Review of The Sea of Trees (2016) by Xenogears — 14 Dec 2017
The elitism spewing out of the American paid reviewer community is mind boggling. Do everyone a favour and go cure cancer, then at least your efforts would have substance. I saw this from a completely different angle than the reviewers - in which I found the plot and direction to be solid, but casting to be really off.
If some solid indie actors that were not tainted by trying so hard to please the oscars panel were put in the leading roles - it could have been understated, eerie and profound. I dont give a damn about some over thought and over done performance - subtlety, true subtlety, was missing from the American cast.
Maybe my view on this film being an eight is only due to the shyte show the professional reviewers created but I enjoyed the plot, enjoyed the message and appreciated the non linear angle. Just the acting really let this down for me - a perfect example of trying too hard to be subtle to appease the ridiculously shallow and overhyped hollywood "overlords" hell bent on inducing extremes.
This review of The Sea of Trees (2016) was written by Xenogears on 14 Dec 2017.
The Sea of Trees has generally received mixed reviews.
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