This movie was interesting but I think it was supposed to be funny. Oh, and profound. Funny and profound. That would have been nice. One of my fellow jurors pointed out that it was filled with great characters, it's just that the plot didn't give them much to work with. Knowing that this was made by a first-time director does make me very curious to see what he does next, though. Clearly, there's some talent behind the camera and I think it would be really interesting to see how the director grows (or doesn't grow).
I'd say that this film falls in the Before Sunrise/Sunset mold. The trouble is (as Colleen always points out) that's a very difficult type of film to pull off. I mean, just two people talking? Especially for another first-time director. I give that guy a lot of credit for only being a little boring. Again, he's another person that I'd like to see mature as his career goes on. It's also nice to be reminded that movies about black people don't have to be completely retarded.
So far, this film has made me think the most. I would have to see it again before I could really have an opinion on it because it throws an awful lot at you and it's not always clear what's going on. It took me about five minutes to really wrap my head around the ending. And when I saw "wrap my head around" I mean "figure out what questions are left up to the audience's interpretation". Answering those questions will take considerably more work. This is another first-time director (again with the first-time directors!) that I'd like to keep my eye on.
This was supposed to be like The Matrix but it was more like The Matrix Revolutions meets The Fifth Element. It's about an epic struggle between two poorly defined sides (with no apparent motivation) and the douche bag who must choose between them. Oh, and the titular storm didn't appear to have anything to do with, well, anything. There should have been way more kick-ass fight scenes with the hot Swedish chicks and way less childhood trauma. Emotions are for sissy movies, not movies where girls wear skin-tight leather unitards and kick people in the face.
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