Colibel
Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
Dorathen
Better Late Then Never
Frances Chung
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
theanon
Generation Um... A movie so low on budget that it could be a run-of- the-mill boy-band music video. 1.7 million dollar to be exact. Yet. The underlying message is futility in and of life without bordering on nihilism. It lacks anything related to art, merely it is your typical Polaroid snapshot. The cutting is mediocre at best and the main three protagonist rarely have any Academy Award deserving scene - but it is made up for. When your typical french avant-garde movie overplays its arc, when a Michael Moore movie does not even have something that resembles a story-line. Generation Um.. is exactly as the title describes. A normal day of three people living in New York(?). All characters have depth, yet, once again they just have it, it is not developed for the viewers pleasure nor is it highly presentable. It is the life of those three people intertwined. We all have our dark secrets, not everything is a highly polished space opera nor is it of the importance of a Cuba Crisis solving Kennedy. My personal guess to why this movie has such low ratings is mainly because it does not serve a purpose other to depict reality and it lacks money to buy these guys. It is reality in all its lack of glory, gore, virtue and triumph. It is oddly happiness-inducing and mellow at the same time. It is the perfect Sunday afternoon flick.
Leon Zap
You really have to appreciate Keanu's versatility and man what a role model for those 50 and over for keeping his health and not trying to look 30 but he is. This movie describes a segment of the generation today and their struggles. I think it is relevant. of course I expected poor ratings in IMDb and Netflix.There may be useless scenes but come to think of it they tie many thing together. Also the revelation of John, Violet and Mia occupations surprised me.Also surprised that Sarita Choudhury aging so beautifully and gracefully and I was expecting her to be used more. She and Keanu I think have good screen chemistryBut I think Bojana Novakovic and Adelaide Clemens are to be commended here. The acting and emotions are palpable specially when you have the stoic Keanu to play against.Give it a chance people. if you like movies like Prozac Nation, Girl Interrupted... you would like this.And yes this movie is "Friends" the sitcom, but in a realistic, gritty and dark mood representative of a different NYC demographic.
Trelan Sameg
It's an artistic film. I took it as a movie to simply observe the details. It has its good moments, but lengthy, and to be fair I did not give the movie my full attention, because frankly, I just couldn't.I have had a moment or two like this before, but it is not a lifestyle I could live with personally. However, I have come across some people where this actually is close their lifestyle, with or without the use of drugs. Sometimes some people don't have that sense of purpose or are simply clueless about the culture and how people see them. People have all different kinds of lifestyles, and this is one that definitely exists, but isn't always portrayed in film. The way the characters are and their personalities make the movie somewhat interesting.Some characters portray their characters a little better than others, I feel, in some scenes. But it is difficult to tell if the characters developed through the story or the camera just gave a new perspective. I also found it difficult to keep watching through the middle of the film as it was very slow paced.It is a decent movie, if you like a movie about life and meaning and watching these type of characters as the main characters of the film.
banglainey
For some reason I was intrigued by this movie. I kept watching it thinking something would happen. Nothing happened. Halfway through it looked like something might happen. Nothing happened. I still kept watching it though, waiting for some grand revelation, or some insight, or some idea of what it was about, and I didn't get it. I waited for the plot to reveal itself or for there to be some sort of context to the story. There was none. There was no foreshadowing, there did not appear to be any conflict, there didn't appear to be a resolution at the end, either. This movie left me unfulfilled and confused. What is the point of this movie?? I have no idea. Does anyone know, and if so can you share with me what the point of this movie was?
