Sometimes it’s hard to separate a persons talent from their character. Mel Gibson is (was?) by all regards, a piece shit. But god damn the dude knows how to direct a movie.
A slow start, with the first half of the film having a color palette so saturated it’s almost unbearable. However, this goes from a love story to an incredibly violent and beautiful war-flick with a single bullet. Once the shooting starts, it feels like it never stops. It…
Watched purely as comfort food after seeing a long string of overly contrived dramas. I love this movie. I am incapable of watching baseball without saying “GIVE EM THE CHEESE. THE HIGH. STINKY. CHEDDAR!” At least three times a game, and I consider that a positive.
I don’t have anything intelligent or pseudo-intelligent to say here. I laugh, I cry, I sometimes watch great films. This is one of those times I did everything.
I liked the first 45 minutes. When the story became fixated on a young girl being in love with a man she met when she was 8, it fell apart for me.
