Reviewed by Andres De La Hoz
ABORTION
is Santiago and Jeremy's latest movie, after the critical
failure "Toll Free". This one, a hit at the film festival, has
gotten rave reviews from many, being called an instant classic
by some, and even having its symbolism analyzed. One of the best
reviewed movies of the film festival, this one seems destined to
go down as one of the great shots of 2004.
Too bad it completely sucks.
Wow. I really, really hate 3dmmers. Is there any movie that you
guys haven't overrated? ANY?
Abortion is a drama, they say. No it's not. How can there be
drama, when we know the characters for about 7 seconds? I know
this is supposed to be a short film, but this is completely
ridiculous. This movie barely seemed to even exist. It was over
before I could think up more than 3 adjectives to describe its
lameness. WHY? WHY? The movie has no substance whatsoever.
It's baffling. It's just... unbelievable. I had read reviews of
the movie. Not the long reviews, but the normal ones. So I had
an idea of what it was about, I thought. Wrong. I knew the whole
movie. Seriously. There is nothing to this movie. You can't
write a plot synopsis without spoiling the whole thing. I'll
try. It's about a lunatic who, upon learning that his wife has
aborted their child, kills the child of the abortion doctor.
WHOOOPS, spoiled the whole 7 seconds, right there. Trust me, you
aren't missing anything.
This movie brings absolutely nothing new to the "stupid idiots
who should kill themselves" short movie genre. The plot is the
same old, same old. The direction is the same old, same old.
Sure, the animation's nice. It would have been nicer if the
movie actually LASTED SOMETHING, because it didn't. And it's
still just so by-the-book. You want close-ups of feet as someone
walks? Check. You want close-ups of people's faces? Check. You
want half animation, half black screen? Check.
And the plot. Ohhh, the plot. The plot relies on a completely
absurd development. Which, if I like the movie, I might be
willing to ignore. Simply put, the whole circumstance makes no
sense whatsoever. Here's a woman, visibly pregnant, who out of
the fucking blue decides to abort. So she pays for the abortion
herself, has it, and then tells the guy, OUT IN THE STREET, that
she aborted.
I want an explanation for this. I really do. Look, it makes no
fucking sense at all. It makes no sense for a woman to just, out
of the blue, abort her baby (which is clearly visible in her
stomach). It also makes no sense for her NOT to tell the father.
Of course, you could try and rationalize this. You could say
that the father is clearly mentally unstable, and would react
violently to the idea of aborting the kid. If that were the
case, the woman would most likely abort it and run to the hills,
instead of going face to face with the mentally unstable,
violent guy, and telling him "whoops, i aborted".
This movie makes no sense. As with a considerably worse movie
(Retaliation), this movie lives in a complete vacuum, where
random crap happens because it's supposed to advance the plot,
not because it's supposed to make sense. The relationship
between the man and the woman doesn't exist. We just see
different, contradicting scenes that miserably fail to give this
relationship, and therefore the abortion, any sort of
credibility.
I'll grant you something, though.
The ending was hilarious, in that "OMG I WANT TO SHOCK" kind of
way.
2/5
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