I had the same problem with this as I had with - amongst others - "Terms of Endearment" & The "Big Chill"...
They all contain characters who are intelligent, which is a plus, but there's no WARMTH to them; it's all a massive game of one-upmanship concerning who can prove that they're more 'switched-on' than the rest... Intelligent, but self absorbed clueless schmucks, the lot of them... If these accurately represent the middle-classes in America, then I want nothing to do with them.
Give me characters I hate, because at least then they're giving you back some kind of energy, even if it's a negative vibe... Here, the characters were dull because they were defined by their job, and how it made them see themselves, so I never wanted to spend any time with them. People are interesting when we get to see who they truly are - whether good or bad. This is not that type of film, because of the type of environment they're in, these folk are constantly posturing for other people instead of relaxing and being who they really are.
It's an interesting commentary on the type of behaviour it takes to succeed, I suppose... I just didn't see why I should care when it was all fake.
They all contain characters who are intelligent, which is a plus, but there's no WARMTH to them; it's all a massive game of one-upmanship concerning who can prove that they're more 'switched-on' than the rest... Intelligent, but self absorbed clueless schmucks, the lot of them... If these accurately represent the middle-classes in America, then I want nothing to do with them.
Give me characters I hate, because at least then they're giving you back some kind of energy, even if it's a negative vibe... Here, the characters were dull because they were defined by their job, and how it made them see themselves, so I never wanted to spend any time with them. People are interesting when we get to see who they truly are - whether good or bad. This is not that type of film, because of the type of environment they're in, these folk are constantly posturing for other people instead of relaxing and being who they really are.
It's an interesting commentary on the type of behaviour it takes to succeed, I suppose... I just didn't see why I should care when it was all fake.