I personally loved this movie, the movie that made me fall in love with JGL he was so awesome an the scene where he slowly backs out of the room where all Tug an Pin go at it was awesome
shareI see just the opposite. A bunch of rabid fans who name call anyone who didn't care for it.
I personally didn't care for it, myself. Best scene was the lamp in Pin's minivan.
I liked the movie. At least we three are not name-calling and can respect each other despite our differing opinions on one movie. Either some people really need perspective or anger and hate need to be genetically-modified out of the human race before we kill ourselves!
share"I see just the opposite. A bunch of rabid fans who name call anyone who didn't care for it."
Tend to agree with you on that one from my observations.
I thought it was an interesting film that was fatally flawed.
Plaudits to Rian Johnson for attempting a neo-noir in a high school setting complete with the appropriate generic dialogue, femme fatale, traditional hardboiled detective story with labyrinthine plotting and array of shady characters.
But make the setting at least seem semi - realistic. Most 40's and 50's noirs had some degree of realism in their settings. The cut price high school settings of Brick ended up just being a distraction to me.
A high school without students, apart from those required for a scene, which was invariably filmed in either a completely empty school yard, sporting field or parking lot.
A school where no one appears to go to classes...where there are no teachers. (Yes, yes..1 solitary deputy principal in one scene).
A school where the security is so lax, that a knife - wielding intruder can engage in an extended chase around the school with a student without any one raising an eye brow.( Actually as per usual with Brick, there was no one there to raise an eyebrow)
A school where the students appear to have no homes or parents, apart from the one adult that doesn't seem to have any idea her son is operating a huge drug operation from her basement.
A school in an unnamed place where no one seems to have the slightest interest in carrying out a thorough search/investigation for a missing student...apart from Brendan who hides the said student's body when he finds it...as you do of course.
Because every thing was so bare bones and cut rate, this neo-noir ended up IMO completely lacking atmosphere, crucial to the success of a noir.
I know Johnson was saving money and filming on the weekends and I realise for lots of other people this wasn't a problem...but for me it was.
Kind of like in Looper, directed by Johnson too and set well into the future, where people still drive around this decade's Toyota utilities for some reason.
GREAT detailed analysis, spookyrat1! As time had passed, I'd forgotten many details about this movie, but your detailed analysis helped remind me.
And as seanspotatobusiness said above, at least there's no namecalling here. None needed. We can disagree about how much we like or dislike this movie in a civil manner. Cheers,
I'd not yet seen Looper, but I always get a kick out of the vehicles shown in movies.
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I reckon if you get the opportunity jabber have a view, as it's always interesting to follow the evolving development of a talented director. And I do believe Rian Johnson is very talented, though as indicated so far I haven't found his films to be personally satisfying.
Brick reminded me of a modern, stage interpretation of a Shakespearean play devoid of setting and accoutrements. It's got some fine acting, interesting stylized dialogue and occasional welcome dashes of humour, but just seems to completely lack any atmosphere or basis in reality which causes it to suffer in my estimation.
Brick reminded me of a modern, stage interpretation of a Shakespearean play devoid of setting and accoutrements. It's got some fine acting, interesting stylized dialogue and occasional welcome dashes of humour, but just seems to completely lack any atmosphere or basis in reality which causes it to suffer in my estimation.