Katie Byrnes
Year: 2014
Director: Richard Linklater.
Written by: Richard Linklater.
Starring: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke.
A couple of nights ago I stayed up late, rummaging through the internet for a movie to watch. It's normally difficult to find a good one, as lots of movies do well because of the characters in them, as opposed to the quality of the film itself.
I came across Boyhood and decided to give it a shot, remembering how interesting it looked after seeing the trailer on television a few months previously.
Year: 2014
Director: Richard Linklater.
Written by: Richard Linklater.
Starring: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke.
A couple of nights ago I stayed up late, rummaging through the internet for a movie to watch. It's normally difficult to find a good one, as lots of movies do well because of the characters in them, as opposed to the quality of the film itself.
I came across Boyhood and decided to give it a shot, remembering how interesting it looked after seeing the trailer on television a few months previously.
The movie revolves around a boy called Mason, whose life is videoed over the course of twelve years, from the age of six until he begins college. Right before our eyes, we see how Mason and his family develop and grow overtime.
There was an excitement to see how each character had changed as the film skipped from year to year. It also helped that Mason became easier on the eye with age. Certain scenes were exciting and unexpected, but it was as if I was constantly waiting for something to happen, or at least for there to be a development of some sort of plot line. The Chinese subtitles don’t help.
I then realized that there couldn't really be any cinematic plot line, as the movie is concerned with an ordinary life. To clarify, if I had recorded a video of my life over the course of twelve years the probability of it being more interesting than Mason's would be zero to none.
The movie made me aware of the fact that our lives are not as exciting as the people we see on screen, but eventually we'll all have our one hundred and twenty minutes of brief exhilaration. It's a long life.
The movie was close to being a master piece. Maybe boring at times, but whose life is constantly exciting?
P.S. I've thrown in the link for the trailer in case anyone is interested in spending one hundred and sixty-five minutes of the boring section of their life watching Boyhood. I said I'd give you the link before you read it rather than giving you the "Linklater." (Sorry for the pun, couldn't resist).
Check out the trailer above!
There was an excitement to see how each character had changed as the film skipped from year to year. It also helped that Mason became easier on the eye with age. Certain scenes were exciting and unexpected, but it was as if I was constantly waiting for something to happen, or at least for there to be a development of some sort of plot line. The Chinese subtitles don’t help.
I then realized that there couldn't really be any cinematic plot line, as the movie is concerned with an ordinary life. To clarify, if I had recorded a video of my life over the course of twelve years the probability of it being more interesting than Mason's would be zero to none.
The movie made me aware of the fact that our lives are not as exciting as the people we see on screen, but eventually we'll all have our one hundred and twenty minutes of brief exhilaration. It's a long life.
The movie was close to being a master piece. Maybe boring at times, but whose life is constantly exciting?
P.S. I've thrown in the link for the trailer in case anyone is interested in spending one hundred and sixty-five minutes of the boring section of their life watching Boyhood. I said I'd give you the link before you read it rather than giving you the "Linklater." (Sorry for the pun, couldn't resist).
Check out the trailer above!