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Loved it. Very original I really like this film. Wow!
10/10
14.9.2009 -
suzanne47@ - age: 18-25
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I didn't find Act of God that interesting of a movie. I chase storms and photograph lightning so the still and moving images of lightning were great to see but the other content just didn't register for me. I found that the stories really didn't answer any questions of chance, fate or meaning in life specific to being struck by lightning. Yes there were the "Why me/Them? " sad stories but they were no different than any other statements made after any tragic event (car accident, plane crash, illness etc.) I found most of the stories incomplete as if the movie had really poor editing. Here we have a musician, Fred Frith, who plays rather haunting improvised pieces but with no story to fall back on. Did he play before he was struck? Was his music affected by being struck? Who knows? I question what the whole piece in Cuba had to do with being struck when all it was was talking about some deity whom sacrifices were made to. And speaking of the Cuba piece, was it really necessary to show birds being sacrificed? The piece in France was odd in my opinion. Here we have a man who doesn't want to be filmed ( no issue there) because he feels the lightning is a more important topic. He has a museum devoted to lightning that we don't get to see or is really discussed. We are left to assume that the still images shown during that segment are the ones that he has photographed. Maybe I missed the part where it was said they were but all the images seemed to be randomly included in the film. His female companion urges him to tell a couple stories which he doesn't. Even the re-enactment at the beginning seemed emotionless considering what happened. Overall a muddled mess that answers nothing of what it is set out to.
4/10
8.7.2009 -
djmf1@ - age: 36-49
I love documentaries and this was a really great one. Definitely glad I caught it in the theatre.
9/10
12.6.2009 -
vgr3456@ - age: 18-25
I love this movie! This is the best thing I've seen in a LONG time.
10/10
12.6.2009 -
rsmith@ - age: 26-35
Loved it, Jennifer Baichwal is an amazing director.
10/10
12.6.2009 -
lady456@ - age: 26-35
An incredible piece of art on the big screen - a must see.
10/10
11.6.2009 -
kmsb@ - age: 36-49
I have to agree with some of the criticisms here. Good potential, but poorly executed. The writer and the French researcher should have been the focus. The whole idea of randomness and meaning (or lack of meaning) was quite intriguing, but it was not explored at all. Too bad.
3/10
8.6.2009 -
c_viewer@ - age: 36-49
I feel like I was watching a self-indulgent rendition of a Fox storm-chaser, docu-drama.
3/10
16.5.2009 -
nightbug12@ - age: 26-35
This film could have been interesting - lightning as a dangerous yet abstract presence in the world - but it falls short at every turn. Paul Auster's insights, and those of a man in France whose life's work is to document lightning events are the only highlights here, and even these scenes just skim the surface. Most of the interviews go nowhere, offer no insight (the scenes in Cuba, or of the improviser Fred Frith, for example, had almost no relevance to the subject) Basically, a real disappointment. This should never have seen a theatrical release.
3/10
15.5.2009 -
sound,dust@ - age: 26-35
I really liked this movie... great shots of lightning storms. Definitely something you have to see in theatres.
8/10
14.5.2009 -
sbtgf546@ - age: 18-25
This is an awesome movie, so beautiful and unique.
10/10
12.5.2009 -
first5@ - age: 26-35
This is the worse film that I have ever paid money to see. Don't waste your money to see it. I would turn the channel if it was on tv.
1/10
10.5.2009 -
deanniedances@ - age: 50+
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