Hegel-oh's Wrote:
I just saw Broken Flowers last night. The preview made it look so intriguing. However, they forgot to mention that virtually the whole dialogue and story line was contained within that 2 minute preview. I thought it was not a good movie at all. I didn't mind Coffee and Cigarettes. I certainly thought it was entertaining and the cinematography was absolutely great. However, Broken Flowers is a weak, poorly made movie, at least from a script and fictional story-telling standpoint. I thought that it was a really long way of getting around to the whole, "live for today" message that every single film seems to be pushing these days. "Hmm, the past is gone. The future hasn't happened yet. So, I guess all you have is the present." I suppose I didn't like it because it's a pretty base philosophy. It's only a surface level way of living and fails to address issues of real life. That being my opinion, it seems consistent that a movie that attempts to have its audience agree with such a sentiment will be base, and superficial in turn. The ending leaves you wondering, where was the hero?, what was the point, because Mr. Murray's character hardly seemed to be living in the present because that's all he had. The whole movie was him liiving in the fucking past for crying out loud. Now I am rambling.
Not a good movie. IMO. Don't spend the money on it, especially if you're in CA.
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