In the immortal words of The Smiths, 15 minutes into this steaming pile of dog poop, "I was bored before I even began". There goes 90 some odd minutes of my life I will never get back. The acting was not only God-awful, but had the emotional resonance of a 2x4...and the soundtrack was exceedingly obnoxious, ! To be honest, I could bitch about this film all day, but I don't want to waste any more of my life thinking about it.
There is no sugarcoating this one, so here is my bullet-point rant:
1. Chris Pine looked bored out of his mind.
2. How Steve Trevor became part of the plot was even more convoluted than the plot itself! If you can wish anything you want, why not bring him back from the dead instead of putting his soul in some random guy.
3. Hey, if you're going to set a movie in the '80's, how about some '80's music! They…
Alas, Guardians of the Galaxy, how much did I love thee...let me count the ways:
1. Now THIS is why we go to the movies people! Guardians of the Galaxy (GOTG) brought back memories of seeing Raiders of the Lost Arc for the 1st time, or for that matter, the original Star Wars, where you have a perpetual smile on your face the entire film!
2. Even though GOTG was heavy on the special effects, it felt like the intimacy…
This film is just pure genius. Just think about all the time and patience it takes to create an epic of this magnitude over the course of twelve years. Most films have multiple actors playing a character over time, but Boyhood asks us as the audience to watch a single child grow into adulthood. This movie is one of the purest films I have ever seen, filled with natural conversations that truly made me reflect on some of my own…
