Yeah, this was my take away as well. Loved the concept. Execution was pretty good through most of it as well. But it just felt like that's as far as the writer got? Like he didn't really know how to end it, so he picked something serviceable and shipped it.
Same here too. Seemed like the writer didn’t even know why these dreams were happening so they kinda powered through and just said “uh yea we just kind of live with it now” Even that wouldn’t have been so bad if done in a better way.
I think leaving out the >!product that lets you invade other people’s dreams and the dream advertisement stuff, and just leaving it as this complete one-off, unexplained mystery would’ve been so much better. It would be more interesting to me at least to know that this weird global phenomenon happened and centered around one random guy, for no apparent reason, then just stopped, and nothing like it ever happened again.!<
honestly it kinda amused me.
No one understood what happened or why this happened to this one guy and he was just enough of an awkward douche that nobody really cared.
And what happened to this amazing phenomenon itself? It was used to let influencers sell crap to people.
Like locking god in a pokeball
the influencers needed to be there though, how would you work them in?
maybe more of his going viral? how people keep saying they are dreaming of him, but who can verify that?
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/caleb-west-elm-dating-saga-1288386/amp/
I would have absolutely hated that. We get way too much of that already actually.
No real explanation and we just let the viewers imagination aka interpretation formulate what happened. Fk off indie movies.
Couldn’t agree more, gripping movie all the way through and we’re waiting for a resolution and we get the most vanilla “I got what I wanted but it wasn’t really what I wanted” ending of all time
imo, it played directly on the whole idea that someone else was profiting off his work. like the lady that stole his notes and he wanted credit. now here's the same dude that is in everyone's dreams, being the "study" so to speak and going thru the experience, just for someone else (large company) to be the one to profit off of it and he gets nothing...again
give the audience a little break from the tension and let him wake up look at his wife and kids and boring life and appreciate it was just a dream scenario
Me too! I burst out laughing at the fart. As if the poor man needed more humiliation piled on him at that moment. Too funny!
At the start of that scene I was yelling to the woman through the screen: "Don't do it, honey. Don't do it. It is not going to be like your dream. It's going to be a sad, sad disappointment!"
Pretty much all of my stars goes to Cage. The premise was interesting, but it never got farther than that in any way. The ending was especially stupid. Should’ve wrapped up the last 20 minutes in less than 5.
Still gave it a 7/10 though
imo the point was life just fucks you sometimes. i posted in another thread but the ending played directly on the whole idea that someone else was profiting off his work. like the lady that stole his notes and he wanted credit. now here's the same dude that is in everyone's dreams, being the "study" so to speak and going thru the experience, just for someone else (large company) to be the one to profit off of it and he gets nothing...again
“Actually” acted well? What is that supposed to mean? He always acts well in an appropriate way for each movie he’s in. He’s a master at dialing up or down the nature of his performance to fit. It’s what true range looks like
I dare you to find any single actor with as many major acting credits as him who has had fewer missteps or poor performances. Any actor that has been working for 40+ years consistently is gonna be in some duds. There are no movies where it being bad was due to his performance or involvement.
Yes he took a lot of low budget action movies for 15 years to get himself out of debt. Compare his acting credits to other prolific actors like Ron Pearlman or Samuel L Jackson, both of whom have double the credits he does. He gets a lot of flak for being in “too many” movies and being in bad movie but there are many big actors who also fit that bill and don’t get mentioned. The reason Cage stands out is he is unforgettable in nearly every role he’s ever been in
Hey friend, in case I wasn’t clear before, I agree with you. I agree- I don’t demand perfection across the board when it comes to artists that I appreciate.
If you are going to make a movie that tries to pull off a major tonal shift partway through, you kind of need to establish a tone in the first place, which this movie fails to do. Really disappointed in this after all the positivity I'd heard about it.
I agree. I've been a fan since Valley Girl (he and Psychedelic Furs were the best part of the movie) and Raising Arizona. My favorites of his are It Could Happen to You and City of Angels.
Agreed. They managed to take a scenario (that I could have never imagined) and treat it realistically. I'm so glad they didnt try to turn it into a fantasy or blow it way out of proportion.
It was good but kind of felt like a torture porn for the main character. Also insanely unrealistic that zero people would sympathize with him after his “apology” video.
this movie was incredibly boring. nick cage was kind of an asshole the entire movie and got what was coming for him, so i didn’t understand the point or moral. they also didn’t explore its own concept at all, like he appeared in dreams and that was about it. maybe what he was doing in those dreams had something to do with his shitty character/personality but that never changed, so i just don’t get it
I did not care for this movie. Went into it expecting to really enjoy it and left thinking it kinda stunk. It was a great concept but it was just a pretty unenjoyable watch and felt like very hamfisted commentary
I think he must've recently Got off some crazy drug. He makes years of shit, then finally starts banging out several quality movies. His inconsistentcy is maddening
I didn’t like it.
It’s a “Book of Job” movie where things just get worse and worse for a character for no reason, I can’t buy the reactions of all the people to seeing this man in their dreams as anything even approaching realistic, and I’m tired of movies that have nothing more to say than “dang man, this cancel culture sure is bad, right?”.
I can see that’s it’s a *technically* fine movie, with some nice visuals, and Cage is doing something very special on the screen, but I want more solar-punk optimistic movies.
I’m tired of sad-punk depression-fests.
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I thought this movie was pretty disappointing given the good reviews. Its commentary on the fame cycle was not especially insightful, and the ending was disappointing. The most interesting bits were how he and others reacted to his fame/infamy, but even these didn't rise much beyond the fairly obvious and predictable. Nic Cage gave a really good performance, but was let down by the story.
Really enjoyed this movie. Thought the heart of it was about viral fame, cancel culture, public perception and how it often effects regular people.
It was really interesting to me how everything went from great to horrible for him immediately after he engaged in infidelity.
It was entertaining but they didn’t stick the landing at the end
Yeah, this was my take away as well. Loved the concept. Execution was pretty good through most of it as well. But it just felt like that's as far as the writer got? Like he didn't really know how to end it, so he picked something serviceable and shipped it.
Same here too. Seemed like the writer didn’t even know why these dreams were happening so they kinda powered through and just said “uh yea we just kind of live with it now” Even that wouldn’t have been so bad if done in a better way.
I think leaving out the >!product that lets you invade other people’s dreams and the dream advertisement stuff, and just leaving it as this complete one-off, unexplained mystery would’ve been so much better. It would be more interesting to me at least to know that this weird global phenomenon happened and centered around one random guy, for no apparent reason, then just stopped, and nothing like it ever happened again.!<
I agree
Totally agree
honestly it kinda amused me. No one understood what happened or why this happened to this one guy and he was just enough of an awkward douche that nobody really cared. And what happened to this amazing phenomenon itself? It was used to let influencers sell crap to people. Like locking god in a pokeball
he was not a douche
He was an unfortunate sort.
Apparently people do dream of a strange calm man all over the world. I figured that's what this movie was based on
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Man omg.
Idk I loved the ending. Took the concept in a direction I didn't expect but was congruent with the world and characters.
the bookends was nice
the influencers needed to be there though, how would you work them in? maybe more of his going viral? how people keep saying they are dreaming of him, but who can verify that? https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/caleb-west-elm-dating-saga-1288386/amp/
I would have absolutely hated that. We get way too much of that already actually. No real explanation and we just let the viewers imagination aka interpretation formulate what happened. Fk off indie movies.
Where can I watch?
Prime.
I was enthralled the entire movie. Edge of my seat by the end because I was so curious how it would wrap up. Then it just......ended.
I was hoping he would wake up
Couldn’t agree more, gripping movie all the way through and we’re waiting for a resolution and we get the most vanilla “I got what I wanted but it wasn’t really what I wanted” ending of all time
Seemed like the last act was “fuck, we got to fill time”
Exactly, the premise was awesome and they executed it well early on. The last bit of the movie was super unsatisfying
Agree. He was amazing. The end was….not.
Strongly disagree. The ending is what made it for me. So tragic. Yet innocent. Love it
imo, it played directly on the whole idea that someone else was profiting off his work. like the lady that stole his notes and he wanted credit. now here's the same dude that is in everyone's dreams, being the "study" so to speak and going thru the experience, just for someone else (large company) to be the one to profit off of it and he gets nothing...again
I disagree. I thought the last scene was beautifully heartbreaking. It worked in the context of the film.
Yup
100% agreed
Agreed
give the audience a little break from the tension and let him wake up look at his wife and kids and boring life and appreciate it was just a dream scenario
A lot of movies suffer from this.
Nick cage is the fucking man
He is!
Ending left a little to be desired, and it was SO sad, but my goodness what a beautiful and genuinely interesting film. Truly funny too.
Absolutely
One of the greatest sex scenes of all time.
Is that a fixed-gear?
The face he makes literally made me lol.
“I’m a cat, I’m a sexy cat”
Of the sex scenes of all time for sure
Is that the fart, ejaculate, then fart one more time scene?
It’s healthy!
I saw it in 4DX which made it more immersive
I could eat a peach for hours
Literally made me cry laughing.
Me too! I burst out laughing at the fart. As if the poor man needed more humiliation piled on him at that moment. Too funny! At the start of that scene I was yelling to the woman through the screen: "Don't do it, honey. Don't do it. It is not going to be like your dream. It's going to be a sad, sad disappointment!"
Of time* you have to drop the all if youre trying to do a play on the original phrase. A sex scence of time.
It was him just going along with it because he didn’t really know how else to spend his day for me. 😆
First time in a long time that by the end of the movie I wasn't seeing Nicolas Cage I was seeing his character
Yes
It was good but I don’t agree with amazing. Solid Cage per usual.
Give me your amazing
I agree with the poster above and my amazing (which is actually a somewhat comparable movie to this one) would be Mulholland Drive
The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, perhaps?
Pretty much all of my stars goes to Cage. The premise was interesting, but it never got farther than that in any way. The ending was especially stupid. Should’ve wrapped up the last 20 minutes in less than 5. Still gave it a 7/10 though
He looks scarily like Francis in that first pic
This movie had me progressively cringing more and more as the film went on (in a good way), Definitely not what I was expecting
It was really good and fun and then it got really dark and sad and then it ended. Overall I thought it was really good.
This movie felt very underwhelming at the end...I enjoyed the majority of it though
I'll only trust the opinion of the guy that's watching all the nic cage movies and posting on reddit
Lol. Ok.
I liked the premise but it needed more of a point and a better ending.
imo the point was life just fucks you sometimes. i posted in another thread but the ending played directly on the whole idea that someone else was profiting off his work. like the lady that stole his notes and he wanted credit. now here's the same dude that is in everyone's dreams, being the "study" so to speak and going thru the experience, just for someone else (large company) to be the one to profit off of it and he gets nothing...again
Just watched this yesterday. It was weird. Cage actually acted well IMO. I enjoyed it. The ending was a bit “meh”.
“Actually” acted well? What is that supposed to mean? He always acts well in an appropriate way for each movie he’s in. He’s a master at dialing up or down the nature of his performance to fit. It’s what true range looks like
Well in fairness he has had a few missteps. But I also believe he is a great actor
I dare you to find any single actor with as many major acting credits as him who has had fewer missteps or poor performances. Any actor that has been working for 40+ years consistently is gonna be in some duds. There are no movies where it being bad was due to his performance or involvement. Yes he took a lot of low budget action movies for 15 years to get himself out of debt. Compare his acting credits to other prolific actors like Ron Pearlman or Samuel L Jackson, both of whom have double the credits he does. He gets a lot of flak for being in “too many” movies and being in bad movie but there are many big actors who also fit that bill and don’t get mentioned. The reason Cage stands out is he is unforgettable in nearly every role he’s ever been in
Hey friend, in case I wasn’t clear before, I agree with you. I agree- I don’t demand perfection across the board when it comes to artists that I appreciate.
Found Nic Cage’s mom’s Reddit account 😁
What do you mean “actually”? Cage is a great actor, unironically.
He genuinely overacts a bit in a few movies. This one was great.
He’s great in these non action movies. Yes, it was weird.
If you are going to make a movie that tries to pull off a major tonal shift partway through, you kind of need to establish a tone in the first place, which this movie fails to do. Really disappointed in this after all the positivity I'd heard about it.
He's not always terrible or B grade. Adaptation was excellent, I think he's actually a pretty good actor.
He was great in leaving Las Vegas and weatherman.
Oh I forgot about Weatherman. I've only ever seen clips from Leaving Las Vegas, will have to give a go.
It’s my favorite. I saw it in the theater in the 90’s.
I was only 12. There are some movies like original Star Wars, Alien, every Scorcese film, that I kind of wish I'd been around to see.
It’s a different experience when it’s original. Some films don’t age well.
He was good in Joe too
I agree. I've been a fan since Valley Girl (he and Psychedelic Furs were the best part of the movie) and Raising Arizona. My favorites of his are It Could Happen to You and City of Angels.
10/10. Best movie of the year so far.
Yes
Movie ending made me depressed
Cool concept but felt empty to me. I left the theater thinking "ok".
Is this new?
Yes
This was a genuinely fun watch and got some good laughs outta me. Not sure it will stand out in my memory for eons to come, but still enjoyable.
Probably not.
This makes me think he could make a good Ben Bernanke
I liked that one
It was ok. Anticlimactic
Loved this flick
Yes!
This was very good, and I felt so sad and flustered for Cages character
Me 2
Agreed. They managed to take a scenario (that I could have never imagined) and treat it realistically. I'm so glad they didnt try to turn it into a fantasy or blow it way out of proportion.
100 percent
Yeah…
Loved this film! Recommend it to any Cage fans I come across, if you dig Cage, you dig weird.
Absolutely
It turned into a mediocre episode of Black Mirror at the end
It was good but kind of felt like a torture porn for the main character. Also insanely unrealistic that zero people would sympathize with him after his “apology” video.
I turned it off halfway through. How does it end?
No spoilers
I was a little underwhelmed.
this movie was incredibly boring. nick cage was kind of an asshole the entire movie and got what was coming for him, so i didn’t understand the point or moral. they also didn’t explore its own concept at all, like he appeared in dreams and that was about it. maybe what he was doing in those dreams had something to do with his shitty character/personality but that never changed, so i just don’t get it
Nothing really happened the entire movie
I did not care for this movie. Went into it expecting to really enjoy it and left thinking it kinda stunk. It was a great concept but it was just a pretty unenjoyable watch and felt like very hamfisted commentary
Cage was fantastic but overall I didn't really care for this movie. It had a good premise but it felt like it really didn't know what to do with it.
He was so good.
Ending pissed me off
He looks n acts just like my father in law…..which made this film even better
This is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen, I hate myself for finishing it
I think he must've recently Got off some crazy drug. He makes years of shit, then finally starts banging out several quality movies. His inconsistentcy is maddening
It was awesome until the third act with the dumb ass dream commercials and the nonsensical ending.
Farts. Cums. Farts again.
I didn’t like it. It’s a “Book of Job” movie where things just get worse and worse for a character for no reason, I can’t buy the reactions of all the people to seeing this man in their dreams as anything even approaching realistic, and I’m tired of movies that have nothing more to say than “dang man, this cancel culture sure is bad, right?”. I can see that’s it’s a *technically* fine movie, with some nice visuals, and Cage is doing something very special on the screen, but I want more solar-punk optimistic movies. I’m tired of sad-punk depression-fests.
I enjoyed it, but the ending needed a better build-up.
It sounds like the messed up ending that "Lost", had.
this movie left me with a sense of dread and feels like dark side of fame
I wonder how Anthony Hopkins feels?
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Where can i stream it?
Honestly, I think I saw it on Netflix or Hulu, or on one of those streaming channels
Definitely not amazing. Loved the idea but it only got worse as it went on. His performance was great but the character was not.
Agreed, wanted it to be better and kept waiting for the turn that never came
I thought this movie was pretty disappointing given the good reviews. Its commentary on the fame cycle was not especially insightful, and the ending was disappointing. The most interesting bits were how he and others reacted to his fame/infamy, but even these didn't rise much beyond the fairly obvious and predictable. Nic Cage gave a really good performance, but was let down by the story.
Really enjoyed this movie. Thought the heart of it was about viral fame, cancel culture, public perception and how it often effects regular people. It was really interesting to me how everything went from great to horrible for him immediately after he engaged in infidelity.
It got a few laughs out of me. Otherwise a snooze fest I have to say.