I'm not a standard Hollywood movie lover ... I like smaller films all the time, but I can't believe the praise this movie is getting. I just read Ebert's review and was shaking my head - http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050616/REVIEWS/50606005
I thought the dialogue was not good at all and it wasn't delivered well either. I should just stop now. No offense to anyone who liked it, but I was ready to walk out SO many times.
I agree. Some of the lines (like when he's talking about sex) are so *beep* annoying and cheesy. I don't get it either.
shareHaven't seen it yet, but I have to wonder about the imdb review that declares "like Death of a Salesman -- with a better ending!" If people who like this movie are THAT dumb, I'd probably find the movie aggravating.
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The movie sucked, crude statement but very true. It was one of those movies that ends and you say what the hell?
shareI just viewed this flick, only an odd chance, it was shown on Starz tonite and I happened to audit it while recording (for timeshift).
Another odd thing- I'm a grown man and my dad died a month ago.
Also - my job has had me meeting about 15 new people a week for these past 25 years. I get to know some of their inner most and unguarded selves. They are all kinds of folks- the American public with no filters or demographic biases.
I've learned a *lot* about human nature, and I learn more each day. One of the things that keeps shocking me, again and again, is how thoroughly different we are
in our tastes. The brightest, most educated, most sincerely candid people can both
be equally well-versed on a topic, or equally knowledgeable about a creative work --a painting or a poem, ....a film --- and have entirely different views of the essence or quality of the same item. That "there is no disputing of taste" is a well-known and ancient truth. Yet one sees posts like these preceeding mine which declare categorically that this film sucks and that those who disagree must be liars, morons, elitests, etc. The intolerance is just astounding, but this is just as human as the diversity it refuses to accept.
I found this to be a wonderful film, a very fine entertainment which doesn't insult
the viewer, but embraces him and admits strangers to a remarkable confidence.
Thank you, Mr Reichert. I think you've finally succeded in separating your face (in my mind, that is) from Animal House.
I have to agree. I'm a huge fan of Local Hero. I just caught this flick and was disappointed. I found it slow and the acting a bit wooden. Not a great story but it could have been a better flick with sharper direction. Peter should stick to the lens side of the camera.
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