Movies have been around for over 100 years now. Every year there are around 8000 films produced. Most movies are really bad, but some are also very good. I've always appreciated movies that are like experiments in film making. That's why I love directors like Darren Aronofsky, David Lynch and Jaco Van Dormael. These experiments can take years to make, but the result is always amazing.
When Boyhood was announced in 2007, I forgot it nearly instantly. This was because at the time, I had only seen two movies from Richard Linklater. School of Rock and Fast Food Nation. While School of Rock was one of my favorite movies back then, Fast Food Nation was not really that great. So the years went by, but when the trailer was released in 2011 I remembered the project.
So for three years I've been looking forward to Boyhood. Today, when I went with my family to watch the movie, I was so impressed. I had very high expectations, but the movie was even better than I expected. What a movie it was.
Boyhood is a movie about a boy growing up, from the age 5 to 18. As you probably know, Richard Linklater spent 12 years making the movie with the same actors. Only by thinking of that, I'm impressed. I don't want to tell anything about what happens to the boy (Mason) during the years in the since then it won't be as fun to watch, but it is for most part a normal life.
That is what makes the movie so special. The plot isn't special in any way, the dialogue is not so special anything but the whole experience and the actors is what makes the movie so good. Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke and especially Patricia Arquette did a fantastic in Boyhood. Some superb directing by Richard Linklater didn't hurt either.
I felt like Mason many times during my childhood, and I'm pretty sure everyone did. Boyhood is a movie that everyone should watch. It's a future classic that I hope will win the Oscar for best picture! Very good job Richard Linklater, I can't wait for your next big project.
When Boyhood was announced in 2007, I forgot it nearly instantly. This was because at the time, I had only seen two movies from Richard Linklater. School of Rock and Fast Food Nation. While School of Rock was one of my favorite movies back then, Fast Food Nation was not really that great. So the years went by, but when the trailer was released in 2011 I remembered the project.
So for three years I've been looking forward to Boyhood. Today, when I went with my family to watch the movie, I was so impressed. I had very high expectations, but the movie was even better than I expected. What a movie it was.
Boyhood is a movie about a boy growing up, from the age 5 to 18. As you probably know, Richard Linklater spent 12 years making the movie with the same actors. Only by thinking of that, I'm impressed. I don't want to tell anything about what happens to the boy (Mason) during the years in the since then it won't be as fun to watch, but it is for most part a normal life.
That is what makes the movie so special. The plot isn't special in any way, the dialogue is not so special anything but the whole experience and the actors is what makes the movie so good. Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke and especially Patricia Arquette did a fantastic in Boyhood. Some superb directing by Richard Linklater didn't hurt either.
I felt like Mason many times during my childhood, and I'm pretty sure everyone did. Boyhood is a movie that everyone should watch. It's a future classic that I hope will win the Oscar for best picture! Very good job Richard Linklater, I can't wait for your next big project.