I'm on a plane at the moment, headed to Seattle and Allison is picking me up when I get there. I thought watching one of her movie suggestions the night before I saw her would be a good idea because this way I could either thank her in person upon my arrival or punch her in the face tonight while she sleeps tonight for making me watch a crappy movie. The best part is, we have a full day of shopping ahead so I don't think she'll even read this before she goes to sleep tonight. In other words, if I do have to punch her whilst she sleeps, she won't even see it coming.
Last night I watched Mystic River. Let's just start with the name, because I never said I didn't judge a book by it's cover. This just sounds like a movie I wouldn't like. I told Brian that Allison suggested I watch Mystic River and he said "UGH. WTF, Allison?" I asked if he knew anything about it and he said "No. It just sounds terrible."
In my mind, based on title alone, Mystic River would contain some or all of the following elements: ghosts, Native Americans and/or American Pioneers and a new agey sound track prominently featuring the pan flute. Don't ask me why it conjures up those specific things, it's just what the title made me think of. I can't explain how this mind works.
As it turns out, I was wrong. Mystic River is a crime drama! It has Kevin Bacon in it. I don't know a thing about Kevin Bacon except that he's allegedly connected to everything in Hollywood somehow. Since I have never seen a single one of his movies (confirmed on IMDB) until last night, I guess that means I'm about as unconnected to Hollywood as one can be. I'm also trying to learn more actors names/faces. We can go ahead and add Lawrence Fishburn and Sean Penn to the list of actors that I can now identify. (Though for the first 10 minutes of this movie I swore up and down that Sean Penn was Rainman. The internet did not side with me on this one.)
The verdict: I don't think I hate crime dramas, but this movie was over 2 hours long. TOO LONG. I'll give you an hour and a half tops. I'm a lady who appreciates concisiveness. The acting was alright. The guy who plays Dave (Tim Robbins is my best recollection of his name.) really creeped me out a time or two. The way it was filmed was blah, nothing interesting to look at. (It didn't help that I had just watched a few episodes of The Walking Dead prior to this which has some crazy cool camera stuff going on.) The plot was ok. You think you have it figured out, and there's a twist, but I would prefer a more shocking twist.
The good news is, I won't be punching Allison while she sleeps tonight, it wasn't that bad, but I'm probably going to get the Ginger Molasses cookies out of the overhead bin right now and eat one or two. Out of her portion.
wasn't there an eighties movie, mystic pizza? or did i make that up?
ReplyDeleteyes, there was, i just confirmed on imdb.
when you say mystic river, i think mystic pizza.
though i have not seen either.
My reaction was partly based on confusion. I thought she suggested Mystery, Alaska which is sports movie and consequently repugnant.
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