Flatland: The Film

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Apr 10, 2022 The best adaptation of my favorite book ever writen, it's perfect. I love every second of it! See more Jun 3, 2020 It's a very interesting mental exercise, but it does get confusing with it's ending and some of the plot lines stop making sense on some points. Regardless, having in mind it's development process and that it's its creator's first film, it managed to achieve an interesting point of view and perspective, even though it could have reached higher. See more Jan 9, 2016 Big plot hole right at the beginning. Two dimensional beings wouldn't see edges of two dimensional beings. They don't have depth, nor can they perceive it. If they could only perceive two dimensions then they couldn't possibly see anything. Too much willful suspension of disbelief is required. See more Aug 21, 2014 This film is not true to Abbot's vision in several respects. There is a scene in Spaceland that is not at all portrayed in the book and contrary to my understanding of Abbott's message. The message of the book is nearly lost in this boring, lengthy animation. See more May 7, 2014 A great concept marred by acutely irritating voice acting and obtuse, distracting intertitle cards. See more Sep 25, 2011 Although this is an interesting film with an enjoyable premise, there are so many things wrong with it. Apparently the filmmaker wanted to update the story from the Victorian times in which it was originally written. Unfortunately, he left gender relations as is and what we have is an incredibly misogynist representation of women. On top of that, it is overlong and tedious, perhaps a bit too self-satisfied with its own math (which is hardly that difficult to grasp) and what could be an exciting story gets periodically reduced to overlong math sermons that become redundant and repetitive quickly. One last problem would have to be the inclusion of silent film era-type caption screens that interrupt often for the sake of exposition. This in itself could have been an interesting strategy, but it is used erratically early on, then almost not at all later on. Worse still, the captions often exist for the sole purpose of letting us know we are about to see something important, 'so pay attention,' or to borderline mock us after we see something - 'got that?' It is like watching a movie with someone annoying who keeps telling you when and what you should be noticing and watching your face for a reaction. Despite misogyny, winking self-satisfaction, condescending and overlong math speeches, and pointless full screen captions, I still gave it two stars because the premise is really interesting and there are some great moments of humor, particularly in the day to day lives of the 2D people of Flatland. But hopefully the new version will be a bit more streamlined and humanist. See more Read all reviews

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