I sat down to watch the 2018 movie "Bi bei shang geng bei shang de gu shi" (aka "More Than Blue") here in 2021. Granted, I had never heard about this movie prior to actually sitting down to watching it, so I had no idea what I was in for here. But what mattered was the fact that it was an Asian movie that I hadn't already seen.
And boy what a struggle it was to sit through the ordeal that is "More Than Blue". Writers Hermes Lu and Gavin Lin came up with an insanely boring and slow paced storyline, which was just so difficult to sit through. Especially since the contents of the storyline failed to capture my interest from very early on in the movie.
Sure, I will say that the movie's synopsis does make the movie sound interesting, but once sitting down to watch this movie, as directed by Gavin Lin, things just weren't all that interesting. And I have to admit that I just tossed the towel in the ring 1 hour into the movie. I just couldn't take the suffering of the slow paced and uneventful storyline any more. And needless to say that this is not a movie that I will ever be returning to finish watching.
It should be noted, though, that the actors and actresses in the movie were actually doing good enough jobs. I mean, they were definitely skilled at their art, but they had so very little to work with here in terms of a properly entertaining storyline.
I am rating Gavin Lin's "More Than Blue" a mere, but generous, three out of ten stars. This was a swing and a miss.
And boy what a struggle it was to sit through the ordeal that is "More Than Blue". Writers Hermes Lu and Gavin Lin came up with an insanely boring and slow paced storyline, which was just so difficult to sit through. Especially since the contents of the storyline failed to capture my interest from very early on in the movie.
Sure, I will say that the movie's synopsis does make the movie sound interesting, but once sitting down to watch this movie, as directed by Gavin Lin, things just weren't all that interesting. And I have to admit that I just tossed the towel in the ring 1 hour into the movie. I just couldn't take the suffering of the slow paced and uneventful storyline any more. And needless to say that this is not a movie that I will ever be returning to finish watching.
It should be noted, though, that the actors and actresses in the movie were actually doing good enough jobs. I mean, they were definitely skilled at their art, but they had so very little to work with here in terms of a properly entertaining storyline.
I am rating Gavin Lin's "More Than Blue" a mere, but generous, three out of ten stars. This was a swing and a miss.