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What's funny is how the consensus in this thread is almost 100% different from the other thread where I was about the only one not impressed with it: http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=708673#entry17688480
A couple of shoot-outs and a couple of gratuitous boob shots, and I'm sure the consensus would shift.
Or perhaps if this wasn't just a boring storyline that just happened to have a cool process.
I think you're right, zam.
Maybe with Hawke I can see it, but 2013 Patricia Arquette look like she ate 2002 Patricia Arquette.
Here is a picture of the parents through the years.
You know what, I saw that in the theater. Good pic.Rohn Jambo said:
Being so happy it was over must have blinded me to how much I really hated this movie. The more I read this thread, I honestly can't even understand how anybody could like this movie. I could see maybe relating to some of the scenarios in the movie and that could make you lean toward liking it, but even this scene that capella mentions above was so vanilla, I don't see how you could think it was acted or written well.
You find Boyhood a little bland? Maybe Whiplash is more your cup of tea. It is less "groundbreaking" and you will feel like you witnessed a full day of water boarding when you're done.Long Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LorxJEZQJWU
Too bad Schwarzenegger wasn't involved in Boyhood:
Yes you're so much more intelligent than us because you happily sat through that drek.
I loved it. I saw it twice in the theater, and it inspired my wife and I to have another child. Sorry to disappoint you.
Why would I be disappointed?
I would actually believe this if you said you rented it twice and it inspired you to have another child. I can imagine your wife being so annoyed watching this movie that even having sex with you and getting knocked up again seemed like a better way to spend all that time in front of a TV.
Right. The 12 years thing was really cool but it was a novelty and at some point you need a plot.
I just watched 10 mins of Whiplash... it looks really good, I'll watch it as soon as I get a chance.
This is like asking if Indiana Jones didn't have tombs, and Nazis and action sequences, would anyone like that? The 12 year thing is kind of the whole point of it. Making a movie and basing the direction on the real life stages of the lead actor as he grows up and interweaving a story within. The movie offers a sense of passing time better than any other movie I can think of. You literally see the characters age from scene to scene and I think that's what connects you to them so much. You and others here obviously didn't get this.
Because it is. Has there been a movie made before that attempted something like this? No, that makes it groundbreaking. When you think about it, it was a massive risk to take by all involved that the actors and director would still be around and interesting in participating after several years. IMO, if you love movies, when something like this happens we should appreciate and celebrate the effort.
I am usually a crier, but it didn't get me. I think part of that is because I only have one son and he is at the beginning spectrum of the movie. I could fully understand people with grown kids being effected my this movie. The way it was shot emphasizes how quickly time goes by and what it is like to watch a child grow up so quickly. I am sure if I watch this movie in 10+ years it will hit me differently.
that's what i'm not seeing though. It wasn't based on any of the characters real lives, it was based on general experiences that adults and kids go through.
If the guy hadn't already made several movies that were based on time being a huge gimmick I would maybe call it groundbreaking. If he also didn't frequently cast ethan hawke, have the movie take place in texas, and focus on stupid philosophical debates or arguments or whatever else you want to call them, I might be able to call this film original.
Yeah, the kid wasn't broken, just a pothead who skips out the first day of college to enjoy the scenery and get high. And the parents only badmouthed each other in sneaky ways like "Your mother is.........a piece of work." Of course, the fact that Mom kicks both kids out so she can "downsize" as soon as she can is only a reflection of how much love and respect she has for the way they've matured so early in life. I saw no "respect" for the parents and the only "acceptance" was resignation that "this is what I'm stuck with". Had Linklater skipped ahead another five or ten years, he wouldn't have been able to film a scene with either kid in the same room as either parent because there wouldn't be a relationship left by then.
I enjoyed the movie. I liked that Linklater didn't make the kids be broken children of divorce, and that the parents didn't bad mouth the other to the kids. Both parents had their flaws, but they loved their kids, and the kids loved and accepted their parents for who they were. I liked watching the family evolve through the years. I thought it was realistic.
As mentioned elsewhere, I usually got into every movie completely fresh. I *might* know the title. My wife is nice enough to play along and handle all the Nextflix ordering, etc.
Say what?Yeah, the kid wasn't broken, just a pothead who skips out the first day of college to enjoy the scenery and get high. And the parents only badmouthed each other in sneaky ways like "Your mother is.........a piece of work." Of course, the fact that Mom kicks both kids out so she can "downsize" as soon as she can is only a reflection of how much love and respect she has for the way they've matured so early in life. I saw no "respect" for the parents and the only "acceptance" was resignation that "this is what I'm stuck with". Had Linklater skipped ahead another five or ten years, he wouldn't have been able to film a scene with either kid in the same room as either parent because there wouldn't be a relationship left by then.
I enjoyed the movie. I liked that Linklater didn't make the kids be broken children of divorce, and that the parents didn't bad mouth the other to the kids. Both parents had their flaws, but they loved their kids, and the kids loved and accepted their parents for who they were. I liked watching the family evolve through the years. I thought it was realistic.
