MaestroReviews

Deb and I are artists, painters actually. We go see films as often as once a week. That's right, we go to the theater and sit in a dark room with strangers to see movies. We rarely rent. We like "little" movies, foreign and documentary films. We try to stay away from mainstream and blockbusters whenever possible, but a couple sneak in each year. We seek out the obscure. We try to avoid violent movies, and that really limits our choices, most film makers seem to think violence makes a story interesting.
I try not to give anything away in the reviews, but offer an honest reaction.
We rate them 1~10, 10 being highest.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Boyhood

Deb 7   Me 5

From watching the trailer I decided I had NO interest in this movie. Following these kids around for 12 years and weaving the footage into a story just seemed like a gimmic. But watch it I did and there is little redeeming value in the time spent in the theater. I'm sure it was a challenge for the filmmaker, but the rewards to the viewer are minimal in this lackluster insignificant movie. They were lucky that the "star" turned out to be a cool looking guy, and the traditional stars, Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette were very good.
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