Trance

You may be interested to read a real 'professional Hypnotherapist's response to Trance:'Another View'. www.wholebeingtoday.com http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/apr/28/hypnotherapists-view-on-trance?INTCMP=SRCH

May 1 - 11:50 AM

Bruce McNatty

A big waste of an evening....evening with a mediocre movie, if I can feel a connection with at least one of the characters, then I'll get something from it. But I could not have cared less about any of the characters in Trance, none of them were engaging. Plus it has a really annoying and inappropriate soundtrack - the music is loud and goes on and on. Meanwhile the story itself is trying to be so clever, with it's constant switching from trance/dream/real-life, while the gang of art thieves try and locate the stolen painting. The story is shallow and flimsy and un-original, and after a while I could not give a crap about the whereabouts of the painting...I hope Danny Boyle can lift his game next time round, because he sure lost the plot with this piece of junk...

Apr 13 - 02:53 AM

S M

I love it when people call something a piece of junk based solely on their opinions. It reminds me how opinionated and stuck-up people can be.

Apr 24 - 01:10 PM

Justin R

I really enjoyed this. Stylish and had so many twists. Worth a watch.

Apr 12 - 09:51 PM

Joanne Newton

Trance is not Danny Boyle's worst work, but its not his best. I think it started out promising, but fell apart, tangled up by its own narrative. Shame really as it was a pretty original idea that got thrown away. My response to the big reveal was like "Really? Meh." You'd also have expected that to have knitted together with the rest of the film. But, to me, it doesn't tie up properly.

Apr 9 - 02:56 PM

Sarah Banks

This film I think was really good, it to me was original which I think is what more films need to be like, and reviewers like these guys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XWM50q0HVg need to think about the direction of it as again he directed it and i thought that despite certain bits of editing and the score that it worked well, reminded me of shallow grave and a life less ordinary

Apr 8 - 07:55 AM

Sarah Banks

Apr 8 - 07:55 AM

Guy Jackson

I can see how two weeks into shooting everyone on set realized it's not going anywhere, but they had to finish the job.
the only reason i wanted to watch it was because of Boyle and after watching The (good) Trailer.
i'm usually very forgiven but the only good thing about this movie was the sound track
wish i could have those two hours of my life back.

Apr 6 - 06:40 AM

Francisco Valle

I just saw the open screening-did not want to see this movie but it turned out pretty good. Why do you say it sucks ass but not in those words? I want to know what you consider a bad ass movie because I haven't seen any movies this entertaining in a minute.

Apr 9 - 11:14 PM

Darth Tutweiller

Love this thread.

Apr 5 - 04:36 PM

Timothy Wilkes

Its a shame his last two films weren't original ideas of his, or a producer. They were based on books, even Trainspotting, brilliant, but not original, but based on a novel. People call them a great work of thought, even if they didn't think up the story but going by some elses ideas. That's why trance is less greater, because it just shows how difficult it is to think up a great idea in the world of cinema.

Mar 28 - 10:48 AM

Cole Jaeger

Danny Boyle only wrote one movie, 127 Hours. He's a director, so it's his job to take the screenplay and do it justice. His direction is his past 2 films MADE the movies. So it's not just the idea that makes it a great work of art, it's the execution. Just because something is adapted doesn't mean it can't be a great work of art or is any less original. Stanley Kubrick adapted just about all of his films.

Mar 28 - 07:28 PM

Chase Nyland

You had me at Vincent Cassel.

Mar 25 - 06:07 AM

David Tanny

I've enjoyed every Danny Boyle film I've seen, so I'll definitely be checking out Trance.

Mar 25 - 05:32 AM

Saetre Saetre

Really looking forward to this one.

Mar 22 - 02:43 PM

sam varma

the red band trailer rocks... has some nudity... and violence

Mar 22 - 03:44 AM

Frankie Gilmore

Always good things to have :)

Mar 25 - 07:42 PM

sam varma

hell yeah

Mar 29 - 08:01 AM

S M

Wow... you have high expectations from movies, don't you? A little killing, and a few boobs, and you're satisfied?

Apr 24 - 01:11 PM

WS Shannon

I wholeheartedly disagree with John. Slumdog Millionaire was the strongest (and least) cheesy romance I've seen in some time and not to mention it was extremely entertaining.

28 Days Later, 127 Hours, and Trainspotting were also brilliant, Sunshine was very good, Millions was decent, and The Beach was visually nice but the story was mediocre.

Mar 19 - 03:11 PM

John Tyler

EVERYTHING WRONG WITH SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE:
Plot conveniences
Parodying real emotions unintentionally
Random chance happenings
An unbelievable romance (they fall in love just because they fall in love)
Lame-as-fuck cinematography (in what world would people think this was shot beautifully)
Incredibly inaccurate depiction of Mumbai
Zero plot
No real characters
Uses destiny as an excuse for the plot structure to be all over the place
Inaccurate to the requirements needed to participate in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Sucky-ass marketing campaign

Slumdog Millionaire can kiss my whiter-than-marshmallow-fluff ass.

Apr 5 - 01:01 PM

John Tyler

Oh, did I forget Slumdog Millionaire's contrived plot points? I did? Well, thank God for that!

Apr 6 - 10:41 AM

Joanne Newton

What I don't get is that you say one of the faults of Slumdog is it has "zero plot" and yet in your own reply you contradict that by saying it has contrived "plot points".

Apr 9 - 02:48 PM

John Tyler

The plot points are what caused the plot to not actually be a plot.

Apr 13 - 08:21 AM

John Tyler

I liked 28 Days Later, Sunshine, The Beach, and 127 Hours. His others, not so much. Slumdog Millionaire was pitiful.

Mar 18 - 04:49 PM

Frankie Gilmore

What didn't you like about Slumdog Millionare? (I'm not trying to be rude I'm just curious)

Mar 25 - 07:41 PM

John Tyler

Watch FilmMasterAdam's review on webofcinema.com and you'll see why I loathe Slumdog Millionaire.