tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post4977023869918964917..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Falling for FlyingSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-60215711649799620622018-03-06T10:18:27.154-06:002018-03-06T10:18:27.154-06:00I rather like Maggie Gyllenhaal, although not to s...I rather like Maggie Gyllenhaal, although not to some weird or obsessive degree. I find her a pleasant addition to a lot of films in part because she's not that staggeringly gorgeous Hollywood stereotype. She's pleasantly attractive without being painful. She looks normal, and I like that about her.<br /><br />But yeah, everything else. I'd have loved to have seen Bridges win for his work in something like <i>Hell or High Water</i>. And it is mildly painful for me to admit that I didn't hate Colin Farrell in this, since I often find him to be the weak point of anything.<br /><br />As for the relationship, it will remain my biggest problem with this film. I realize that we'll probably never get rid of the "old dude/young woman" trope, but can we get something at least mildly closer in age? Turn the kid into a grandkid and give us, maybe, Holly Hunter? Frances McDormand? They're at least within a decade of Bridges.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-60932821731632035682018-03-05T22:34:29.822-06:002018-03-05T22:34:29.822-06:00I didn't hate this movie but I didn't love...I didn't hate this movie but I didn't love it either. It was just sort of there. It had a feeling of sameness and a resolution that you could see more or less from the beginning. The friend I saw it with and I had a discussion when it was over about that romance and how preposterous it was that this seemingly intelligent woman who had already had a bad relationship for some reason would be attracted to this wreck of a person who might as well have "TROUBLE" tattooed on his forehead. <br /><br />I'm a big Jeff Bridges fan (not so much Maggie Gyllenhaal) and he was decent but he won the Oscar for this? He's been better in better roles elsewhere. I thought the best performance in the whole film came from Colin Farrell, not award level but since they were handing out nominations indiscriminately (Gyllenhaal-why? Her role was a nothing) I'm surprised he was bypassed.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-57410659581520320542018-03-05T06:14:14.837-06:002018-03-05T06:14:14.837-06:00The music sounds more like modern country in some ...The music sounds more like modern country in some respects because, well, it's a more modern movie. You're not going to get <i>Walk the Line</i> songs here. But the come across as a lot more honest, at least in terms of Jeff Bridges's work.<br /><br />As for the old man/young woman thing...maybe? It's at least as good or better a rationale than I've ever come up with. I seriously can't think of a film where the relationship is in the other direction that isn't played for comedy. I'm sure they're out there, but I can't think of one. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-84104162614501238502018-03-05T01:04:12.942-06:002018-03-05T01:04:12.942-06:00I'm actually OK with the likes of Willie Nelso...I'm actually OK with the likes of Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, and Johnny Cash. Old-school might work for me. I'm just not into that twangy, nasal Garth Brooks shit. And that's a negatory on Shania, too, while I'm at it.<br /><br />As for creepy May-September romances: I can see an obvious Freudian reason for showing that the old guy still retains his potency (this is, after all, how Clint Eastwood's life has gone: until not long ago, he'd been married to a woman 35 years younger than he is), but that's about it. Perhaps there are women in the world who're just really into leathery old men...? (Leather chasers?)Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-82012975955409817932018-03-05T00:27:25.446-06:002018-03-05T00:27:25.446-06:00Honestly? Probably not. It's old-school countr...Honestly? Probably not. It's old-school country music, though. It's the sort that you wouldn't be embarrassed to be caught listening to, not the "my wife left men and hit my dog with my truck, but at least I'm free" stuff that passes for country today.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-49401398276535492722018-03-05T00:19:56.278-06:002018-03-05T00:19:56.278-06:00Never having been a fan of country music, I've...Never having been a fan of country music, I've steered way clear of this film. Would you say the story is good enough for me to hold my nose and plunge into the film, anyway?Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.com