“What
do you want from me? I'm just a word processor!”
Dear
God I do not think I have ever been more bored watching a movie before than
when I sat through After Hours! (I feel
like I am going to be hit with flying objects now) The concept is great but I found
the whole thing way too creepy and boring it moved way too slow for me. The only
good thing I can say about the movie is that it was directed by Martin Scorsese.
There some awesome editing, zoom ins, and panning shots… and that was about all
I liked of the whole thing.
The
story is about this guy Paul Hackett who working as a word processor during the
day. We are shown that his life is pretty boring and lonely. After a day of
work he meets this girl in a diner and they get to talking. She gives him the
number for her friend and when he gets home he calls the number. The girl’s
name is Marcy and she lives down in Soho with her Marcy sculptress friend Kiki.
Paul gives the number a call and speaks to Marcy who tells him to come down and
talk. On his way downtown he loses his cash when the cab driver drives too fast
along a corner and the money is taken by the wind.
As
soon as he gets to the apartment the whole movie becomes really dark, surreal,
and creepy. Kiki is this weird artist who lives in a huge loft; no offense to
anyone who is an artist living in a loft. Marcy is not there when Paul gets
there so he hangs out with Kiki and works on her sculpture a bit. Marcy comes
back and they get to talking but she is a little flaky and odd. Sometime later
Paul storms off and leaves.
When
he leaves his life for the next few hours is just turned completely upside
down. He gets blamed for robberies happening in the neighborhood, he meets the
craziest women ever, he meets Marcy’s boyfriend who was a bartender. All Paul
wants to do is get back home.
I
really just could not get into After
Hours. As I said the concept sounds good but everything else was just too
much for me. Only see After Hours if
you are a huge Scorsese fan.
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