[QUOTE="Def_Jef88"][QUOTE="AndrewXXXXXX"]I don't care what anybody says, Eastern Promises is, hands down, the ABSOLUTE WORST movie of this year. It's equivalent to being in a car that starts up, but never moves. Eastern Promises is, simply, just a waste of time with one of the worst endings I have seen in recent years.AndrewXXXXXX
maybe you just dont like good movies.... :|
I have been looking forward to this movie for a long time because of the critical acclaim it has been receiving.I am sorry to say that words cannot describe just how much I truly hate this film.Watching "Eastern Promises" is equivalent to being in a car that starts, but never actually moves.
"Eastern Promises" starts off by showing us the death of a pregnant Russian 14-year-old girl.Isn't that one great introduction?Aren't you actually wondering what is going to happen?That's the exact thought I had, but then somehow, it backstabs you.Then we are introduced to the incredibly foolish midwife at a local London hospital, Anna Khitrova (awkwardly portrayed by Naomi Watts) and, for no truly good reason, she steals the diary of this girl.After that, she uses her barely functional Russian skills and decides to investigate the death, which leads her into the gritty and violent underworld of London.
The biggest problem with "Eastern Promises" is watching every single character in this movie make the worst decisions with no reasons to support it.For example, is there really a reason why Anna, a poor midwife who still lives with her parents, should play detective and start chasing around dangerous mobsters?No, there isn't, and she is not even obsessed, she is just curious, which is, in my opinion, reason enough to not even care.Not only that, this movie gets a reasonably good story and makes it dull and tedious, and it leads up to one of the worst endings I have seen in quite some time.In fact, I would be giving it too much respect to even be calling it a conclusion.It's as if the director did not know what he was doing himself."Eastern Promises" is a promise you should definitely break, for it is the worst film I have seen so far this year.
Actually, there is a reason why she starts investigating, and the reason is the 14 year old girl's baby. She took the diary to learn something about her to identify her, and thus send the baby to her parents.
Paying attention FTW.
edit: oh yeah, Resident Evil 3 takes the prize for worst movie of the year.
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