I thought it was great
Last Days review
By
pipedreambomb from Harrogate
- 20
- 5
14th January 2006
As a slow (SLOW) paced film, I'm not surprised if it disappointed most of the Nirvana fans the marketing campaign would have attracted. Hell, I saw adverts for it all over the Leeds Festival last year and I don't think even 10% of the people I met there would have liked it. But I did. Not in an elitist, 'I can appreciate art so I'm great' way, I really walked out of the cinema moved. Subdued, placid, contemplative... a blockbuster it ain't. In fact, there's so little going on at times that's it's hard to say what there is. It's a film of isolation when surrounded by people. It's the desparation of a person no longer able to communicate and having to hide from former friends and hangers-on within his own estate. It follows the way a great talent can be exploited and pushed, and can corrupt others to the point that everyone wants a piece, no matter how small, until the man inside has gone. It's a mood piece that couldn't be delivered in any other format than film, but isn't strictly a movie. I heartily recommend you watch it if this review hasn't scared you off.
