Dustin and I watched this movie on Friday night. I'm still a little baffled by it. I went into it with a lot of expectations because Dustin LOVED it and it won awards and all that hype. These were my thoughts (WARNING!! Don't read any further if you haven't seen the movie and don't want it ruined for you):
1. I hate when the bad guys don't get caught at the end of movies. I know that real life doesn't have happy endings, I know that the reality of our world today is that psycho people are walking around with free reign, I know all of that stuff. But I'm a "romantic" (is that the word for wanting mass murders caught?) and I want to see good prevail over evil. Because I also know that is the ultimate reality.
2. The majority of the movie was about the bad guy and the guy with his money. A small portion was about the sheriff and yet the movie ended with no resolution with the bad guy and a "profound" dream of the sheriff. I felt like if they wanted the movie to be about the sheriff they should have focused more on his character instead of the psycho.
3. Dustin says the point of the movie was about the sheriff coming to terms with his own mortality. I can see that, but surely that wasn't the WHOLE point of the movie, especially when 80% of the movie is about something different, namely the psychotic antics of the mass murderer.
4. I was so mad when the sheriff pulled up to find the guy that stole the money was dead. Talk about a let down. The whole movie you're rooting for him to live and then the next scene he's dead. Dumb.
5. I guess I just felt a little...unsettled. I mean, obviously, right? The movie is about a psychotic murderer, I hope I wouldn't feel really good at the end of it. I guess I wanted some kind of redemption in the end, and I just didn't feel it. The sheriff's dream was cool and all, but I didn't feel like there was enough story about the sheriff throughout the whole movie to make me bond with him.
6. It was incredibly suspenseful so that was entertaining. And the bad guy was the ultimate in creepy bad guy. It was pretty funny in parts too which was unexpected, comic relief was definitely needed in parts.
Overall I liked the movie alright, but I didn't love it. I definitely don't want to watch it again, too much killing.
On a lighter note, we watched "Dan in Real Life" afterwards. It was a cute chick flick. Dustin fell asleep half way into it, go figure.
I'm kind of with you there Kelli. :) While I really did like it I just don't see what all the fuss was about. I feel like if I have to have someone explain in detail to me why the movie was so great and why I should be "getting it" I'm not sure it's really that good in the first place. :)
I watched it last night and I agree. Unless its a documentary or an Indie film I don't watch movies to be faced with reality (especially of killers walking around free).