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Extremely long but not too bad. Still wondering how they aged the kids. The credits only show Ellar and Lorelei as the kids. Not only do they get older they get taller. CGI???

The film was too long and slogged into tediousness. But I suppose that's Linklater's point.

Gregory wrote:Boyhood review on the Bibliocommons online catalog:

Extremely long but not too bad. Still wondering how they aged the kids. The credits only show Ellar and Lorelei as the kids. Not only do they get older they get taller. CGI???

Fasted forward the entire movie, no plot or acting, and very short movie. A D- movie for sure.

Gregory wrote: ...is an example of how bad Amazon reviews have gotten since the introduction of all the free streaming selections for Prime members, who have no clue what they're watching, shut it off in a matter of minutes, and then write a 1-star review, or just write something like "Couldn't get it to load."

Did this person really think that something that said "Wings (1927)" with a picture of aircraft going down in flames and Clara Bow, was going to be the '90s sitcom called Wings? Amazon movie reviews are now this times a million. ](*,)

med wrote:Every now and then, I'll come across a one-star "review" that's just some variant of "I didn't buy this for me, I bought it as a gift for someone else." Unsurprisingly, clicking on the customer's name shows they feel they have to comment on every single thing they buy.

sir_luke wrote:My favorite lines from a review of Bertolucci's 1900 on my library's website:

"The film could have been done better in short documentary fashion, with the Director not attaching himself to the story of Italian serfdom. The sexual language & exposure of the film should be rated XXXXX. NOT recommended for family-time."

While on spring break, the girls get into trouble, imagine that, and they get bailed out by a scuzz-ball who looks like James Franco.

Cheap junk. Jot even a plot or connected story line. Foul. Language when not needed. Watched w my 14 yo daughter who likes Salena Gomez but did not finish as not a good show for her

Larry and Andy Wachowski did make a competent movie before The Matrix, the low budget erotic thriller Bound.

But then they made so much money off The Matrix that Larry got to live out his pervy sci-fi geekery instead of just sublimating it into his movies.

So Larry moved in with his dominatrix and changed his name to Lana.

How’s that working out for the quality of his/her movies?

Gregory wrote:Part of what I find so irritating about that ilk is all the unsupported observations made with that shock-jock air of "I'm just saying what everyone's already thinking, and we [frightened, intolerant white males?] all know these things, but I'm one of the few with the courage to speak the truth in the face of political correctness and the liberal media." His notorious views about black people in Louisiana were prefaced with "What you won’t hear, except from me, is that..."

Gregory wrote:One of his posts from yesterday, for example, is about how now that gay marriage has gained acceptance legalized polygamy is probably the next thing...

A world-class neurotic, Robert Cole (Albert Brooks, Drive) just can's over.

knives wrote:Wouldn't traditional polygamous relations be defined by equal member treatment. I'm not aware of a polygamous religion that doesn't list as a law equal treatment in the absolute of members. Though obviously many followers tend to ignore that part of things.

Boyhood was pitched as a "labor of Love" , "coming of age" beautiful film. I LOVED the trailer. I got SCAMMED. Think for one second. If Ellar wasn't a cute kid, if it wasn't filmed over 12 years then what? Writing (CRAP), Story - (CRAP), Cinematography (CRAP) , Direction (A+ for effort) - Result (CRAP), Editing (A++++++ for effort) Result- (GREAT!) Whiplash editing better, Acting (OK) mostly unconvincing and UNINSPIRING. The last thing I like to watch is a fake story about domestic violence, women being beaten by drunk husbands, political pandering to the Right and Left. If it was a TRUE STORY then the F-bombs and all the trashy people would be relevant to the artistic endeavor. Take away the Cute kid and the 12 year gimmick and it is a complete disaster. The Theory of Everything or The Imitation Game are pure INSPIRATION from start to finish.

domino harvey wrote:

Boyhood was pitched as a "labor of Love" , "coming of age" beautiful film. I LOVED the trailer. I got SCAMMED. Think for one second. If Ellar wasn't a cute kid, if it wasn't filmed over 12 years then what? Writing (CRAP), Story - (CRAP), Cinematography (CRAP) , Direction (A+ for effort) - Result (CRAP), Editing (A++++++ for effort) Result- (GREAT!) Whiplash editing better, Acting (OK) mostly unconvincing and UNINSPIRING. The last thing I like to watch is a fake story about domestic violence, women being beaten by drunk husbands, political pandering to the Right and Left. If it was a TRUE STORY then the F-bombs and all the trashy people would be relevant to the artistic endeavor. Take away the Cute kid and the 12 year gimmick and it is a complete disaster. The Theory of Everything or The Imitation Game are pure INSPIRATION from start to finish.

Editing (A++++++ for effort) Result- (GREAT!) Whiplash editing better

If you like the movie The Addams Family and Addams Family Values, You'll like the movie Copycat. Even though this movie is a thriller, it is entertaining. It's about a criminal psychologist and a San Francisco Homicide Detective hunting down a copycat killer copying the most serial killers in history. This movie doesn't scare me, but it entertained me and this movie is good because it looks like Morticia Addams wrote the script to this tensely thriller and the best movie since The Addams Family.