Why I Saw This Movie:
This is the kind of artistic movie
I would never ordinarily watch if left to myself, but my friend the cinephile
invited me over to watch it one afternoon.
Movie Review
I had a hard time figuring out
what to make of this movie. At first, it
seemed like a commentary on the poor decisions of teenagers in love. But as the
movie progressed, it became clear the main characters were psychopaths, and
that the movie had little generalizability to the broader human condition. Which made me wonder what the point of the
whole thing was. Also the pace was too
slow for me.
Internet
research reveals the movie was based of the real life case of Charles
Starkweather (W), and this knowledge makes me appreciate
it slightly more. Still, though…
Other Things I’d Talk
About If I Wasn’t Limiting Myself to 100 Words
* I’d repeat some
of the stuff that my friend the Cinephile told me about this film’s social and
cultural impact, but then say that for all that, I still didn’t really dig this
film.
Links
Since I clearly didn’t get this film, I might as well link
to some people who did. Roger Ebert’s 4
star appraisal here. And the
AVclub’s take here and here.
3 out of 10 stars (Since people who are more intelligent
than me rate this film much higher, I should make the disclaimer that this is a
subjective rating reflecting my personal impressions, and not an attempt to
objectively determine this film’s value.)
Link of the Day
Noam Chomsky - Rightward Shift of US Politics
Link of the Day
Noam Chomsky - Rightward Shift of US Politics
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