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This is mainly for people who don't like the movie that much

posted 5 years ago by TylerCarter (1)
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I'm commenting on someones post and I wanted more people to see this because of how many people find this movie to be just ordinary, I did have to do this for a school assignment so don't be like this is a massive waste of time for him to do.

“I feel like I've seen it all a million times before.
How this got 93% on Rotten Tomatoes is beyond me.
Just really glad that I didn't spend my money to see it in theater.”

I think that you aren’t really seeing the movie for what it truly is you might not see it as this masterpiece of a movie and to be honest it's nothing extremely special. The story is a little bland and I find that the story is actually more interesting in the beginning than it is in the end. About midway through the movie the main character ,Baby, just snapped and that's when all of the conflict started to happen for the most part. However throughout the movie you see Baby go through this massive internal conflict it seems to start when he first meets his girlfriend Deborah but that's not even true. We find out throughout the movie that Baby’s biggest conflict was with the death of his mother, Deborah reminds Baby of the best parts of his mother and it shows throughout the movie.
The reason this movie is really considered a good movie and the reason it got a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes is because of every other aspect of the film. The story gets lost with all of the other amazing aspects of the movie for starters the soundtrack was incredible. Even if you’re not interested in the type of genre that is used in this movie which is a more classic pop sorta genre you still respect it. The other reason why the soundtrack was so amazing was because they based the movie around the soundtrack. Every scene in the movie has music and the story is actually supporting the story instead of the score supporting the story which is so incredibly different from other movies. The other thing about this movie is the cinematography is incredible I could watch the opening scene of that movie a million times over again and it’d still be incredible. More people should’ve gone to see the movie in theaters as well on opening weekend in didn't even come close to passing the budget that they had spent on the movie. In the US it only made about three times what it spent which is good but the numbers aren’t that great for such an amazing movie. So I do think that you’re right this story has been done before there are many aspects about the movie that make up for it in the end

[–] Ace_Spade (9334) 5 years ago

Very, very well-said.

The movie is a solid film with, I think, a lot of depth almost hiding around in plain sight.

Edgar Wright does a great job of adding depth and character to a fairly generic action movie. He touches on the mother thing, fences Baby into corners aptly, and presents him with all of the internal struggle that you're talking about.

I do disagree with you, though, that halfway through is the conflict. Halfway through is (agreed) when things start to really heat up, but it's just Wright paying off all the elements he's set up. Baby's a complex protagonist. He's got the tinnitus, the messed-up childhood with the parents, the ipod connection to his music obsession, the accident that was in a car, with the music, the mom, the whole thing... It all makes him who he is.

Wright also handles the relationship stuff with Debora and Joe really, really well. Showing those characters bond with Baby over music is special (Joe and Baby dancing while Joe literally feels the vibe; Baby and Debora doing a pseudo dance in the laundromat while getting to know each other via sound).

Where you've nailed it is, of course, the soundtrack: integrated, slick, commenting on the scene or the action, and cheeky (Baby goes for coffee after the opening heist scene) - perfect Edgar Wright stuff. Wright was the only person who could have done this movie this way and made it work. And he really did.