I thought the movie was a lot better done than the previous movies that we watched.The story was well thought out and many plot twists and difficulties presented themselves that the characters seemed to overcome. We talked about what we thought the ending could have symbolized and in my opinion I think that the husband goes into the ocean to die. His only goal in life was to be a war hero and that was taken from him in an unfortunate accident on his own part. His wife was unfaithful so I believe that he felt that he had nothing to live for anymore and decides to end his life on his own terms. Overall I thought the movie was good.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Coming Home (1978)
I thought the movie was a lot better done than the previous movies that we watched.The story was well thought out and many plot twists and difficulties presented themselves that the characters seemed to overcome. We talked about what we thought the ending could have symbolized and in my opinion I think that the husband goes into the ocean to die. His only goal in life was to be a war hero and that was taken from him in an unfortunate accident on his own part. His wife was unfaithful so I believe that he felt that he had nothing to live for anymore and decides to end his life on his own terms. Overall I thought the movie was good.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Long Goodbye (1973)
The Long Goodbye was a mystery movie about a private eye who's friend asks him to take him to Tijuana after having a tussle with his wife. Soon after police arrive at the private eye's house and begins questioning him about the death of his friends wife and asks where his friend is. A lot of money was involved with his friends leaving and he ultimately finds himself solving a mystery for a client that ties directly in with the death of his friend and his friends wife.
The first thing that I thought when I was Elliot Gould in this movie was Spike Speagle from Cowboy Bebop. His 'I don't care' attitude and smoking habits, along with his non chalant way of going about everything is a direct tie in with the character from this anime series. Anyways, I thought the movie was extremely well done and held my interest throughout. Even though the main character was seemingly uncaring about everything, one could tell that he was set on his goal of finding out what exactly happened.
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Five Easy Pieces, starring Jack Nicholson was about a troubled man running away from his past. In the movie, he is depicted as having a dead end job with a ditsy girlfriend that is overly attached to him even though he does not love her the way that she loves him. He tried to rid himself of her when he decides to go back home to his family to see his ailing father. He ends up going back to see his past and face it down.
I thought the story was well put together, but the movie itself seemed shoddy and low budget. Maybe it was and the limitations on technology in the early 70's. Either way, I think the sound quality could have been greatly improved upon. The story itself kind of left you wondering what he was really thinking at the end, and where he is going to end up. Will he ever face his past and come to terms with it? Will he ever settle down in one spot and stop running away from his problems? These are questions that were running through my head after the movie.
Like I said, I thought the movie was good, and very thought provoking.
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