tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784846369945401487.post791494008823082487..comments2024-02-29T09:17:47.380-08:00Comments on Movies: RoomShanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15033662507699896530noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784846369945401487.post-5219738463396085632018-08-17T20:18:00.337-07:002018-08-17T20:18:00.337-07:00This didn't show up in my email.
You make so...This didn't show up in my email. <br /><br />You make some good points about what's really good about this movie. The POV shots did elevate it, and I really thought the kid was good. I don't remember the bookending with the goodnight/goodbye, and to tell you the truth, I'm not even sure I made that connection when I saw the movie. I think I was kind of annoyed at the Macy stuff and probably distracted. <br /><br />This seems like the sort of thing my wife would want to see, so maybe I'll watch it again sometime. Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033662507699896530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784846369945401487.post-14937424571135829902018-08-12T16:09:41.916-07:002018-08-12T16:09:41.916-07:00You're right that it didn't hold much wate...You're right that it didn't hold much water after the escape. But the performance of that boy and Larson alone held this movie to a 15 for me. I saw so many quintessential 5 yr old moments and parent-to-5 yr old moments that I got choked up seeing myself and my children in this picture. I really felt like it nailed those characters and the relationship.<br /><br />What held the rest of the movie together for me wasn't really the surface level plot, but the experience of the kid. With the exception of the TV interview, nothing really fruitful comes from the rest of the plot (the hospital, the return home, the grandparent dynamic). What I couldn't take my focus off of was the boy's perspective. Every time a man entered the scene, he clammed up. I really empathized after a while thinking how personable I'd want to be naturally, yet I'd only be unintentionally making it worse. The shots from Jack's POV and how blurry the world was (either from malnutrition or the fact that he just needed glasses at this age); it added to the intimidation of his new world, and I felt it. Finally, by the end when he wanted to go back and see "Room" again. I mean, it echoed throughout the rest of the movie and drove home the idea of "home" -- of security. The dichotomy of the innocence of the boy and him witnessing so much horror paired with his want to see "Room" again...I found myself nodding my head at the screen. He just didn't know any better and he's dealing with it from such an innocent perspective. Add that idea with the ending, and it just left me impressed with the overall story. That bookending (him telling the items in Room goodnight, and then telling the items in Room goodbye)...whew, it was powerful.<br /><br />I really wish we could have seen some retribution for the kidnapper/rapist, but that kind of perfect closure is not how the world works...And, yes, the William H Macy stuff felt like extra scenes. There was some unnecessary drama thrown it to hit a run-time, I'm sure. But overall, it all boils down to the writer giving such great characters to work with, the director giving us that initial suspense to hook us, and those actors to really get the empathy from the viewer...17/20joshwisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340168236896268001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784846369945401487.post-87967645854809572182016-04-06T22:12:25.540-07:002016-04-06T22:12:25.540-07:00About how I felt about this one. The movie gets v...About how I felt about this one. The movie gets very weak, once the whole family dynamic thing happens. The William H. Macy scenes were really stilted and poorly written. Its an alright movie, but not one that I would ever need to see again. A 13 for me. Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05933668409383865050noreply@blogger.com