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The premise to this sounds so awfully stupid (Weekend at Bernie's Redux?) but I am a big fan of both Dano and Radcliffe and it received such good buzz, I'm sorta dying to see it now.
Plus this weird promo image caught my eye: []
Yeah, that description you have in parenthesis doesn't even begin to do this movie justice. This was just a brilliantly magical experience, The Tree of Life for the weird and the awkward. And I wrote a pretty in-depth analysis on this one, as it effected me quite a bit and has been on my mind ever since (some spoilers inbound): http://cwiddop.blogspot.com/2016/07/swiss-army-man.html
As of right now, this stands as my favorite movie of 2016. Can somebody tell me why people walked out of this at Sundance? Sure, it has a juvenile sense of humor, but it never comes off as pretentious. It’s organic to the themes of the film, which serve as a commentary about young adults with social awkwardness or a fair share of quirks. They’re also reinforced by a very layered protagonist, practical use of props and effects, creative shot compositions, and an ethereal acapella score. It’s a unique, hilarious, relatable and emotionally strong coming-of-age film that can be interpreted and watched in a variety of ways, and I look forward to the next time I see it.
The only thing I can imagine is people not being able to get past all the fart jokes early on, and writing the movie off before even really giving it a chance. Hell, I'm sorta baffled at just the sheer amount of people in general (film buffs included) who are writing this off without even giving it a chance at all, because on the outset it looks like a stupid, silly, artsy Weekend at Bernie's, which is such a damn shame, 'cause this is such a deep and compelling movie that film buffs especially would come away having so much to dissect and love about this film (though I can admittedly see this film's deeper themes getting lost on the general public, not that there's not plenty left there to enjoy regardless).
That was a strange movie. Also touching, funny and sporting a great soundtrack.
Got to about 20 minutes and gave up. Not. My. Thing.
Heh, this was something else. I loved it.
New eBay commercial uses the song Montage from this soundtrack and it reminded me how much I love everything about this movie. I only wish more people had given it a chance.