In my (very amateur) career of appreciating and reviewing movies I seemed to have hit a point where I rarely take notes on movies as I watch them. I think there are two reasons for this. The first reason is that I have seen so many movies that I am not nearly as motivated to write reviews, let alone taking notes as I watch the movies. I used to write long-form reviews of movies but that just wasn't possible as life grew more complicated.
The second reason is that - after having gone back through the years and watch so many great movies - it is hard to find good movies in the present. Sure, there are three or four that come out every year that really grab me. Seeing as I watch 150ish movies a year, those three or four are very sparse (and usually towards the end of the year).
About twenty minutes into this movie I could easily tell that there was something extraordinary going on. On the surface this seemed like it would follow along the lines of other movies where someone was remembering their past. This movie isn't that, and couldn't be less that. As you probably know, the movie is written and directed by Spielberg and it is supposed to be an autobiographical account of his life growing up. Speilberg chose to come up with fictional names for the characters in the movie - that added a fantastic new dimension to the movie that is difficult to explain. I think where the movie really excels is that it isn't a retelling of everything that happened to Spielberg and his family. The film has a three dimensional aspect to the story (accentuated by color and song) that I don't think that I've ever seen before.
The movie can probably be broken down into two different themes. While it isn't necessarily obvious, the first half of the movie is about his parents. While Paul Dano is amazing in an understated role as the father, it is Michelle Williams that is absolutely hypnotizing in her role as the mother. She is so incredibly magnetic in her scenes... I don't think I've better from her in any of her other movies (and she has done so many amazing films). The second half of the movie is a bit more autobiographical as the young filmmaker begins to understand his family (and the world) through his amateur filmmaking. The entire movie is capped off with an incredible scene at the end that I won't spoil here. For me, this was the best movie of the year.
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Review by IHateBadMovies.comVIP 8BlockedParent2023-02-04T19:36:26Z
In my (very amateur) career of appreciating and reviewing movies I seemed to have hit a point where I rarely take notes on movies as I watch them. I think there are two reasons for this. The first reason is that I have seen so many movies that I am not nearly as motivated to write reviews, let alone taking notes as I watch the movies. I used to write long-form reviews of movies but that just wasn't possible as life grew more complicated.
The second reason is that - after having gone back through the years and watch so many great movies - it is hard to find good movies in the present. Sure, there are three or four that come out every year that really grab me. Seeing as I watch 150ish movies a year, those three or four are very sparse (and usually towards the end of the year).
About twenty minutes into this movie I could easily tell that there was something extraordinary going on. On the surface this seemed like it would follow along the lines of other movies where someone was remembering their past. This movie isn't that, and couldn't be less that. As you probably know, the movie is written and directed by Spielberg and it is supposed to be an autobiographical account of his life growing up. Speilberg chose to come up with fictional names for the characters in the movie - that added a fantastic new dimension to the movie that is difficult to explain. I think where the movie really excels is that it isn't a retelling of everything that happened to Spielberg and his family. The film has a three dimensional aspect to the story (accentuated by color and song) that I don't think that I've ever seen before.
The movie can probably be broken down into two different themes. While it isn't necessarily obvious, the first half of the movie is about his parents. While Paul Dano is amazing in an understated role as the father, it is Michelle Williams that is absolutely hypnotizing in her role as the mother. She is so incredibly magnetic in her scenes... I don't think I've better from her in any of her other movies (and she has done so many amazing films). The second half of the movie is a bit more autobiographical as the young filmmaker begins to understand his family (and the world) through his amateur filmmaking. The entire movie is capped off with an incredible scene at the end that I won't spoil here. For me, this was the best movie of the year.
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