Mads Mikkelsen dancing and spinning around is one of the most beautiful cinematic moments in 2020
He's so good , great cast all around and a top notch movie
Pretty much hated this movie. I didn't find anything that i wanted to take away from this movie, and I didn't pick up any overall message from this movie. The resolutions and problems were equally shallow.
I felt the director had some experience with blind people, but almost none with cross country (having been a runner 4+ years myself). Several examples: running form, how sports-related problems are dealt with by school/legal authority, how cross country as a sport itself is portrayed, ect.
Granted, I have a specific limited experience that is not applicable to all experiences. However, none of the characters felt real, and the narrative did not justify many of their actions. And most of the movie was spent on characters going, "I have a belief, I must be right, and I'm going to be selfish and not listen to what you have to say." Which in effect, created most of the problems in the movies to make up for the lack of actual plot.
Also, I felt that the music did not match most of scenes, feeling overly-dramatic. I usually do not rate movies this poorly, most of my ratings are spread from 5-10. When asking the question, could I meet any of these characters in real life, or see similar situations, most of the time the answer was no. While one of these factors might not have been so bad on their own, all of these factored together and made the movie a poor experience.
If nothing else, very few people (at least on trakt) have watched this movie, and I think that should say something. I spent most of the time hoping that this movie would pick up somewhere, and it never really did. That's why I gave it a 2.
If you think i was overly harsh, let me know why. But at best, this can't be more than a very mediocre movie.
I'm not sure if this would of been better as a tv show or movie but either way it's great. It starts strong with Tim Blake Nelson's singing Buster Scruggs and keeps going. I love the Coen's humor and dialogue. Some of the stories are a little too long but they are all so good. It's a shame that it was given a full theatrical release.
