Awful Movie
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Lantana
cuckookachoo — 23 years ago(September 30, 2002 12:03 PM)
This movie was painfully boring. Dreadfully bereft of any plot. Empty characters living empty lives. An episode of Who's The Boss? has more compelling characters. Yikessteer clear of this unless you're having trouble sleeping.
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Simonofthepiemans — 21 years ago(May 25, 2004 03:54 AM)
You are heathens with no taste. Go back to Independence Day or any other tripe churned out by hollywood for the masses.
This film was both touching & reverent with an excellent script complimented by an excelent cast & superb directorship. -
TheHuggster — 21 years ago(May 27, 2004 01:15 PM)
..not to mention strong yet subtle perfomances and characters that were scripted to have equal validity and importance within the screenplay. It made a pleasant change to see an intelligent and thought provoking piece of work that wasn't simply centered around a lone Hollywood 'flavour of the moment' actor leaping from one explosion to the next. It was an elegantly paced exploration of the moments in life when self-reflection can lead to emotional trauma and upheval in everyday surburban existance.
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Purity_of_Essence87 — 21 years ago(April 01, 2005 10:58 AM)
Wow. Some people just don't understand what acting truly is. This film brings us back to what it's supposed to be about. Decent script that makes you think with just brilliant PURE acting. No special effects or other stuff to help them out.
There used to be a me behind the mask, but i had it surgically removed. - Peter Sellers -
radicalmedia — 21 years ago(April 02, 2005 12:09 PM)
I agree. Whos the Boss is far more interesting. THis is like a bad miniseries.
At least on Whos the bossTony Danza wants something.and theres spark. Conflict. Humour. THis is so dry it would give a sao a run for its money.
Good Drama has to include humour this is essential. This on the other hand is English Kitchen Sink dramatedious, tawdry and middleclass. Wheres the pain, yearning, existential crisis, sexual politics?
Rachael Blakes character was the only one who had a serious crisis. We should have focussed on herand maybe we would be lifted from the quagmire of upper middleclass whitefolks deliberating about their boring lives. -
Asbestos_is_bad — 18 years ago(September 10, 2007 06:22 PM)
"Wheres the pain, yearning, existential crisis, sexual politics?"
Had you been slightly more observant:
When Leon and Pete were talking in the bathroom they say, "dont you wanna cry sometimes??" "Well, yeah; but you don't, do you?"
This SHOULD show you that the pain, yearning, existential crisis and sexual politics ARE there, but for the self beneficence the characters hide it.
Nonetheless i didn't enjoy this movie. And it may well be that i didnt understand it. but it is my belief currently, that movies have no place in real life circumstances, as this was. It was not fantastical nor unfathomable, it was down the line credible, and i just don't like that.
Likened to a small degree to Dylan Thomas' 'Under MilkWood'- a play for aural fixation wherein the characters and their activities throughout the play could be come across in any real society.
An outstanding performance- but not my type. haha -
radicalmedia — 21 years ago(April 02, 2005 12:04 PM)
I couldnt agree more.
Im sure Ive seen this dead woman in the vines a thousand times before.
And who gives a beep about a greek cop with problems "emotionally investing"..
They should have made it a comedy. This tawdry psycho babble had soft on politics, passionless framing of its characters and uninspired performances (despite their "natural" feelingfelt like good old method to me!)
And whats with the pull focus at the end from Peter Phelps in the trees to the Maori guy in the cafe? My god.that was seriously borrowed from a medibank private commercial. They could have just had two simple medium shots. Far more elegant and heartbreaking.
Paul Kelly is great on folk record..but should stay clear of movie soundtracks. Tom White proved a similar sountracking disaster. Its just too pat. -
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nakedhandfilms — 20 years ago(April 12, 2005 06:41 PM)
This film tries encompasses so many cliches it's not funny!
A) Trying to be a lynch film with a body in the flowers
B) Trying to be an altman film with intersecting lives
but what is most annoying is that the film comes off like a self help journal for middle class twats. There is no strength in films politics or its social satire. Everything is watered down the only interesting characters are portrayed by Rachael Blake and Daniela Farinacci
TVyES Great tv..but far too explicable and obvious for good cinema. -
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CamelCamelCamel — 19 years ago(July 16, 2006 04:43 AM)
This film tries encompasses so many cliches it's not funny!
A) Trying to be a lynch film with a body in the flowers
B) Trying to be an altman film with intersecting lives
C) Trying to be a Cimino film with those shots of Vietnamese people
D) Trying to be a Kurosawa film with people who wear shoes
Hey, you're right!
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Aquileia — 18 years ago(May 12, 2007 10:30 AM)
Wow, there are some astonishingly stupid people with incredibly bad taste posting on this thread. Lantana is one of the best films I've seen in years, with amazing performances by Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia and the rest of the cast. You need a few brain cells to appreciate it, yes, but this film is hardly rocket science. I don't get why so many people found it inaccessible. I found it highly emotionally charged and deeply affecting.
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clairo_3 — 18 years ago(June 20, 2007 03:37 AM)
Rachael Blakes character was the only one who had a serious crisis. We should have focussed on herand maybe we would be lifted from the quagmire of upper middleclass whitefolks deliberating about their boring lives
mm she broke up with her husband which was her own choice and decided to screw some other guy while drinking, smoking and dancing alot.
thats truly a crisis compared to barbara hershey's character who was dealing with grieving for her daughter and coping with the breakdown of her marriage.
sorry but the loss of a child - or any close relative - is a pretty big crisis. -
tillzen — 18 years ago(September 09, 2007 01:35 AM)
Stick to "Who's The Boss" as anything deeper is beyond you. The ONLY thing wrong with "Lantana" might be the pace but your inability to see this film for ALL that it WAS, reminds us all of the worst of the internet, as any moron with a clue of what makes art, can slag something so worthy.
STOP posting as you have no taste or criteria or depth to critique ANYTHING (including "Who's The Boss"). In a perfect world you would be stripped of internet access for anything but porn, as you are simply unworthy of this privelage, as clearly complex thought eludes you. "Lantana" was a fine film with some of the most subtle acting EVER! Kudos to ALL involved! -
Dashkatt — 18 years ago(September 19, 2007 10:43 PM)
Well, once again, I see that the only taste some people have is in their mouth.
This was a well done film that had the same intersecting story line of subsequent films that did quite well. Perhaps those highly critical of this film might do better watching more shoot-em-ups and car chase films. That might be more attuned to their ability to comprehend. Perhaps more ghetto action flicks? Drug abuse, teenage rebellion from a different angle? Oh brother.
This was an interesting story although full of a lot of coincidence. Anthony Paglia did well in his portrayal however at times he forgot to use his characters correct accent.
Barbara Hershey well, there's just not enough movies with her in them.
Oh well I enjoyed the film, and that's all that matters.
ta ta