It’s not even fun bad… It's just bad.
How they got this cast to do this movie is beyond me. The best part were the bad subtitles that kept calling Hyeri “he” and later Yoon Gyeom “sis”. There were just so many writing and directing choices I did not understand…
First of all, there is no set up for anything. They don’t tell, they don’t show. Half way through the movie you will still not truly understand the past events, current characters; motivations, who is on whose side and why. Not explicitly telling every little detail about the plot is fine, most viewers can put two and two together. Here… they told me close to nothing. I feel like I had to basically write 50% of the plot in my head, to make any sense of it. The vague idea of the plot in Monstrum is interesting, but that’s it - just a vague idea, a first draft of the plot…
I can't really comment about the acting, because the characters were so painfully one-dimensional a brick wall could play them and the result would be similar.
The comedy was also misplaced and just in poor taste. This is not a slapstick sitcom, so why are we getting fart jokes?
Overall… It’s been a while since I watched something so bad I was actually annoyed watching.
First of all, there is no set up for anything. They don’t tell, they don’t show. Half way through the movie you will still not truly understand the past events, current characters; motivations, who is on whose side and why. Not explicitly telling every little detail about the plot is fine, most viewers can put two and two together. Here… they told me close to nothing. I feel like I had to basically write 50% of the plot in my head, to make any sense of it. The vague idea of the plot in Monstrum is interesting, but that’s it - just a vague idea, a first draft of the plot…
I can't really comment about the acting, because the characters were so painfully one-dimensional a brick wall could play them and the result would be similar.
The comedy was also misplaced and just in poor taste. This is not a slapstick sitcom, so why are we getting fart jokes?
Overall… It’s been a while since I watched something so bad I was actually annoyed watching.
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