to soak up upon it's first viewing. I can clearly see why many had difficulties enjoying this film with it's cold, bizarre dialogue heavy approach in each interaction, but upon mulitple viewings now have placed it upon one of my favorite films of the year so far and ranks upon some of my personal favorites in the Cronenberg library. It's fascinating view upon capitalism and modern society though a series of strangely comedic interactions is captivating. Robert Pattinson's performance is something else too. I never thought I'd mutter these words, but he truly acquits himself marvelously here. Something in Cronenberg has sparked the confidence he's seemingly lacked in previous films, always appearing stiffly callow, but here he gets tto loosen up a bit and allows some talent to seap through. Cosmopolis isn't a film for everyone. In fact, it isn't a film for most, but it definitely worked for me.
Felt like it was trying very hard to be abstract. I don't understand how they could possibly have expected people who haven't read the book to have a fucking clue what was going on. Didn't like this film.
Keeping extremely close to the dialog in Don DeLillo's novel, maverick Canadian director David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis is a sharp and somewhat minimalist satire of capitalist class structure, using few sets and deadpan, philosophical dialog to make its points, points that nonetheless remain ambiguous at the best of times, and even more so in Cronenberg's hands. I simply do not know what Robert Pattinson fans (Team Edward) will make of it. Me? I appreciate the journey of a man desperate to connect with the world below when the world above loses its fascination. It's a film that keeps asking questions and that seems even more relevant now than when the book came out in 2001 (it predicted Occupy Wall Street, among other things). If you don't it's a book, it seems perfectly contemporary. The book provides an atypical structure that's still satisfying, and forces Cronenberg to be less "squishy" than usual.
It feels like a Jim Jarmusch joint. This is a film that needs a particular mood to watch. It's odd, wordy and stylized. The dialogue is forced and cumbersome but that's what makes it work. If you're in a place where questions like "Where do limousines go at night?" sounds interesting, give it a shot. Otherwise put it aside and wait until you feel a bit introspective and could watch a meandering film with lots of emotionally distant people and Paul Giamatti explaining how his homemade toilet works.
The only problem with this film is that it's boring. I'm not even joking, I felt like I was watching "1900" and the fact that most of the film is set inside a limousine did not help, although I'm aware this was a central piece of the film, the isolation, the dehumanizing, the complete lack of emotions (specially between the the main character and his wife) and the fact that he was not free despite all of his wealth.
Cronenberg is one of my faves and always will be, but I'm not sure how I feel about this one yet. It's really weird, but not necessarily in that awesome Cronenberg way. It kept me interested, but also wondering where it was going if anywhere at all. It makes a little more sense now that I'm reading here it was a book first though.
Shallow, shallow movie. Awful performance of the main character. Cronenberg movies can be strange, erratic, hard, but I never saw them as empty and cheap. This was one of the movies where I wanted to leave the room at the middle of the movie.
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Joelston
Intellectually stimulating and flawlessly directed by David Cronenberg with heady ideas and themes difficult to soak up upon it's first viewing. I can clearly see why many had difficulties enjoying this film with it's cold, bizarre dialogue heavy approach in each interaction, but upon mulitple viewings now have placed it upon one of my favorite films of the year so far and ranks upon some of my personal favorites in the Cronenberg library. It's fascinating view upon capitalism and modern society though a series of strangely comedic interactions is captivating. Robert Pattinson's performance is something else too. I never thought I'd mutter these words, but he truly acquits himself marvelously here. Something in Cronenberg has sparked the confidence he's seemingly lacked in previous films, always appearing stiffly callow, but here he gets tto loosen up a bit and allows some talent to seap through. Cosmopolis isn't a film for everyone. In fact, it isn't a film for most, but it definitely worked for me.samfenn
Felt like it was trying very hard to be abstract. I don't understand how they could possibly have expected people who haven't read the book to have a fucking clue what was going on. Didn't like this film.buddhalou
Seems to be a very polarizing flick. Count me on the side of those that thought it was brilliant. Great author, great director, great movie.Siskoid
Keeping extremely close to the dialog in Don DeLillo's novel, maverick Canadian director David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis is a sharp and somewhat minimalist satire of capitalist class structure, using few sets and deadpan, philosophical dialog to make its points, points that nonetheless remain ambiguous at the best of times, and even more so in Cronenberg's hands. I simply do not know what Robert Pattinson fans (Team Edward) will make of it. Me? I appreciate the journey of a man desperate to connect with the world below when the world above loses its fascination. It's a film that keeps asking questions and that seems even more relevant now than when the book came out in 2001 (it predicted Occupy Wall Street, among other things). If you don't it's a book, it seems perfectly contemporary. The book provides an atypical structure that's still satisfying, and forces Cronenberg to be less "squishy" than usual.SpacedJ
It feels like a Jim Jarmusch joint. This is a film that needs a particular mood to watch. It's odd, wordy and stylized. The dialogue is forced and cumbersome but that's what makes it work. If you're in a place where questions like "Where do limousines go at night?" sounds interesting, give it a shot. Otherwise put it aside and wait until you feel a bit introspective and could watch a meandering film with lots of emotionally distant people and Paul Giamatti explaining how his homemade toilet works.devilsadvocado
I appreciate and respect the filmmaker's vision here. Just please don't make me watch it again.SkilledLunatic
The only problem with this film is that it's boring. I'm not even joking, I felt like I was watching "1900" and the fact that most of the film is set inside a limousine did not help, although I'm aware this was a central piece of the film, the isolation, the dehumanizing, the complete lack of emotions (specially between the the main character and his wife) and the fact that he was not free despite all of his wealth.thestaulker
2012's Best Absurdist work of art.The_Comatorium
my pancreas is asymetricalCarota
big moments in the book, trivialities in the movie.unfortunately very, very poor film version.
CrumbThumber
i feel like it should have been a little bit more accessible. i don't want mainstream, but most of the dialogue is too cryptic and left me zoning out.Flops
Cronenberg is one of my faves and always will be, but I'm not sure how I feel about this one yet. It's really weird, but not necessarily in that awesome Cronenberg way. It kept me interested, but also wondering where it was going if anywhere at all. It makes a little more sense now that I'm reading here it was a book first though.blondy2323
It can be hard to watch, but certainly very eye opening. And it shows that Pattinson can actually act, as opposed to what it seems in Twilight.timmy_501
If Cronenberg wanted to be popular he'd just do another body horror movie.Bayushiseni
Shallow, shallow movie. Awful performance of the main character. Cronenberg movies can be strange, erratic, hard, but I never saw them as empty and cheap. This was one of the movies where I wanted to leave the room at the middle of the movie.Showing items 1 – 15 of 26