Read almost any review on IMDb, and it won't be an actual review. The writer will simply tell you the plot, and then tell you how awesome everything was or how terrible. The title will be some long-winded thing that should have been the main body of the "review." My favorite title is something like this:
"Could have been so much better!"
Unfortunately, they never tell you how it could have been better, regardless of the movie.
I'm here to tell you what would have made Sicario a movie I recommend. I didn't really care about any of the characters in the movie. The main protagonist, Emily Blunt has almost nothing to say. She's gaunt, dirty, hollowed-out, and in desperate need of a different career because being a special agent for the FBI seems to not agree with her.. Benecio del Toro is a mystery-man, a Mexican agent who seems to drift in and out of the movie when the director needs some suspense. Josh Brolin is all style, chomping on gum and wearing flip-flops.
Ask me about the plot, and I'll tell you the very basics. But my description will be listless.
Because I didn't care about any of the characters.
Characters matter. You can get the kid in the drive thru at the nearest McDonald's to read the lines, but the film makers have to tell the viewer why he or she needs to pay attention to the characters.
Movies are transactional in nature. Give and get, push and pull. Flaccid won't cut it.
So, do I recommend this movie? Sure. Why not? It's your time to waste. Yet, any movie that turns the lovely Emily Blunt into a dreary lump of skin and bones and doesn't give her much to say or do, might inspire you to say or do something else.
Books?
"Could have been so much better!"
Unfortunately, they never tell you how it could have been better, regardless of the movie.
I'm here to tell you what would have made Sicario a movie I recommend. I didn't really care about any of the characters in the movie. The main protagonist, Emily Blunt has almost nothing to say. She's gaunt, dirty, hollowed-out, and in desperate need of a different career because being a special agent for the FBI seems to not agree with her.. Benecio del Toro is a mystery-man, a Mexican agent who seems to drift in and out of the movie when the director needs some suspense. Josh Brolin is all style, chomping on gum and wearing flip-flops.
Ask me about the plot, and I'll tell you the very basics. But my description will be listless.
Because I didn't care about any of the characters.
Characters matter. You can get the kid in the drive thru at the nearest McDonald's to read the lines, but the film makers have to tell the viewer why he or she needs to pay attention to the characters.
Movies are transactional in nature. Give and get, push and pull. Flaccid won't cut it.
So, do I recommend this movie? Sure. Why not? It's your time to waste. Yet, any movie that turns the lovely Emily Blunt into a dreary lump of skin and bones and doesn't give her much to say or do, might inspire you to say or do something else.
Books?