04-21-2006, 09:13 AM
We saw it and ditto the excellent.
Hmmm. Is that English? Or is all the chinglish I edit finally getting to me?
Interestingly, there was a review in Metro, a local paper. It is normally pretty savvy. But it vetoed the movie, saying that the main character changed too little and too late, and so the message against smoking was too subtle to be effective.
And I'm thinking, "Now wait a second. He didn't change at all!" Not in his attitudes. His relationship with his son grew nicely throughout the movie. If anything, it was the son who changed in a big way, becoming more like his dad. The message, really, is that everyone has a mortgage to pay, and you need to be aware of that. Or, put another way, Everyone's in bed with the banana king.
In the final scene, the dad even demonstrates that the only thing that's changed for him is his employer.
Anyway, Joaquim Phoenix was excellent.
Okay, that needs an explanation. I think the kid is a dead ringer for Joaquim at an early age. So Joaquim needs to quickly tackle a project covering a character's complete life, then have this kid play his early years. Really, it's an opportunity not to be lost. Time marches like a flagrant foul in the end zone of eternity.
--cranefly
Hmmm. Is that English? Or is all the chinglish I edit finally getting to me?
Interestingly, there was a review in Metro, a local paper. It is normally pretty savvy. But it vetoed the movie, saying that the main character changed too little and too late, and so the message against smoking was too subtle to be effective.
And I'm thinking, "Now wait a second. He didn't change at all!" Not in his attitudes. His relationship with his son grew nicely throughout the movie. If anything, it was the son who changed in a big way, becoming more like his dad. The message, really, is that everyone has a mortgage to pay, and you need to be aware of that. Or, put another way, Everyone's in bed with the banana king.
In the final scene, the dad even demonstrates that the only thing that's changed for him is his employer.
Anyway, Joaquim Phoenix was excellent.
Okay, that needs an explanation. I think the kid is a dead ringer for Joaquim at an early age. So Joaquim needs to quickly tackle a project covering a character's complete life, then have this kid play his early years. Really, it's an opportunity not to be lost. Time marches like a flagrant foul in the end zone of eternity.
--cranefly