This movie is possibly one of the most overlooked movies in recent history. Award voters and critics gave all the accolades to Rosie Perez, who, although she did an excellent job, was not the main reason I liked this movie so much. the combination of the the pseudo reality type scenes to the scenes of family drama to the terrifyingly realistic plane crash sequence, this movie really opened my eyes.
shareI wished more people would see it. It's not even out on DVD in Germany :(
shareCan't you get a region one DVD player. If so you can order it off PLAYUSA.COM. Thats if you want to!!
shareI have to agree. This movie just kills me every time I watch it, it never loses its impact. I can't even explain my overwhelming emotions whenever I watch the scene where he drives into the wall. I think it is one of the most moving films of all time.
shareOne of the greatest films ever made.
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I'll go one step further and say it's one of the best films ever!
I have no idea why it seemed to slip through the cracks. I know that "Schindler's List" dominated the awards that year, but how was "Fearless" so overlooked, with more familiar fair like "Remains of the Day" and "Shadowlands" (albeit good flicks) capturing academy voters that year?!
Regardless, one of the great films by one of the great filmmakers! And Jeff Bridges: always amazing. So versatile and (no pun intended) fearless as a performer. And I agree, one of his finest roles.
The shot selection, editing, writing, score, and performances also seem to be quite flawless. Hopefully it will gain recognition as time passes.
Whatever man, this movie sucked @$$. No, of course it didn't! It's just that everyone in this thread is lovin' it up so damn much that I wondered what a bad comment about it would look like. No, truly Fearless derserves all your accolades, and is one of my top five favorites ever, up there with Glengarry Glen Ross and Leaving Las Vegas and Natural Born Killers as one of the movies of the early- to mid-90's that shaped my burgeoning (teenaged at the time) film tastes. I still remember the first time I saw it, 14 or 15 yrs old or something, and the eerie, invincible feeling the film left me with. I remember purposefully not buckling my seatbelt on the drive home! Ha, stupid kid! Anyhow, thus started my worship of Jeff Bridges as one of the business' finest actors. (Which dovetailed nicely with my childhood worship of Tron!) A true, true masterpiece of its kind (existensial, thoughtful, but *intense*), unequalled since by any film. This movie rocks @$$!
Narrator: I felt like destroying something beautiful.
The film works for different people but for me it had a personal quality.
Im studying film at university at present and we have to look at character psychology in film. Everyone in the world falls into one of David Keirsey four tempraments.
Artisans
Guardians
Rationals
Idealists
Well Im an Idealist and so is Jeff Bridges character in the film. The character and his journey is so personal and powerful to me, it just simply is awe inspiring.
I love this film because it makes you think about how precious life really is and how much we actually take it for granted.
I LOVE IT TO PIECES!!
Interesting comments.
It occurs to me that Bridges has a way of picking films that turn out to be very memorable. He seems all over the map in his choice of roles but there remains that common denominator. I've heard comments like "how could he do Tron after the Last Picture Show?". But the fact is people still talk about Tron. It was a landmark movie, as silly as the premise and writing was. Kudos to Bridges for his foresight and ability. Along with John Lithgow and John Cusack he was one actor who drives me to buy movies.
Bridges does seem generally to pick well-varied, memorable roles, (as per your examples of Tron and Picture Show), though sadly it seems a little like his greatest roles might already be behind him-- that last great thing he did IMHO was Door In The Floor, after about ten years of standard Hollywood fare like Blown Away and Arlington Road. I long for the days of different, challenging stuff like Fisher King and American Heart. I hope he's still got some roles like those on deck for the future. As for Cusack, you draw an excellent parallel as to the type of actor he and Bridges are, and I think that their successor-in-spirit might be none other than the uber-talented Johnny Depp, do you agree? With actors like these, even mediocre movies become eminently more watchable, know what I mean?
Narrator: I felt like destroying something beautiful.
I sat stunned the entire first time I watched it. The subcurrents building to the scene where Max proves it wasn't Rosa's fault that the baby died just suck you in and hold you firm. Then that scene knocks the wind out of you.
Powerful film.