Reviews

i've semi-avoided this movie for years not because i thought i wouldn't like it, but because i knew i'd have a hard time separating it from its reputation as the ultimate bro intellectual movie with the most obnoxious fans (also i knew the ending already).

i still give this movie credit because it was clearly an interesting take for its time and i believe in appreciating films within their historical context.

under normal circumstances i would probably care even less about a film not having sympathetic characters because i usually think that's a lame complaint for such biting satire, but when the bulk of a film's satirical content can simply be found in its premise, once the premise has been established ...

he visually establishes the central conflict in the very first scene, mom and frank on one side of the court against dad and walt on the other in a competitive game of tennis, and the interplay in this scene sets up all the character dynamics we'll see play out throughout the film.

I really can't think of a single thing she does for the rest of the movie, besides that horribly cliche kiss at the end.

It never made me interested in it beyond when we initially meet the characters, whereas Short Cuts keeps making subtle character changes, and takes the characters and stories to new places.

Right after seeing this movie, he quickly became one of my favorite film characters of all time.

The majority of the film is spent showing the master-servant relationship, and it became a bit dull at times.

I guess I just found it interesting or something, but I can't even think of a time throughout the film that I felt especially interested, and none of it really felt new or original after watching The Walking Dead.

It was pretty overused in the first scene, but the last hour put that scene to shame.