MonkeyF0cker
Mean People Suck
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Blue Valentine - I really don't know how this movie escaped my viewership for so long. This is the quintessential movie about romance and falling out of love. Like many romances, at the end of the movie, you're left wondering, "Where did it all go wrong?" Sure, it was a complex relationship, but it seemed perfect. It all falls apart though. Why? Nobody can really say. It just did. And its probably beyond repair. The only thing that I would have liked to have seen done differently is to develop Michelle Williams' falling out a little more. You're left a little perplexed as to why her emotions left her, but perhaps that's intentional. Love is irrational and illogical. You can't force yourself to feel a certain way. All in all, this was one of the best movies that I have seen in years. The characters are very well-developed and timeless. It is a superb character study of romantic emotion.
**SPOILER ALERT FOR TREE OF LIFE** (Who cares though? It's a shit movie.)
Tree of Life - If you don't have children and don't believe in God in the traditional sense, this movie has absolutely nothing to offer. Typically, I tend to like Brad Pitt and Sean Penn movies, but this one misses the mark. Badly. It centers around the loss of Brad Pitt's child and Sean Penn's brother. However, Penn's role is pretty limited and undefined. He seems lost - years after the death of his brother. Is it something that you ever get over? No. However, life goes on. The director seems to be trying to convey how insignificant things like jobs and money are by showing a mopey Penn with backdrops of work and tall buildings. There could have been far better conventions used. The script never defines how the kid died. Perhaps if it had, we could have a little more insight into Penn's character. It doesn't allow you to sympathize with any one of the characters. There are montages of spirits and nature throughout the movie that try to beat into your head the marvel of life. The movie ends with another montage of the family seeming to meet together in heaven with the mother proclaiming (to God - one would have to assume), "I give you my son." GTFOH. It's all nauseating to someone like me. Whether you believe in God or not, you don't have a choice, woman. Your son is gone regardless.
**SPOILER ALERT FOR TREE OF LIFE** (Who cares though? It's a shit movie.)
Tree of Life - If you don't have children and don't believe in God in the traditional sense, this movie has absolutely nothing to offer. Typically, I tend to like Brad Pitt and Sean Penn movies, but this one misses the mark. Badly. It centers around the loss of Brad Pitt's child and Sean Penn's brother. However, Penn's role is pretty limited and undefined. He seems lost - years after the death of his brother. Is it something that you ever get over? No. However, life goes on. The director seems to be trying to convey how insignificant things like jobs and money are by showing a mopey Penn with backdrops of work and tall buildings. There could have been far better conventions used. The script never defines how the kid died. Perhaps if it had, we could have a little more insight into Penn's character. It doesn't allow you to sympathize with any one of the characters. There are montages of spirits and nature throughout the movie that try to beat into your head the marvel of life. The movie ends with another montage of the family seeming to meet together in heaven with the mother proclaiming (to God - one would have to assume), "I give you my son." GTFOH. It's all nauseating to someone like me. Whether you believe in God or not, you don't have a choice, woman. Your son is gone regardless.
where the fok did you get that?!? This is based on what was probably the first hugely popular TV series in Quebec, in the 50's and 60's. Grandma Rain was a hugh fan.
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