Thoughts:
If you go in not expecting Godfather quality stuff than it definitely warms your heart!
NOTE: I've seen two versions of this movie, one seemed to be extended and had narration by John Cleese and it DRASTICALLY changed the movie making it far better than the one without John Cleese!
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Thoughts:
The way he said "I love you" in the end had me emotional!
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Full Review:
Wow. What a fantastic film.
In a relationship such as Mud and Ellis's you normally expect the older person to adopt the role of mature responsible figure and while at times he does, Mud is at times clearly not a guy that has his stuff together. I appreciate that he's not this wise character that seems to be so common, and the ways in which he is wise are unconventional. While technically they did make a deal with…
Thoughts:
I grew up watching movies like Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn and because of that I've formed a soft spot for these types of films.
This movie is like two movies in one and plays like a song. It has a build up, an in-between stage and then a complete third act breakdown.
If you go in expecting a normal film, you won't get it haha.
Thoughts:
Fantastic movie, not quite as good as Tommy Boy in my opinion (reason for not 5 stars) but I'm glad as heck that they got to make something similar to it before Chris Farley passed away. These two had amazing chemistry together.
Thoughts:
This movie inspired a lot of discussion about the value of critique itself when I watched it. About 20 minutes in I was worried that I wasn't seeing the "specialness" that everyone was talking about but then it kicked in. It felt far more original than other films I've recently seen.
Thoughts:
Hard to rate this film on an enjoyment level. It put me in a dark place for a while when I watched it. Great story and acting though!
Thoughts:
Cried in an empty theatre in Toronto. It was amazing haha.
Thoughts:
We decided to finish the Harry Potter marathon with the last movie in the series because that's how marathons work. Apart from that absolutely useless sentence, this movie ends the series perfectly.