Thread: Last movie you saw - and rate it

I'm watching dogma again, 10/10

Pudge have you watched flight?

If that's the one with the alcoholic pilot, yeah. It was pretty good

Originally Posted by Pudge

If that's the one with the alcoholic pilot, yeah. It was pretty good

What was your favorite part.

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

What was your favorite part.

When he was doing cocaine

Originally Posted by Pudge

When he was doing cocaine

Bam. You are my brother.

Pudge won't even smoke weed

St. Elmo's Fire: 5/10

The story lines were weak. The actors were decent. It was meh.

Boyhood - 9.2/10

"Maybe they're wrong. Maybe you don't seize the moment... maybe it seizes you."

Boyhood is a rare achievement in film making both in the way it presents itself and how it was made. The movie was filmed in real time over a 12 year period by director Richard Linklater starting with the lead actor Ellar Coltrane (who plays Mason) as a 6 year old in 2002 and follows him all the way to the present day when he turns 18. Though its never explicitly implied, the use of music and news events in the simple narrative give you a good idea at what point in time you are throughout the movie.

This is not your typical movie as you can tell by the way it was made. The story is told through a series of memories that are presented in linear fashion. There is no great quest, no cheap emotional cues, just moment after moment of what it was like for Mason at that point in different phases of his life. Each experience immediately sparks one of your own as you remember what it was like to grow up, to be confused, and to finally take those first steps on your own.

The family portrayed in the film consists of a single mom (Patricia Arquette), Mason, and his sister. Ethan Hawke plays the estranged father who slowly starts to come back into their lives more and more as he tries to mature on his own path. I love how the movie didn't portray him as the "bad guy", just the other half of a relationship that wasn't ready to settle down with life when he was called to.

I'm not going to say this movie is for everyone. At nearly 3 hours long there are many hit or miss moments but for me there was never a time where I didn't want to see what would happen next as you watched not only Mason's life unfold but the characters around him. It was all at once new yet unfamiliar and for every scene I could not relate to there were five that I could. One that sticks out to me was a group of Mason and his friends breaking into a house under construction to have cheap beer and brag about all the chicks they were getting when everyone involved knew the others were full of shit. Its those moments that make this movie feel less like a scripted event and more organic in nature.

Like I said earlier this movie pulls no cheap tricks to get a reaction from you. Everything you feel during and long after this movie is all about how you relate your experiences to those onscreen. This was a daring endeavor by Linklater that pays itself off over and over again. To see this kind of patience in not only the making of the movie but the presentation of it as well will probably be a once in a lifetime film experience that we may never see again. And I have to admit that having my own son who is nearly 6 years old means this movie probably resonates with me now more than it would have before.

Watched Draft Day again last night. Too bad it is Cleveland in the movie but I really like it.

Originally Posted by MileHighCrew

Watched Draft Day again last night. Too bad it is Cleveland in the movie but I really like it.

forgot about that movie,. never saw it. I like Kevin costner

Originally Posted by AGap

forgot about that movie,. never saw it. I like Kevin costner

Yeah - for a while he was awesome in everything then he just disappeared for a few years

Originally Posted by daveaitken18

Yeah - for a while he was awesome in everything then he just disappeared for a few years

Best film he was in was called a perfect world with Clint Eastwood

Originally Posted by daveaitken18

Best film he was in was called a perfect world with Clint Eastwood

Underrated movie. Was shot at the end. I cried.

Originally Posted by daveaitken18

Yeah - for a while he was awesome in everything then he just disappeared for a few years

I think he kinda had to reinvent himself after the divorce and his successes with Fields of Dreams and Bull Durham, and No Way out. His role in The bodyguard sucked and I think he knew that.