Truly Dreadful Film

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

A more skilled director and writer could have presented the exact same ideas with a more comprehensible and interesting plot and without all the LSD involved. However, our friend Terry decides to camouflage the simplicity of the real message with a psychedelic atmosphere and bizarre characters. The audience is persuaded by this overdose of visual stimulation into thinking that the meaning is more complex than they thought, erroneously increasing the intellectual value of the film.

I'm a huge Terry Gilliam fan, and I love all the themes in this movie, plus I adore Christophe Waltz, but Gilliam somehow gets this is all wrong. The sets are O.K. but the dialogue is all off, badly written, somehow clumsily executed, this film disappoints in a myriad of ways, which is sad, given Brazil and 12 Monkeys' success. What Gilliam usually does well, madness, the incoherence of modernity, technology and man, the workplace is somehow lost in this movie. It's routine. What could be brilliant is lacklustre, what could shock and amaze, bores. The VR suit, the love-story, the boss, the boy genius, the programming, it's all 2-dimensional and paper-thin. It's just a bad movie. There were so many options for this: so many possibilities, yet, the plot is so simple, so basic, it's as if it were written for a 12 year-old. Perhaps that's the point.

I had no clue what kind of movie I was going to watch before I saw Terry Gilliam's name in the opening credits. As soon I saw his name I knew it was going to be a weird movie. Nothing wrong with a bit of strangeness but with The Zero Theorem I was a bit disappointed. Because it's basically about nothing. It all has no point. If life has no point than this movie got it right. But to me it was just too confusing. I still give it a five because of the filming and the weird surroundings. And of course for the excellent acting of Christoph Waltz. He's a great actor and even in movies about nothing he stands out. But great acting and good filming don't mean necessarily a good movie. It was too pointless for me.

The Zero Theorem Do you enjoy being just a little lost throughout a whole movie? Or maybe you're one of those people who watches a movie just to see how many times you will say "What is going on?" before the film's end. If you have answered yes to any of these questions above then The Zero Theorem is just for you! This odd, and sometimes hard to follow, sci-fi flick showcases what seems to be a fairly realistic, yet morbid representation of the future. The main character, Qohen Leth, is a peculiar, lonely man living in an old abandoned church in the middle of the city. Qohen struggles with many problems like a fear of compassion, lack of friends, and an obsession to solve the Zero Theorem, which he believes will help answer his questions on the purpose of life. While fighting to solve this problem, Qohen meets a girl, a VR cam-girl that is, that has strangely fallen for him. Despite his efforts to repel her, this young lady is determined to make Qohen her own. Other characters come and go within the span of this movie but none leave their mark. The character appearances, and plot points in general, all seem to come up at random and while that may be part of the chaotic theme of this movie, it makes for a mildly inconsistent plot. I will give credit where credit is due and say that this movie delivers a great score that will make you question whether the sounds you are hearing are coming from the television or the rats in your room that only come out for a pizza crust. My favorite part of the movie were the parallels and references to today's world on mass population drugging as far as pharmaceuticals go. Statements are made about internet censorship and government monitoring as well. All in all, The Zero Theorem isn't a bad movie. The performances were mediocre to say the least. This role is an odd one for Mr. Waltz but he handled itwell, though I question what about this role sparked his or Damon's interest. As far as the story goes, I can't say I liked it very much. Certain elements of the plot were intriguing and thought provoking but the space in between those moments did not flow enough to keep me interested. So, if you ever see this movie playing on TV or it pops in your "Netflix recommends for you" go ahead and check it out for an interesting viewing experience.