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Posted by Heinrich Galland on 12/26/05 21:50
In article <1135612261.474968.91140@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, Goro
<evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just watched the new Jim Jarmusch film BROKEN FLOWERS starring Bill
> Murray. I'm a moderate Jarmusch fan as I liekd COFFEE AND CIGARETTES,
> loved NIGHT ON EARTH and GHOST DOG, and thought DEAD MAN was very good
>
> As i was watching BROKEN FLOWERS, i was really engaged. Bil Murray was
> quite excellent again in a dramatic role (something that is no longer
> surprising), but added just that touch of acerbic wit in subtle facial
> expressions that made some scene priceless.
>
> Bill Murray's character (Don Johnston, "with a T") is an aging bachelor
> who gets a letter from an old girlfriend telling him that he has a son
> from their relatinoship. With help from a crime-novel writer friend,
> he revisits his old flames, Sharon Stone, Jessica Lange, Tilda Swington
> (was that really her? wow, didn't look remotely the same as in NARNIA
> or CONSTANTINE!).
>
> Moments between actions tell great bits of story far beyond the actions
> themselves. The bits of the banal elements of life put into a context
> are extremely humorous (eg. the teenage girls jabbering on 20 topics in
> 3 minutes) and there is some great dialogue.
>
> The ending was interesting. I liked it and i also didn't like it. It
> was very fitting and avoided being saccharine or cliche, yet on the
> other hand, it felt a bit hollow and pointless (which i suppose was the
> point).
>
> In the end, i really liked it. I think that it does require the
> viewere to be more patient than in the typical drama film and so will
> be "boring" or "tedious" to many, but for the others, it's quite an
> enjoyable film.
>
> -goro-
>
I liked the movie well enough. It had a good beginning, a great
middle, but like many of today's Hollywood films, it just stopped! It
didn't end, it just stopped!
Personally I prefer movies that have an ending. It doesn't have to be
the ending that I particularly want (say a happy ending) but I hate it
when movies just STOP! "Sideways" is another example of this type of
film. It just getting good, and then it just stops. You know, like
the writer's pen ran out of ink, or someone decided that it was time to
stop writing and start filming!
Heinrich
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