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My review of Boyhood (2014)

Yeah, no, not really.

This is the one that was shot over 13 years so the kids age before your eyes (as do the adults.)

It's an interesting technique (I will refrain from the word gimmick). It is ballsy and effective for what it is.

My problem - and many criticky types disagree - note that this film is currently rated 8.9 at imdb - (it will drop, I guarantee) - but to justify all those years of footage, we end up with a 2:45 movie - and just not that much happens. A bunch of family stuff. :dunno: That's about it. 2 hours, 45 minutes.

The other problem for me; and it's weird because I heard critics going out of their way to say that so much could have gone wrong with this project - like the kids could have grown into bad actors. Well, in the movie I saw, the kids did grow into very mediocre actors. So a lot of the time I was not so much absorbed in the scenarios as being conscious of watching kids trying to act.

Big-time movie killer for me.

And then there was the content. There were some wonderful moments. But for every one of those, there were 3 run-of-the-mill-family-scenarios-that-have-been-done-countless-times-before-and-really?-165-minutes?

It's okay and I'm glad to have checked it out, but I sure can't imagine myself ever watching it again.

5.2 out of 10


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AFTER we watch the finale of Last Comic Standing (and if Nikki Carr won I'm going to go CRAAAAZY - and NOT in a good way) we have a couple of Gamelive recommendations incorporated into our rotation - Rush (the MOST RECENT version) and Chef. If either of them fail the bans begin.
 
Well after that review I have to watch it, seems like a fair review but I have to see it based on the gimmick alone.

Oh by the way I remembered the name of the Linklater film that I really liked. It's called Suburbia. Zahn plays the dumbest person on the planet to a tee and Ribisi was quite good.

 
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Muddy, I enjoyed your review.

Knowing very little about the film myself, do you think it may be targeted more toward parents (fathers especially) and males 16-29?
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I've given it some thought and I can't see how it is targeted towards any demographic in particular. Probably males more than females I guess. I don't think age is that important. It's all about reflection. Nostalgia and/or memories we might rather forget. People younger than me would undoubtedly relate to some of the specific details more than me. Like they might remember certain video games or whatever. But the bigger ideas aren't era specific.

For women, there is a fairly strong although flawed single mom throughout. I'm sure her actions and mistakes would resonate with a lot of women.

I dunno. Anyone who has ever been in a family should be able to connect to it.
 
Very pleased with the comeback of Last Comic Standing this season, we even tried an old season and couldn't get into it. Alanzo is a cool host, and the judges are money - Roseanne's annoying at times but I have to give her credit she knows her comedic shit. Props to champion Rodman. I thought Lachlan Patterson deserved it for his writing, it's off the charts, but I've got no issue with Rodman taking it down - every set from him is a hilarious ride of ridiculousness. I hope they keep it just about exactly the same next year. Some of the exercises midway through were a little cheesy but as far as delivering raw standup and standup critique it delivered.


 
Speaking of why is such-and-such toolish organism in my life?

This guy:

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This is the guy - I believe he's Australian or Kiwi - he had some sketch comedy show that I checked out and it was unbearably bad. Then he seemingly immediately got another show, Jaime Private School Girl (or whatever.) Despite whatever, I still gave it a chance ---> painfully weak. Embarrassing to look at.

Well this weekend I see some series premier on my HBO channels and I figure I'll check it out. Turns out, it's this fucking guy again! The Jaime thing is still running and now he's got a second thing at the same time. Who keeps watching his shows and encouraging him to continue his career in quote-unquote "entertainment?"

YOU'RE BOTHERING ME!
 
Good call on those Reno, we watched the pilot last night, I forgot how strong it is. We will be going through them. I'm not sure how many episodes I had watched of those it was so long ago. The main thing missing in comparison to the new show is the standup, a lot of the same actors/actresses though. I laughed pretty hard when the neighbors showed up for dinner and it was eaten :lmao:
 
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