love_platipus
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Don't miss this one. Well written, efficiently shot and well directed. I'm trying to think of something I would have changed... nothing.
So congratulations to the Sheltons, but the reason you absolutely should see this movie isn't their smooth and wholly inoffensive style. Its their casting.
The reason you absolutely should see it is Miss Carlie Nettles; the amazingly talented young actress who starred in this and one other of the Shelton's short films. Her performance is smart, prickly and wrenching. She's painfully honest and most importantly, she doesn't hide in any of the tidy places the movies usually shove young actors. You don't like her, you love her. Watch her.
So congratulations to the Sheltons, but the reason you absolutely should see this movie isn't their smooth and wholly inoffensive style. Its their casting.
The reason you absolutely should see it is Miss Carlie Nettles; the amazingly talented young actress who starred in this and one other of the Shelton's short films. Her performance is smart, prickly and wrenching. She's painfully honest and most importantly, she doesn't hide in any of the tidy places the movies usually shove young actors. You don't like her, you love her. Watch her.
This movie is kind of like across between watching a foreign film, one made in a culture completely alien to your own, and watching someone else's dreams.
It is such an bizarre film that I doubt some people would even be able to get through it. I myself had to take it in two parts. But many parts of it are strangely beautiful, and there are a few moments in the latter half of the film of astonishing power.
Further more, Kusturica's imagery is absolutely stunning. From a shot of Axel in a red rain coat looking out over the sea near the beginning to one of him lying down with a litter of abandoned puppies in a empty shop at the end, these will stay with you.
And of course Kusturica couldn't have a better subject than Depp. He was going on thirty when this came out, but he's has never seemed more innocent. To be honest, its a flawless performance. I don't hand that out a lot, but, in a deeply flawed movie, he's perfect. He never once lets us out of Axel's dreamy, strange world. There's no "winking at the camera" no matter how much it may love him. He gives the movie an emotional center.
Its a film that some people will hate, a few will love, and most will simply be perplexed by. Personally, I think you should watch it, not necessarily because you'll like it, but to have an opinion on it.
It is such an bizarre film that I doubt some people would even be able to get through it. I myself had to take it in two parts. But many parts of it are strangely beautiful, and there are a few moments in the latter half of the film of astonishing power.
Further more, Kusturica's imagery is absolutely stunning. From a shot of Axel in a red rain coat looking out over the sea near the beginning to one of him lying down with a litter of abandoned puppies in a empty shop at the end, these will stay with you.
And of course Kusturica couldn't have a better subject than Depp. He was going on thirty when this came out, but he's has never seemed more innocent. To be honest, its a flawless performance. I don't hand that out a lot, but, in a deeply flawed movie, he's perfect. He never once lets us out of Axel's dreamy, strange world. There's no "winking at the camera" no matter how much it may love him. He gives the movie an emotional center.
Its a film that some people will hate, a few will love, and most will simply be perplexed by. Personally, I think you should watch it, not necessarily because you'll like it, but to have an opinion on it.
You can't fault the quality of Raging Bull. As a work of art, its stunning. The editing, not just of the fight scenes, but of the whole movie, is some of the best I've ever seen.
Watching this movie, you can't doubt that its a success. You always feel as though the film knows where it wants to go and is headed there. Whether you want to go there as well is another question. There isn't anything really pleasant about Raging Bull. Its lyrical, but only in its use of the beauty of sheer force and blind power.
I think the move could still be interesting just on the sensational amount of frustrated rage and energy that De Niro brings to it, and his absolutely flawless and slightly scary performance, but Pesci and Moriarty are every bit as good.
Again, you can't really say that Raging Bull is anything but a beautifully executed movie. But its hard to love its characters, however deeply you understand them.
Watching this movie, you can't doubt that its a success. You always feel as though the film knows where it wants to go and is headed there. Whether you want to go there as well is another question. There isn't anything really pleasant about Raging Bull. Its lyrical, but only in its use of the beauty of sheer force and blind power.
I think the move could still be interesting just on the sensational amount of frustrated rage and energy that De Niro brings to it, and his absolutely flawless and slightly scary performance, but Pesci and Moriarty are every bit as good.
Again, you can't really say that Raging Bull is anything but a beautifully executed movie. But its hard to love its characters, however deeply you understand them.