More than a little depressing to think of the boomers who saw this in their 20s and genuinely empathized with Sonny and Leon only to, 50 years later, proudly identify as TERFs and boycott drag shows.
Top 3 Pacino performance, but blown away by the guy who played Humperdinck as Leon.
I’ve been a fan of this movie for years despite never having seen it. I think as a kid I just loved Jimmy Stewart and loved the idea of him having an imaginary friend.
As I got older and Harvey became harder to see, I couldn’t ever imagine how the plot would play out. What I didn’t expect at all were the comparisons made to my favorite movie of last year, The Banshees of Inisherin.
Life is hard enough, and…
“Two mice” (Walken voice)
Sometimes while watching a movie I have an urge to tap the tips of my fingers together, I imagine I look something like that cartoon sicko meme, but I hesitate to use that word in a Letterboxd review because I don’t want people to get the wrong idea. Often the movies that provoke that reaction aren’t lewd or gory, they aren’t “twisted” but they might include a degree of lasciviousness and definitely rely on a sense…
For a film called Westward the Women there really isn’t that great a part for a female performance.
I think the movie is ripe for reimagining. Could keep a lot of the plot, but update the themes and screenplay to allow for richer characters as opposed to thinner archetypes.
I think a lot of the comedy, though funny, is a little inconsistent with the rest of the picture.
Inherently there’s is always something a little
interesting about new cinematic voices of the 1970s. The shifting language of film was so present and dramatic, I imagine the parents of the boomers who initially saw these movies were terrified. Certainly the prevailing feeling I’m left with is a little disturbed and unsettled. Much credit to the two leads embodying a post war/ Cold War malaise and restlessness.
Goes without saying, but yes, Malick movie looks beautiful.
Maybe I’m even underrating this because of what it is, but you can’t really hope for a smarter, sleeker, more stylish espionage thriller and at a cool 90 mins there’s no reason to skip this movie.
Cast is incredible. It’s appropriately energetic. Top tier Soderbergh.
Edit:
Yep I’m adding a half star just for the surveillance scene where Marisa Abela says exactly what I was thinking, when I was thinking it. “So hot.”
