I can't help but love the humour that this film uses. It reminded me a lot of L'Age D'Or, except more extreme. I laughed out loud several times, including the apparently notorious traffic jam and Emily Bronte sequences among others. The story line makes no sense whatsoever, but then again neither does Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and everyone loved that. The humour here was so offbeat and refreshing, I had just about decided that Godard's strength must be comedy (his other films, including Alphaville and Contempt, had done little for me).
Now for the negative, and specifically the scenes where Godard tried to incorporate a strong political message. Although the whole film is a political message to some degree, we can all laugh at the actions of the main characters because they are so ridiculous. It was the serious scenes that were not only boring, but sort of sad because of the outdated political message they were trying to convey. Sadness certainly came to mind during the African man's speech on Marxism, especially considering the state that African countries are in today, partially as a result of their systems of government. This was the film's strongest weakness.
I'll admit something... I lost my way a little after the English tourists were captured. I lost track of the main characters, and was sort of at a loss to what was going on. Thus I think I missed the whole point of the film in the end. And I hope the 'hippy' scenes were trying to be satirical because if not, that's pretty sad.
Overall, a good film, one I'd watch again, but as for Godard - major doubts here.
Now for the negative, and specifically the scenes where Godard tried to incorporate a strong political message. Although the whole film is a political message to some degree, we can all laugh at the actions of the main characters because they are so ridiculous. It was the serious scenes that were not only boring, but sort of sad because of the outdated political message they were trying to convey. Sadness certainly came to mind during the African man's speech on Marxism, especially considering the state that African countries are in today, partially as a result of their systems of government. This was the film's strongest weakness.
I'll admit something... I lost my way a little after the English tourists were captured. I lost track of the main characters, and was sort of at a loss to what was going on. Thus I think I missed the whole point of the film in the end. And I hope the 'hippy' scenes were trying to be satirical because if not, that's pretty sad.
Overall, a good film, one I'd watch again, but as for Godard - major doubts here.