Burning bridges everywhere
Last night I saw We Own the Night with Emily and Caroline.
*sigh*
I didn't like the movie. I kept waiting for it to get good but it never really did. There were good scenes. But that'a about it. The script was abhorrible. The acting was mostly good (minus Eva), but it was all kinds of dissapointing.
I know this will only prove my fangirlishness even more but I promise I am being objective when I say that the only saving grace was Joaquin. He really carried this movie on his shoulders. When I saw the previews I was already dissapointed because I started to form in my head exactly how Joaquin would play his character, but luckily I was only partially right. He showed so much range during the movie, I think it's the most range I've ever seen him play. Probably because this character goes through the most change than in any other movie. He starts off playing the smart ass who doesn't care (which I think he can play really well and wish he would do more of), then the wounded puppy, then vengeful, then finally at peace with everything. I'm always amazed at how well he uses subtlety. Oh and Robert Duvall and Mark Wahlberg were good too. Speaking of Mark, there was an obvious Departed feel surrounding the movie and Mark plays a cop again so the memory of his kick-ass character was fresh, but here he kind of took a back seat, which I was surprised about. In the end, I don't think I'll buy it.
This also marks the second movie I've seen that has something to do with what I'm studying in either of my psych classes. A little while ago I watched Transamerica and then the next day in social psych class we learned about transgendered and transexuals. Yesterday in personality psych we learned about PTSD and in the movie Mark Wahlberg shows clear signs of having PTSD.
Slumber party at Lucy's tonight? I think so.
-e.r.
Edit: My We Own the Night poster just fell down. I think It's a sign.
*sigh*
I didn't like the movie. I kept waiting for it to get good but it never really did. There were good scenes. But that'a about it. The script was abhorrible. The acting was mostly good (minus Eva), but it was all kinds of dissapointing.
I know this will only prove my fangirlishness even more but I promise I am being objective when I say that the only saving grace was Joaquin. He really carried this movie on his shoulders. When I saw the previews I was already dissapointed because I started to form in my head exactly how Joaquin would play his character, but luckily I was only partially right. He showed so much range during the movie, I think it's the most range I've ever seen him play. Probably because this character goes through the most change than in any other movie. He starts off playing the smart ass who doesn't care (which I think he can play really well and wish he would do more of), then the wounded puppy, then vengeful, then finally at peace with everything. I'm always amazed at how well he uses subtlety. Oh and Robert Duvall and Mark Wahlberg were good too. Speaking of Mark, there was an obvious Departed feel surrounding the movie and Mark plays a cop again so the memory of his kick-ass character was fresh, but here he kind of took a back seat, which I was surprised about. In the end, I don't think I'll buy it.
This also marks the second movie I've seen that has something to do with what I'm studying in either of my psych classes. A little while ago I watched Transamerica and then the next day in social psych class we learned about transgendered and transexuals. Yesterday in personality psych we learned about PTSD and in the movie Mark Wahlberg shows clear signs of having PTSD.
Slumber party at Lucy's tonight? I think so.
-e.r.
Edit: My We Own the Night poster just fell down. I think It's a sign.