But I wasn't so keen on this film. Perhaps it was due to the fact that I didn't like the story? I felt like it was going nowhere. I haven't read any Thomas Pynchon, but he's just one of those writers I can tell I'm not going to like. Most definitely I can tell these kinds of writers, because they're usually recommended to me by people who like all of the same writers I know I am not going to like.
So this film was a good way to test out whether I liked Pynchon's idea of a story (without having to read his books). And yes, I can safely say that Pynchon remains a writer who I'm pretty sure I don't want to read.
If his books are anything like this, I know they'd just frustrate me. It all just went nowhere.
It was saved by a great performance from Joaquin Phoenix, and some lovely cinematography.
But other than that, it was pretty lukewarm. 7/10
