tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post7045028861281898977..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: Boyhood (a movie review post)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-86184198348169824082015-01-04T12:49:43.168-08:002015-01-04T12:49:43.168-08:00Shannon: I know how that goes with putting it in t...Shannon: I know how that goes with putting it in the queue then never watching it. If this wasn't a probably Oscar movie, I wouldn't have gotten around to it, I'm sure.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-70831631529826098872015-01-04T12:48:21.672-08:002015-01-04T12:48:21.672-08:00Briane: Well, I'd say that if there is a reaso...Briane: Well, I'd say that if there is a reason for a story to be told then there is some point to telling it. I don't think they need to have a moral or anything, but I do tend toward there being some kind of point (or reason) to what you're telling me.<br /><br />And I don't really know if it matters if he used the same actors or not, but it's something I used to think about the possibility of back when I was interested in film (that was a long time ago in a... nevermind).Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-90795137402865060472015-01-04T01:04:06.872-08:002015-01-04T01:04:06.872-08:00It's an interesting idea, but it's too bad...It's an interesting idea, but it's too bad the script/story wasn't as impressive as the methods used to achieve it. I'm also not a Hawke fan. I have to say I was intrigued by the process of this, but am not in any rush to see it. If it ever pops up onto Netflix, I'll probably save it to my queue and not watch it. I had three brothers. I already watched the growing up process of the American boy from the outside.Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-72460500797449828642015-01-03T21:00:52.556-08:002015-01-03T21:00:52.556-08:00I'm not really one of those 'you've go...I'm not really one of those 'you've got to have a point to tell the story' kind of people. I don't think every story has to have a moral or a point to make or something. But I do think that every story should have a reason for being told. That's why this struck me as a gimmick movie; all I'd heard about this movie was that it was filmed in this amazing way, and many times when people come up with some sort of structure like that, they forget to make the story any good.<br /><br />Unusual structures for stories should have a reason for existing, and opting to film the story over time using the same actors is an unusual structure. But it sounds like Linklater did that for no reason other than to say 'look what I did.' Which makes it a gimmick. In this review and in others, I can't see that it MATTERS that he used the same actors.<br /><br />So while it's an interesting experiment, I have no doubt that it's not worth 3 hours of my time to see a movie that remembers what it was like for a particular kind of boy in a particular time and place. Like you said: I was that.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-38756781125249241512015-01-02T23:42:09.220-08:002015-01-02T23:42:09.220-08:00Janie: Well, let me know what you think once you d...Janie: Well, let me know what you think once you do see it.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-83346845890242180172015-01-02T20:20:23.362-08:002015-01-02T20:20:23.362-08:00I've heard quite a bit about this movie. I sha...I've heard quite a bit about this movie. I shall reserve judgment until I see it for myself.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-30685787244912854072015-01-02T19:40:52.726-08:002015-01-02T19:40:52.726-08:00Pat: I agree about casting your kids. All you have...Pat: I agree about casting your kids. All you have to do is watch After Earth to see that.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-49437429153542389222015-01-02T19:40:13.504-08:002015-01-02T19:40:13.504-08:00Jeanne: I think this one is worth watching anyway....Jeanne: I think this one is worth watching anyway. It's not -bad- acting, just not good acting.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-42252053502522318672015-01-02T14:29:55.581-08:002015-01-02T14:29:55.581-08:00Directors should never cast their kids. See Godfa...Directors should never cast their kids. See Godfather III and the last couple Judd Apatow movies for more examples of how that goes wrong. Hawke and Linklater seem to have a Tim Burton/Jonny Depp relationship.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-54626325489028871062015-01-02T13:49:45.904-08:002015-01-02T13:49:45.904-08:00It definitely takes a lot of patience and planning...It definitely takes a lot of patience and planning to film a movie over more than a decade. It seemed like an interesting idea, but from your description, I'll give it a pass. I think bad acting would completely ruin a movie like this.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.com