I watched Opera today, a movie by Dario Argento. Mr. Argento is an Italian director in the horror genre. I was researching the movie a bit after watching it, and I came across this user comment on IMDB:
"If you love Dario Argento, then you learn to treasure these idiosyncrasies (plot holes, odd motives, clumsy or tacked-on endings, bad female performances, blah, blah, blah) as part of the auteur's clumsy charm. And if you love Argento, it is because of his spectacular, flaming imagination and his confidence and skill in bringing all of it to the screen."
If, on the other hand, bad acting, crappy plots, and amazingly stupid endings make you want to vomit, I would pass on this movie. Also, aside from a few good camera shots, I did not see evidence of the imagination referenced above. This seemed like a bad version of Phantom of the Opera combined with the Birds. And really, really bad acting.
I understand that there are movies / actors / directors that get popular, that have huge fan bases BECAUSE of their cheesiness or lack of credibility. If that is the appeal here, it just didn't work for me.
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