Ghost World
…but not in this movie, really. I have expected witty sarcasm, funny and interesting characters and a somewhat meaningful story, but in the end, the only thing I got was the somewhat meaningful story. I really liked the end of the movie, and that’s pretty much it. I know that everybody I know has liked the movie so far, but that didn’t help on my opinion on the movie at all, it rather left me with disappointment.
First of all, the dialogue was not funny at all. The interaction between the characters was interesting to see, but there simply was nothing in the whole story that made me smile, let alone laugh. Second, there is nothing in the story or in the dialogue that I would have considered witty – in my eyes, it was rather full of misanthropic comments without any substance behind it. I love coming-of-age movies and I love sarcastic characters, but in my eyes, this is one example of a really badly done sarcastic character who seems to just look down on everything in a pretty lame and unmotivated way, without providing any reason for her arrogance. Gah.
Oh, and that one scene… I was like “Oh god, you guys are not going to kiss now, right?” Aaaargh. Haha.
Besides the ending, the one other thing I liked was the conception of art in the whole thing. I liked that Enid was an artist (according to the cliché, emo kids are always artists after all) and the stuff she did truly was pretty good, although it’s totally not my style. The fact that she won this art prize and then lost it because of silly american political correctness was quite brilliant. Ultimately I admit that the movie wasn’t entirely stupid and had its smart parts here and there, I just expected more of Enid’s character, I suppose.
A propos the ending: The reason why I liked it so much was that it brought the only nice motive in the movie back – the bus that this old guy was waiting for. I found that metaphore very nice and the fact that Enid ended up leaving the town was the best the movie could have ended with: Just going away and leaving is my dream, preferable with a fake name. If I had no relatives who cared for me, I would totally do that.