The talented Mr Ripley (1999) (I recomend you see it, but I can't rate it yet.)
I-I don't...What?...No...No no no I don't know...nnghh
*hugging knees, rocking softly, whimpering*
I don't know if I like this movie or not. I've been sitting here for 20 minutes trying to decide what I think of this movie; is it bad for making me feel this confused? Or is that the very thing that makes it great? I don't...nnghh
*Clasping head in hands, rocking softly*
*Exhales heavely* Let's just start with what I can say: Matt Damon is acting his @ss off in this. He plays the titular mr. Ripley, a down on his luck kid who, in 50s New York, gets sent to Italy by a whealthy shipbuilder to try to get the mans' son back home. The man does this because Ripley lies and claims to have gone to school with the son. And on that starting tone, so goes the movie. More lies ensue and then even more.
I've heard this character described as a sociopath, but I don't know if I agree completly. He's an excellent liar, but he also falters, he get's stressed and when he gets cornered he reacts emotionally, without thinking. But then after he reacts to the current problem (somtimes physically), gone seems the emotions and he sets to work vanishing any trace that's left of the outcome.
Other actors of note are Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, the late Phillip Seymore-Hoffman and Cate Blanchett. Huge props also to the director, Anthony Minghella, who's other films I haven't seen but now I think I will.
In the end, I think I'm sure of this at least: Go see it, if for no other reason than to see Matt Damon in a killer roll.
I still don't know if I can rate this movie, so for now I will leave it unrated. Maybe I'll come back in a few days when I thought about it some more.
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