Ike: I am going to catch grief for this one, but wow was I left needing more. Lawless had such opportunity, but was broken by slow paced unprogressive scenes, anti-climatic everything, and spotty character inclusion. The biggest blunder was visionary direction and the greatness was in the strong believable acting.
It can never be the acting that gets full blame for falling short, you have to go higher. Directors have responsibility of piecing the story and coaching the actors into greatness, and when the ball gets dropped on accountability and patience the movie crumbles. John Hillcoat, director, slipped up a bit.
John directed Shia in a way that kept us from being emotionally attached to Shia LaBeouf's character. Shia was fantastical in his acting, but was mildly unlikable. Although he was believable, I wanted no part in the rest of his story. If the movie centers around a character with growing pains, you have to connect to him. This was not accomplished.
Tom Hardy, brother Forrest Bondurant, acted incredibly well and in a fashion that can't go ignored. Although his role was easier than Shia's he saved the movie from becoming bubble gum. His realistic portrayal of an old fashion bad ass gave Lawless the muscle it needed to be taken seriously. But it takes the whole team to make a movie legendary.
Remember seeing several scenes of Gary Oldman being a serious gangster in the trailer for Lawless. Whelp, this is all you get. The story gets heavy when Gary makes an appearance as Floyd Banner, a bigger badder gangster. And thats it Not enough Gary for what the movie needed.
Guy Pearce, known as cynical Special Agent Charlie Rakes, make his presence known as the outsider bad guy. Guy Pearce didn't hold back in playing the role of this nasty villain. This piece of Lawless added the juice. But even with this great line-up I felt cheated from seeing what I thought would be greatness.
These 5 reasons keep Lawless from greatness.
1. I didn't like Shia's character, therefore I could not connect with him.
2. Connecting all the characters with the emotional pain of loss or extreme life happenings was nowhere to be found. I mean nowhere!
3. Long drawn out scenes desperately needed to depict the depression's impact, not bland scenery and traveling.
4. Most of the impact scenes were like weak left jabs.
5. The ending
***I can't blame the actors, they were all great. I blame both the director and the flippin chatty Kathies behind me not shutting up. Sorry Lawless, we weren't meant to be*** -Ike
The Rehash Critics
It can never be the acting that gets full blame for falling short, you have to go higher. Directors have responsibility of piecing the story and coaching the actors into greatness, and when the ball gets dropped on accountability and patience the movie crumbles. John Hillcoat, director, slipped up a bit.
John directed Shia in a way that kept us from being emotionally attached to Shia LaBeouf's character. Shia was fantastical in his acting, but was mildly unlikable. Although he was believable, I wanted no part in the rest of his story. If the movie centers around a character with growing pains, you have to connect to him. This was not accomplished.
Tom Hardy, brother Forrest Bondurant, acted incredibly well and in a fashion that can't go ignored. Although his role was easier than Shia's he saved the movie from becoming bubble gum. His realistic portrayal of an old fashion bad ass gave Lawless the muscle it needed to be taken seriously. But it takes the whole team to make a movie legendary.
Remember seeing several scenes of Gary Oldman being a serious gangster in the trailer for Lawless. Whelp, this is all you get. The story gets heavy when Gary makes an appearance as Floyd Banner, a bigger badder gangster. And thats it Not enough Gary for what the movie needed.
Guy Pearce, known as cynical Special Agent Charlie Rakes, make his presence known as the outsider bad guy. Guy Pearce didn't hold back in playing the role of this nasty villain. This piece of Lawless added the juice. But even with this great line-up I felt cheated from seeing what I thought would be greatness.
These 5 reasons keep Lawless from greatness.
1. I didn't like Shia's character, therefore I could not connect with him.
2. Connecting all the characters with the emotional pain of loss or extreme life happenings was nowhere to be found. I mean nowhere!
3. Long drawn out scenes desperately needed to depict the depression's impact, not bland scenery and traveling.
4. Most of the impact scenes were like weak left jabs.
5. The ending
***I can't blame the actors, they were all great. I blame both the director and the flippin chatty Kathies behind me not shutting up. Sorry Lawless, we weren't meant to be*** -Ike
The Rehash Critics