Noctis Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 (edited) Unreal achievement in filmmaking and creative storytelling. It's difficult to review a film like Boyhood, but I'm floored at how alternately vast and intimate it was. I will never forget this movie. A+ The final shot of the film is perfect, and the best ending to a film since Her. It's a genuine experience. TRAN-FUCKING-SCENDENT. Fuck you, Jay. Edited December 15, 2014 by Noctis 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Also, to the Americans that don't like the film... Shut the fuck up. You fucking bitches get the most intimate and best coming of age film ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 To people who somehow don't like this movie: sorry about your life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Now now, no need to slam people just for having a different opinion than you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Unreal achievement in filmmaking and creative storytelling. It's difficult to review a film like Boyhood, but I'm floored at how alternately vast and intimate it was. I will never forget this movie. A+ The final shot of the film is perfect, and the best ending to a film since Her. It's a genuine experience. TRAN-FUCKING-SCENDENT. Fuck you, Jay. I agree with everything except the ending. If I was forced at gunpoint to choose one thing I didn't love about the movie, I feel like the drive to college would have been a better place to end it, especially with the use of "Hero" playing as it faded into the credits. The last little bit felt somewhat tacked on, in my opinion. But it really is truly transcendent. No matter who you are, this film has the opportunity to connect to everyone. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Now now, no need to slam people just for having a different opinion than you. Lol I was kidding, I don't really care if someone doesn't like this movie (although reading some of the complaints from the few who didn't like this over the last few pages, I couldn't help but think "Wha..?"). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I agree with everything except the ending. If I was forced at gunpoint to choose one thing I didn't love about the movie, I feel like the drive to college would have been a better place to end it, especially with the use of "Hero" playing as it faded into the credits. The last little bit felt somewhat tacked on, in my opinion. But it really is truly transcendent. No matter who you are, this film has the opportunity to connect to everyone. I agree. I thought the movie was going to end there, but they still ended it on a really moving note. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 I agree. I thought the movie was going to end there, but they still ended it on a really moving note. I don't know, I kind of would have liked it to have ended at hero but I really like that last bit as it shows him finally stepping out as his own person. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Wang Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 I agree with everything except the ending. If I was forced at gunpoint to choose one thing I didn't love about the movie, I feel like the drive to college would have been a better place to end it, especially with the use of "Hero" playing as it faded into the credits. The last little bit felt somewhat tacked on, in my opinion. But it really is truly transcendent. No matter who you are, this film has the opportunity to connect to everyone. I don't know, I kind of would have liked it to have ended at hero but I really like that last bit as it shows him finally stepping out as his own person. With the movie that Boyhood is, ending with the drive and Hero playing would have felt really "typical" to me. That's where every other movie would have ended and this is certainly not like any other movie. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 With the movie that Boyhood is, ending with the drive and Hero playing would have felt really "typical" to me. That's where every other movie would have ended and this is certainly not like any other movie. Maybe, but I still liked that there was still a sense of ambiguity of his future. I feel like the ending makes it too clear that he's going to have a good time in college without getting to think about what he might do. But again, it's not a huge detail, and I still love this movie like nothing else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 So many hipsters... Its a plodding nonsense with a nice concept but when the kid grows up he really can't act for shit and the only remotely interesting character was Ethan Hawke's First they bring you in with a concept then critics gush all over it then hipsters take over and further the praise and the rest of us are just supposed to accept that this is a masterpiece ??? Sorry, no deal 3/10 its a crime to spend 12 years making such a boring movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 you're not supposed to accept anything but calling people who like it 'hipsters' just makes you sound like a snob. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) Excellent for the most part, thought Mason was a more interesting character in his early age. Great work by Hawke and Arquette A- Edited January 7, 2015 by DAR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 whilst using hipster as a pejorative is something that hipsters would do ironically, richard linklater is basically a hipster himself, so the accusation isn't entirely unfounded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Unfounded or not it's still intended as an insult in this context. You cannot label every single person who liked this film (or any film) as a "hipster", even if the director may be one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 whilst using hipster as a pejorative is something that hipsters would do ironically, richard linklater is basically a hipster himself, so the accusation isn't entirely unfounded. How can liking Boyhood be a hipster when it's an Oscar frontrunner, critics love it, and the vast majority of the audience that have seen it love it? Wouldn't it make you the hipster for disliking it? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 The phrase is tired and worn out. We need more specific extensions for it. Made more sense in the early 2000s when it was fresh. Now, the style's so pervasive that it's far too general a term. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Linklater isn't a hipster at all. In fact, he's quite far from being one. Dictionary.com: a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip. Linklater is not trendy (at least in terms of following trends). He is not stylish. Nor is he progressive in an unconventional way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 No one knows or cares what hipster means. they just say it to people they don't like. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 catastrophic. am i supposed to be impressed that richard dragged around a kid for 12 years to be a prop in a film about nothing whatsoever? oh sorry, it's about life. maybe life is indeed uninteresting and trite, but that ought to spur indictment and motivation to achieve more, not celebration of mediocrity delivered by scene after scene of the most ridiculous cliche imaginable. also, it seems richard sent DNA of his prospective actors to 23andme to determine optimal future photogenicity. 1.5/10 lol so true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...