Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86672 posts
Tue Oct-09-12 11:00 PM
16. "McDonagh is such a beautiful writer." In response to In response to 0
And Sam Rockwell and Chris Walken speak his language SO WELL.
I love what he did here. It's less of a traditional movie than In Bruges and chock full of meta commentary about his career choices, which, as a huge McDonagh nerd, I LOVED.
The first half is fun (probably plays much better upon repeat viewing after knowing what transpires in the second half), but the second half is GOLDEN. Not since Adaptation has meta filmmaking worked so wonderfully.
And Rockwell. And Walken. Both brilliant.
The others are good too (I especially liked the opening scene with McDonagh theater standby Michael Stuhlbarg and Michael Pitt), but Rockwell and Walken are transcendent. They just get it. Simple and plain. They manage to find the soulful and touching in the profane and repetitive.
Does any of this make me tear up the way Gleeson's sacrifice does in In Bruges or does it make me howl every time the way the "The Tower Is Closed" or the "your cunt fucking kids" or "You're an inanimate fucking object" bits in In Bruges do? Maybe not upon first visit, no. Like I said, it's far less traditional.
But I reeeeeeally look forward to revisiting this a bunch.