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Pretentious

Thought this film was up its own ***, there was no chemistry between any of the actors - you could say 'well the director was trying to express, Ian's emotions and the fact that he couldn't relate to anybody around him' - sadly it just didn't work, it is full of long drawn out scenes in which people hardly say two words to each other. The jokes which are few and far between are really lame, and the director Anton Corbijn (obviously a good photographer) gets a little confused and lets certain shots linger when theres no need, 'yes thats a good shot now get on with it'. To be quite honest the film bored me to tears. I think people are under the misconception that if they say they like this film they are clever or cool or trendy or something I'm not sure - but I really can't see how someone can have an opinion on it without pointing out the films major floors. They were a great band but their story is hardly worth making a feature film out of - there isn't enough source material, plus it was based on the memoirs of his bitter old ex-wife so how much of it can we believe and another thing the film makes the other surviving member of Joy division look like a bunch of wallies.

Nothing amazing

Saw this film as i usually like watching films about real life people. But this film is pretty dull, probably because not much happens here. Worth a watch if your a big fan but otherwise dont bother.