Posted by anthony on 09/20/12 11:28

So I guess you won't be buying the DVD.
Whit's other movies are 'Barcelona' and 'The Last Days of Disco'. You'd
better avoid them too....... all three are brilliant movies, but
'Metropolitan' is the best.


Desktop wrote:
> I remember screening this in a small regional arthouse theatre. I had
> experienced 'walkouts' on only four occasions 'Henry, Portrait of a serial
> killer' by several people with low fortitude, 'Realm of the Senses' ditto,
> 'Young Black Soul Rebels (?)' because one of its central black characters
> was gay and upset a section of the young black audience, and 'Metropolitan'
> because it bored the audience to death. I recall over a dozen people asking
> me to unlock the door to let them out as I working front of house. I was
> curious as to why so many people were leaving in droves. Among other reasons
> cited 'We're going home to watch the fire go out', 'Its like the pretentious
> Woody Allen stuff, but without the jokes' Next day I sat in on the afternoon
> screening. About an hour in, I left to go and stare out fo the window of my
> office. Far more interesting. Pretentious piece of bourgeouois bollocks. Can
> only imagine he's one of these 'trust-fund' kids and Daddy bankrolled the
> pic. Truly pretentious mind numbingly unwatchable drivel about a group of
> characters devoid of a likable or reedeeming feature between them. Total
> shite!

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